This is dumb.

I think this is one of those times where those of us used to one form of input think something like this might be "dumb."

There is a generation of kids that learned how to text before they knew how to type, and this would actually be a time saver for them. And yeah, it would be useful for presentations, AutoPC applications, or other *cough* applications where one might want to type one handed.

It may or may not catch on, but I would bet there are 15 year olds who could do a term paper with this thing.

Just because these 15 year-olds could doesn't mean they should.

I see the merit in the Nostromo - hel, I bought one because it makes entering numerical data on my MacBook so much easier - but this? Not only is it unergonomic as shit typing cellphone-style, but learning a decent way to type on a conventional keyboard will always be faster than this (qwerty or dvorak, I don't care).

"BFF Jill" is hilarious.

BFF ROSE! Get it right! XD

I want one, but wireless and with a Crackberry thumboard. Now I could rock that for a solid 50-60 wpm.

Great. Now I can take that same annoying experience of taking ten minutes to type a sentence to my pc. Who needs to type 40 wpm anyway?

@Hvedhrungr: Could and should are relative terms. Who is to say that it will always be faster? I doubt you can find an expert to say that the modern keyboard will always be the fastest input device.

This device may or may not culminate in advancement of input devices as we know it, but it may start something.

I remember reading about these a while ago in Wired's Japanese Schoolgirl Watch. There are people out there who are indeed faster on this type of keyboard then on a querty.

The newer cellphones are moving towards full qwerty keypads...wouldn't it be hilarious if computers started moving towards these things? They'd flip flop!

Question is - are these people faster on their thumb board than someone else is on their chosen keyboard? Have we broken 30wpm (full words, not txt wds) on these boards yet?

There are people who txt fast, but still.

For one-handed keying, there have been many chorded keyboards used since the 80s that people have gotten adept with. I just want the one-handled keyboard I saw at a comdex one year. It was half a QWERTY keyboard, and you accessed the other half by holding down space and where the other character would be. Worked quite well even without training (I tried the demo live, and it seemed to work first time).

Christ on a bike, it's bad enough that there are people who use texting shorthand when they have a full frickin' qwerty keyboard. I've received emails at work from testers who ask "Wen is dis bug going 2 be fixed? Can u reply soon pls?". They make me wish I could reach over the tubes of the intarweb and strangle them.

I get enough practice on my psp :(

lol, dis thing is gr8, i m usin 1 rite now and i can typ 500 wpm w/ it.