Pen input faces off against hardware and software QWERTY keyboar...

Courtesy Engadget  Mon, 01/25/2010 - 19:59

It's completely anecdotal and lacking in what some might call "scientific rigor," but we're digging the, ahem , relevance of Phil Gyford's little text input faceoff he performed for his blog recently.

The piece pits an Apple Newton, Palm Vx, Treo 650, and Apple iPhone up against each other, with regular pen and paper and a laptop's full QWERTY keyboard thrown in for reference.

The results may or may not surprise you, but (spoiler alert) after the...


 

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