Windows Phone Thoughts: HTC Suffers Rube Goldberg Moment

"HTC has filed for a patent that would have your phone determine which character you meant to type by analyzing its current tilt at the time you press a key, the idea being that a single key could be responsible for entering as many as five different letters and numbers."

To me, an efficient text entry system is one that minimizes the physical movements you have to make. While I love ink-based systems for note taking, I'm still way faster with a physical keyboard for pure text entry, irrespective of whether I'm using my phone, my UMPC or my laptop. This patent though seems designed to <i>maximize</i> movements instead. It's a neat idea, but it's like they were trying to figure out more cool ways to use an accelerometer rather than any serious attempt at anything actually useful.