Apple’s iPod touch debuted a new kind of thumb keyboard - whenever a key was tapped, a bigger picture of it appeared on the screen above. Vito Technologies now went one step further - their program not only displays the key, but also the surrounding area.
In case you wonder about how this looks - the image below shows the program working in default mode. Whenever you press one of the keys, the bubble containing the magnification is popped up:
The product includes a variety of layouts that can be chosen with th key on the left - the images below show English, numeric and German modes:
A menu can be opened to configure various aspects of the program:
Last but not least, ZoomBoard has a variety of different zoom modes:
This review looked at version 2.0 of the program on a hp ipaq rx4240 running Windows Mobile 5. The program automatically installs itself into the RAM when the cab is launched - no information about the file size is given(and the program cannot be installed onto an external memory card).
In the end, ZoomBoard succeeds in taking Apple’s thumb keyboard system one step further - here, the zoom view really helps when it comes to hitting characters. In case the concept outlined above sounds attractive to you, try out the free trial and purchase this 15$ app in the TamsShop if you like it…
P.S. The text in the screenshots is a short story written by Dr. Kohrs of abc texte. A big thank you goes out to her for permitting us to use it as sample!
