The $30 iTwinge keyboard may be able to grab some brand new iPhone owners who have a bit of trouble adjusting to the on-screen keyboard, but most people will tell you that you get used to it in about a week. Although with a potential customer base of however many bajillion iPhone owners there are out there, Mobile Mechatronics (the company behind the iTwinge) probably has a leg up by being first-to-market with this thing.
The extra bulk that it’ll add to your trouser pocket may be a bit off-putting, too, and let’s not fail to notice that it covers up half the screen when in use. So you’ll have to launch whatever program you’re going to use to do some typing, bring up the on-screen keyboard, and then plug your iPhone into the iTwinge.
Still, not a bad option (the only option, actually) for people who can’t stand to be without an actual tactile keyboard. It’s available for pre-order now ($30) and shipping out on November 19th – geez, maybe there’ll already be other options before then. That’s a long ways off.
Should have called it the iCringe, amirite?
ROFLCOPTER.
I hate to say it, but this device might be useful for me when typing long emails on my iphone. I have tourette syndrome so even the landscape keyboard proves to be difficult if I have to respond immediately to a group with no laptop access.
The price tag isn’t worth it to me though. Maybe if it was $10 or less.
This looks like a joke.
Hey guys, what happens when Apple updates the phone and changes the keyboard? XD
If someone needs this… they should get a blackberry
iphone needs physical keyboard not just itwinge
http://inspirationtrack.com/iphone-needs-physical-keyboard-not-just-itwinge/
Before iPhone v1, I had the laser keyboard with my Samsung Blackjack. marginally functional… Blackberries are a great email engine, but the iPhone (now a 3GS) serve as “brains in a box”… But the on-screen does not hold up to a keyboard @ 80wpm… If they want the corporate world: give me a BT keyboard — a real one that allows SPEED for email… IMHO
Maybe if your going to type a really long email or if you write up word documents on your phone, then this could be useful. For the most part i see this as being more annoying then anything. Is actually funny to find this accessory under iPhone app reviews
This is why I got a Pre instead of an iPhone.