The NeoKeys keypad is absolutely brilliant
By Stefan Constantinescu on Tuesday, March 27th, 2007 at 8:33 PM PST In Ideas and rants
The idea behind Neokeys’ smart keypad is pretty simple. Put tiny LCD screens above a phone’s middle 12 keys and sandwich them in between two outer columns that list options and menus.So each time you choose a particular function, like texting, the middle 12 keys will display commands for that function only. Theoretically it sounds like a good idea, but in reality…
it’s nothing that a dual-screen phone couldn’t do. On top of that, the dual-screen phone would be icon-driven, as opposed to NeoKeys’ text-only interface. Though it’s still an interesting concept nonetheless.
This just screams genius to me. Don’t forget to check out NeoKeys website, watch the demo!
I have to disagree. Changing input devices like that, while in theory sounds great, is a bad idea to most users. Most of the reason that I’m able to quickly access and manipulate my device is because I know exactly where each button is and what it does, 100% of the time. If they’re changing based on what I’m doing, that’s going to throw a whole new loop. And what if you end up with even the slightest lag? Nay.
This is kinda like the idea for a menu that changes based on what you use the most. It’s a great idea, and would work great for some, but I have a certain way that I put things so that I can easily access the things I want to. If my device is constantly moving crap around on me, I’m liable to throw it through the window.