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Author	Jonathan Bray
Published	31st Aug 2008
Manufacturer	Dasur
Supplier	Dasur
Price	£25
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Dasur Thumbkey

The rather ugly-looking Dasur Thumbkey takes TenGO Thumb's many letters per button approach to extremes. Instead of six keys, you get just three here, and they're arranged in a QWERTY layout. It looks a bit weird, but seems to work quite well.

You simply stab each button in roughly the right area - to the left of the top button for the W, around about the centre of the middle button for the letter G - and down the left hand side of the keyboard. As you type, the keyboard pops up what it thinks is the most likely word, with a list of alternatives down the left.

The concept is sound, but the implementation isn't, unfortunately. Though typing plain text is quick enough, the other buttons surrounding the text keys - Enter, Delete word, Space, Comma, Full stop and Backspace - are far too small and fiddly, and slow your typing speed considerably. The symbol pads require two clicks to get to, which doesn't help either.

If the thumb key approach appeals, then, you're better off choosing TenGO Thumb. It's more effective and elegant, and also a lot cheaper than this.

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Oliver Levett said on 1st September 2008

Ah! Yet another "my phones better than iPhone" :D

I love these!

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Gordon said on 1st September 2008

@Oliver - not really, no but enjoying your crusade ;)

Oliver Levett said on 2nd September 2008

Okay...

My phone is better than an iPhone. :D It may not have 3G, but, the iPhones 3G isn't even that good! (I think it has a 3.6MB/S max theoretical bandwidth,... more

xbrumster said on 24th September 2008

oh people, let's look forward... how come nobody is talking about voice recgntn, will certainly hav less hassle, theoratically

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