A keypad is not simply for entering a vanity number or a phone book entry, but is expected to play the role of a full speed keyboard. We believe now that the circumstance has changed. The idea was that, if the user s skill in a QWERTY keyboard can be transferred to the environment of a 3x4 keypad, then it may be worthwhile designing a keypad layoutĬHI 2005 | Late Breaking Results: Posters April 2-7 | Portland, Oregon, USA Qwerty-like 3x4 Keypad Layouts for Mobile Phone Sunyu Hwang and Geehyuk Lee Information and Communications University 103 6 Munji-dong Yuseong-gu Deajon, South Korea changing it against the inertia of tradition. Most computer users are now accustomed to QWERTY keyboard layout. What came to our mind at this point was the QWERTY keyboard layout.

If one proposes a better keypad layout and wants it to be accepted by public, a few numbers from experiments are of little use one has to come up with a compelling reason that can override the inertia of tradition. Apparently, the current alphabetical layout is not anything optimal, but the problem is that there can be numerous, equally optimal keypad layouts. Qwerty-like 3x4 keypad layouts for mobile phone Qwerty-like 3x4 keypad layouts for mobile phoneĬHI 2005 | Late Breaking Results: Posters April 2-7 | Portland, Oregon, USA Qwerty-like 3x4 Keypad Layouts for Mobile Phone Sunyu Hwang and Geehyuk Lee Information and Communications University 103 6 Munji-dong Yuseong-gu Deajon, South Korea changing it against the inertia of tradition.

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