Windows Phone Thoughts: MessagEase Text Entry Keyboard

"The innovative, patent-protected MessagEase keyboard enables you to enter full text using buttons that are much bigger than a QWERTY keyboard. These bigger and fewer keys are easier to find and faster to target. MessagEase uses an ingenious combination of taps and drags for entering text: Taps for most frequent letters and numbers and drags for less frequent letters and special characters."

This looks like a rather complex but potentially very useful keyboard. According to MessagEase, the larger letters are the ones you'll use 71% of the time, and other letters can be accessed via a tap on the larger letter and a slide to the smaller letter.

In addition to the dedicated "space" key and number pad, MessagEase also features a "Command Button", which "includes the most common text editing functions. You can copy, past, cut and undo by just performing a drag. Dragging on the up or down arrow scrolls your text up or down. Drag on the Command icon to change to the Ctrl Mode. Drag and return to get to the Alt mode."

There are a ton of screenshots and instructions at the MessagEase site, along with a free 2 month trial. Registration costs $19.95.