Each letter or number is obtained with a single finger stroke - no more multitap!
The alphabet and vowels are the best known letter sequences and together make a very memorable combination.
The phone doesn't have to guess at the word you intend and more importantly you don't need to keep checking it.
All words are supported, not just dictionary words. Proper names such as places and web addresses can be easily entered.
Abbreviations, foreign words and text language can all be used (gr8 4 u).
Keys are the same size as existing mobile phones, so no struggling with tiny buttons on miniature keyboards.
Yet the keypad is no bigger than existing mobile phones.
The Textra Keypad makes it easier to use digital data services such as web access, email, PIM and PDA tools, giving users greater satisfaction with their phone and increasing use of their network services.
New users can use the vowel signposts and then follow the alphabet to quickly locate the letter they need.
The Textra buttons are slightly taller, making them prominent home keys that your fingers can locate by touch alone. This enables tactile operation for easy touch texting.
The Textra Keypad also enables easy input of accented letters, greatly enhancing support for many languages.
The Textra Keypad is fast to use. A single stroke is quicker than multiple taps and the balance of letters between left and right offers a further increase in speed when both thumbs are used.
Enables users to focus on the content of what they want to say rather than on the battle with the input mechanism.
The only additions are the four Textra buttons embedded within a standard numeric keypad.
Textra uses standard pushbutton technology, so existing manufacturing processes and components may be used and with only four extra buttons, additional costs will be low.
For phone designers there is minimal integration effort as the bulk of the operating system functions can remain unaffected.
Making text entry quicker and simpler means more users sending messages and regular users sending more messages.
Menu driven web services such as WAP are okay for limited web access, but the hierarchical and stepwise nature of menus makes for a frustratingly laborious navigation for the experienced user.
For free unfettered direct navigation the user needs to be able to easily enter any URL. This is exactly what Textra enables. Giving users better direct access to the web encourages them to make greater use of their data services.
Effective use of search engines relies on specifying relevant and distinctive search terms. Often these include names, brands, places, products, etc - exactly the words where predictive systems cannot help and multitap can only manage slowly. But with Textra there are no such problems - suddenly searching becomes quick and useful again.
