Citations:thumboard
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English citations of thumboard
Noun: "alternative spelling of thumbboard"[edit]
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- 2002 — Feisal A. Adatia & Philippe L. Bedard, "'Palm reading': Handheld hardware and operating systems", Canadian Medical Journal, Vol. 167, No. 7, 1 October 2002:
- As a result, "thumboards" — miniature keyboards that are designed for thumb-directed text entry — are becoming more popular.
- 2003 — Alan Cooper & Robert Reimann, About Face 2.0: The Essentials of Interaction Design, Wiley (2003), →ISBN, page 494:
- In contrast, the Handspring Treo makes use of a touch screen and a thumboard.
- 2004 — Hazimin Sulaiman, "Palm OS-based device gets wireless capability", New Straits Times, 19 April 2004:
- Personally, I think thumboards are cumbersome to write large documents, so the Dana's approach is well-received.
- 2006 — Rael Dornfest, Paul Bausch, & Tara Calishain, Google Hacks: Tips & Tools for Finding and Using the World's Information, O'Reilly Media (2006), →ISBN, page 253:
- While the thumboard of choice for executives tends to be the Blackberry mobile email device […] for the rest of the world (and for many of the kids in your neighborhood), it's the cell phone and SMS.
- 2008 — "HCL launches sub-14K laptops", The Economic Times, 15 January 2008:
- MiLeaptop Y Series also has navigational pad that offers multiple features such as touch screen, thumboard, stylus, keyboard, mouse and one-touch buttons.