> Mobile devices were originally designed for consumption.
They weren’t and then they were. Palm, Nokia, and Blackberry were all devoting around half their user-facing surface area to content creation with physical keyboards.
Near then end Nokia did make some really nice Linux-powered slide out keyboard devices. Best of both worlds if not for their thickness.
And before Palm had a keyboard, it had Graffiti, which could share screen space with display.
It took a short period of training but was actually quite good. Far better than onscreen keyboards.
I wouldn't recommend Graffiti for, say, trying to access a Linux shell. But for writing text, and editing it, it was serviceable in ways that current touchscreen devices aren't.
They weren’t and then they were. Palm, Nokia, and Blackberry were all devoting around half their user-facing surface area to content creation with physical keyboards.
Near then end Nokia did make some really nice Linux-powered slide out keyboard devices. Best of both worlds if not for their thickness.