{"id":377167,"date":"2010-03-01T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5482810"},"modified":"2010-03-01T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-01T16:59:00","slug":"pelikon-morphpad-combines-a-morphing-qwerty-with-a-touchpad-smartphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/377167","title":{"rendered":"Pelikon MorphPad Combines a Morphing QWERTY with a Touchpad [Smartphones]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- videoId: i-jI8FPdxdw --><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nnewVideoPlayer( {\"type\":\"video\",\"player\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/v\\\/i-jI8FPdxdw&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22\",\"customParams\":[],\"width\":500,\"height\":412,\"ratio\":0.824,\"flashData\":\"\",\"embedName\":null,\"objectId\":null,\"noEmbed\":false,\"source\":\"youtube\"} );\n<\/script><!-- \/videoId: i-jI8FPdxdw --> In the current smartphone market, you need to choose between LCD touchscreens (incredible UI versatility) and real QWERTY buttons (tactile feedback). But the MorphPad offers a third choice that&#8217;s somewhere in between.<\/p>\n<p>Little more than a proof of concept at the moment, this demo shows us a QWERTY Bluetooth remote filled with dynamic, reconfigurable buttons. This idea alone is beyond most current QWERTY implementation, but then Pelikon takes innovation a step further by allowing a majority of their keys to go blank and serve as a touch-sensitive pad (for mousing, gestures, etc).<\/p>\n<p>My main concern isn&#8217;t whether or not the tech works (you can spot it in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electronista.com\/articles\/09\/05\/25\/toshiba.biblio.handset\/\">Toshiba&#8217;s Biblio<\/a>), but whether or not the button-built touchpad really feels very comfortable to use.<\/p>\n<p>And frankly, to all the worried Blackberry\/Sidekick loyalists in the house, touch screens really <em>aren&#8217;t so bad<\/em> to type on. The learning curve for a Nexus One or iPhone isn&#8217;t all that far beyond any new smartphone keyboard, given that real-button QWERTY designs vary so much. 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