And while that skinny little Touch keyboard for Microsoft Surface may be better than typing on a glass screen, it will be far from the gold standard for PC keyboards.
The idea is that small screens on devices like smartphones were never meant to have a full keyboard, so users should be able to see more of the screen when typing and interacting.
The one that caught the most attention was called OneNote, which is aimed at letting users take notes in an unstructured way, either by writing them down on a tablet PC screen or typing them on a keyboard and to organize them later.
The unique Logitech concave key design gives you more comfortable and quiet typing, and offers more speed and precision than typing on an on-screen keyboard.
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From the Start Screen, you can just start typing to begin a search for something -- a trick you can use on the Windows Store home screen, too.
He also taught us the Zen of touch-screen auto-correction typing, something which admittedly some of us do better than others.
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If you're in the apps screen, just start typing the name of the song or artist you're looking for, and up it comes.
Customers can look up words, highlight passages, adjust the font size and style or search by typing on the responsive on-screen keyboard that appears only when a customer needs it.
There were a few vexing instances in which the cursor randomly jumped to a different part of the screen while we were typing, forcing us to backtrack and delete unwanted characters before carrying on.
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You can even turn on keyboard predictions, saving you a few keystrokes by showing words on the screen that you might be typing next.
Snapkeys Si, made by Israeli startup Snapkeys, lets you see more of your smartphone screen while you're typing by using just four squares containing 12 letters instead of the traditional keyboard.
The search bar is actually one of the coolest features, because all you do is just start typing and the search term fills your screen, and the result is organized by artists, albums, songs, people, mixes, etc.
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From (mis)typing to having the driving directions on my screen took a fleet 18 seconds.
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It's a hassle, and it gets old quickly after you've installed your fourth or fifth channel -- even typing in login information using the on-screen keyboard and remote would be simpler than having to hit a browser every five minutes.
The screen slides open and tilts to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard for fast, comfortable typing, while productivity features such as the ability to sort, scan and manage Outlook email, open and edit the latest Office documents and keep track of the markets with HTC's stocks application, offer new ways to get more out of the business day.
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The smaller screen size did make touch input seem a little less natural, but the ability to just start typing and search or perform actions (such as sending an email) more than made up for the slightly cramped confines.
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