I keep Slashdot in my RSS because it's still a great clearing house for links. But the asinine commentary that comes with the links drives me crazy. Case in point:
"One of the selling points of the iPhone was its revolutionary touch-screen full keyboard. But a study has shown that text messages sent from iPhones contain significantly more typso than messages from phones with other kinds of keyboards — and aren't entered any faster."
Yes the virtual keyboard was touted as a revolutionary selling point. But the revolution is not to be "better" or "faster." The point is that the virtual keyboard allows for a mutable interface. When you don't need the keyboard, it's not there, not taking up precious real estate on the surface of the device. Equally important, the touch screen allows for intuitive interfaces that aren't forced thru the keyboard. Slide to unlock, touch a voicemail to hear it, touch a link to follow it, etc. So the virtual keyboard doesn't need to be "better", it just needs to be "good enough."
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