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gizmodo.com - 10/23/2008

Android Is Getting a Touchscreen Keyboard Next Year [Android]

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While the G1 has an excellent keyboard, that's not stopping many users from complaining that they cannot type in landscape mode (notably, the decision to omit the virtual keyboard was to coax users...

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Android getting software keyboard in 2009
jkOnTheRun — ... That challenge should be a goner in the first quarter of 2009 if the Android roadmap holds true. I figured a third party developer would create one sooner than that, but with this news, there's not much point to that effort, now is there? Many folks are overjoyed with the hardware keyboard and rightfully so, but having the option of using the touchscreen to its fullest text entry potential should have been there on day one IMO. ...

iPhone v. Android part XVII: Control Freak Design v. Open-Source Indifference
Cult of Mac — ... The holistic approach Apple takes to product design is the reason we love it. Android’s haphazard approach of fixing things as they become crises. Google will mostly catch up eventually, but I have to pity T-Mobile for being forced to fight back with such an unfinished product. The G1 is so far behind that it’s hard to imagine anyone who isn’t a hobbyist being pleased with the first kludgy Android phone. Android Roadmap via HTC Source via Gizmodo