Comments on: Virtual keypads set to grace Android phones

Developers are planning to add a touchscreen option early next year for phones using Google's Android OS.

[gerrrg]

Virtual keyboard isn't an issue....what IS an issue, is the really short battery life.

[hafenbrack]

that though is not purley a function of the OS, but more of a hardware problem in this case. Since this article about Android and NOT the G1, then the battery life can not be used as a comparison. G1 =/ Android

[inachu]

I thoght this article would be about hooking up REAL virtual keyboard devices which cost around $100

They are really nice and a perfect fit for a meeeting room that has its lights turned off for some overhead projection.

I do not mind my virtual keyboard on my iphone.

[tim.lsr]

One very useful feature of the virtual and physical keyboards on my past smartphones (SE P910 & 990) was alternate layouts. A physical keyboard is great, but when you want to enter text from another language like Russian into a translator program, the virtual keyboard makes that very easy. I have little doubt that this is one motivation on the Android developers part.

[checodaman]

Battery life, no virtual keyboard...I can deal with those. What I cant deal with is no A2DP. I want to get android OS so bad but just cant do it until the G1 supports A2DP. My entire car stereo system is dependant on a bt2.0 phone!

[kgsbca]

I can live without a virtual keyboard, what makes the G1 useless to me is the lack of a POP3/IMAP email client. Yes, it comes with one, but it doesn't work. at all. While T-mobile is apologizing profusely, nobody is saying when it will be fixed. I don't know if they just want to force everyone to use gmail, but a lot of people will send the phone back if they can't fix this soon.

otherwise, I like the phone. a lot.

[Seaspray0]

I haven't seen one yet, so I really can't say if it's going to be good or bad. What I do like so far is that it's an open develpment platform. There are no restrictions on what you can or cannot load on the phone.

[mattumanu]

Just say "no" to virtual keypads.

[G1OS]

is that thrut i love virtual keyboards i'll so waiting this one and yea the battery life is to short but this still a very wonderfull phone and no body cant deny that

[nebby74]

Battery life has been excellent on my G1. Easily get 40-50 hours on a charge. Yeah, sure I'm not using it all day long for browsing and gaming, not 3 hour phone calls. But in the real world, with a handful of daily IMs, email or web searches, the phone is amazing. Virtual keyboard will just make it that much better. The trackball + keypad makes it so much easier to use than some other nameless touchscreen phone I darn not mention.