Hands on: Phorm takes the awkwardness out of thumb-typing on an iPad mini<article>
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The
Phorm case, from
Tactus, adds a tactile layer to the software keyboard when you’re holding your iPad mini in portrait mode and engage the switch on the back—supposedly being able to “feel” the keys will make it easier to type.</p><p>
Yeah, right, I thought.</p><p>
I admit it, I was skeptical. I pictured bulging bubbles right on top of each letter, having to mash those bubbles with my thumbs, and seeing my iPad mini’s battery life suffer, because of course a case with an on/off switch requires power, right?</p><p>
Wrong. I was wrong about all of it.</p><p>
First of all, Phorm uses no power. The switch on the back is purely mechanical. The case, which completely encloses your iPad mini without adding too much bulk or weight, has a thin, double-layered membrane over the screen, and a tiny reservoir built in to the side of the case that holds a small amount of liquid. The switch on the back is completely mechanical—when you push it from one side to the other, the liquid is physically forced out of the reservoir into tiny channels between the two membrane layers, where it settles into place above each key on a standard software keyboard.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2913842/hands-on-phorm-takes-the-awkwardness-out-of-thumb-typing-on-an-ipad-mini.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Hands on: Phorm takes the awkwardness out of thumb-typing on an iPad mini
