As we all know the iPhone’s keyboard takes some adjustments and getting used to. For one it lacks tactile response but we do get an extremely customizable keyboard. However a study has been done that shows the iPhone’s keyboard is 2 times slower amongst a small group of humans new to the phone yet experienced with other mobile keyboards.
The study takes a look at 20 participants all of whom have yet to use an iPhone and coming from phones with either a physical QWERTY keyboard or a numeric keypad. In some cases typing text messages of a fixed length by a small course of
Evidently there are some problems with the study as they are taking a look at users on the iPhone who have yet to fully adapt to the system. They didn’t give them sufficient duration to adapt and overcome wanting to use their old phone. In addition they used a very, very small group and the types of phones each had used were not included.
More on the study: Usercentric
Via: TUAW
Original post by Chris
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