Frequently Asked Questions About MessagEase
(The quickest way to learn about MessagEase is to see it in action here!)
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| What is MessagEase? |
| MessagEase is a new keyboard technology designed and optimized for entering full text on small touch screen phones and other electronic devices.
MessagEase's patented technology (US Patent: 6,847,706) has fewer, larger keys, yet with it you can enter all letters, numbers, and special characters.
Currently available for PDAs and Tablet PCs, MessagEase's technology is applicable to touch screen cell phones--such as iPhone-- car navigations systems,
TV remote controllers, or basically any device where text entry is required but real estate is limited. |
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| What's MessagEase's advantage over QWERTY? |
| Bigger keys! QWERTY keys are too small to make it fast and practical on small touch screens. MessgEase's keys are
about four times bigger than that of QWERTY, making them much easier to target. |
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| What are the principles of MessagEase? |
| MessagEase has fewer, larger keys. With it you enter most frequent characters with a tap on relatively large key.
Less frequent characters are entered with a drag or slide. The position and relative location of each letter and character
is calculated based on letter frequency and letter-pair frequency, so that your finger\s movement is minimize,
and therefore your text entry speed is maximized.
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| What does it run on? |
| Currently MessagEase is implemented for Tablet PCs—or in fact any Windows-based system—, PDA's running
Palm OS, and Pocket PCs. We are working on versions to run on iPhone and other touch screen devices and phones. |
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| How does it work? |
| For a Tablet PC, it appears as a compact, resizable on screen
keyboard. With it, you can enter all letters, numbers, special characters, and even ALT and
CTRL combination keyboard commands. |
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| What do I do to see it in action |
| Please see our MessagEase on iPhone simulation/prototype online!
But also, if you have a Palm, Pocket PC or a Tablet PC, you can download and run MessagEase for free and run it on your device
to get a first-hand experience! You can also download and install MessagEase on any (non-touch screen) Windows system, but then
you\d have to use the mouse. |
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| Your Keyboard looks stange, almost jumbled! |
| You are right! At first glance it does! But again, all innovations may have looked strange at first. If you spend a few minutes
learning about how this keyboard operates, its strangeness would wear away. Once you see the logic behind "tap and drag" and
notice how much more efficient this system is, you may actually appreciate the new look! |
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| But I have to learn a new way of using the keyboard! |
| Tens of thousands of our paid users have adapted to using MessagEase and consider it as an indispensible tool. It takes surprisingly
little time to surpass the text entry speed of your current ineffecient methods! And after that, the more you use it, the faster you get.
We have had frequent reports of speeds near 60 words per minute, and that's on a tiny screen! Our users have
been telling us that it takes at most a few hours to become comfortable and efficient with MessagEase. Think about all the time that
will gain, but investing a little bit up of time upfront! |
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