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I thus think (= hope) that it’s a mistake to extrapolate
from today’s crappy input systems on tablets to a future of tablet-based
couch potatoes still watching Hollywood crap. We’re one innovation away
from lowering the creativity hurdle on tablets. Maybe it’ll be a truly
responsive keyboard. Or something that translates sub-vocalizations into
text (because I’m too embarrassed to dictate into my table while in
public places). Or, well, something.
via Joho the Blog » Will tablets always make us non-social consumers?.

I suspect that the idea that input systems on tablets are crappy will
rapidly become a tell-tale sign of age. Feature phones have “crappy”
input systems and yet with learning, and some rather unfortunate
adaptations of language, people quite happily chat away via SMS. The
same process will happen with tablets people will simply learn to type
on on-screen keyboards fast enough that they don’t consider them
crappy. It’s also important to remember that the vast majority of people
can’t type particularly fast on a full size desktop keyboard so the bar
for satisfaction is significantly lower than geeks would expect.

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