Xrgomics launches first TenGO-QWERTY hybrid keyboard accessory with AT&T Wireless Services -
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Singapore - Xrgomics (pronounced Zer-gore-mix), a company that specializes in Human Interface
Technology (HIT), looks set to follow in the wake of the success of their highly raved soft keyboard technology, TenGOTM,
today officially announced the launch of the hard keyboard TenGO-QWERTY hybrid version for the Audiovox PPC4100 with AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.
With this first entry of TenGO into the hard keyboard category, Xrgomics extends the power of quick, easy and comfortable text inputting to hard keyboards
and keyboard accessories, forever changing the way users think about keyboards both for mobile devices and the desktop. Xrgomics recently signed a vendor
agreement with AT&T Wireless, making it one of the select few Singaporean start-ups to have made in-roads with a U.S. Fortune Top 50 company and the largest
carrier in U.S (following the acquisition by Cingular Wireless).
The TenGO-QWERTY hybrid keyboard solution for the Audiovox PPC4100 (4100 TenGO Keyboard) allow users to type using the standard QWERTY configuration or easily
switch to TenGO typing on 6 large main alphabet keys. The Audiovox PPC4100 is a feature rich, low cost Pocket PC Phone that until now did not have keyboard accessory support.
KEY BENEFITS
This keyboard accessory comes with several unique and innovative features and benefits:
Can type like a QWERTY keyboard and/or TenGO Keyboard
TenGO Soft Keyboard comes included as bonus software
Keypad is slide-able. User can type in 2 positions (Slide Up or Slide Down)
No need to remove Keyboard for docking or charging
No need to remove Keyboard for phone functions (Keyboard also functions as a phone dialer)
"Wrap around" design and coordinated metallic silver color match, forming a perfect union with the Audiovox PPC4100
Intuitive - users do not need to learn something new
Fulfills the three basic needs for "true" text input: 1) Easy, 2) Fast, and 3) Able to sustain prolonged text input
THE TECHNOLOGY Essentially, TenGO segments the conventional QWERTY keyboard to just 6 large alphabet keys without
rearranging the letters and forcing users to learn a new keyboard layout.
Founder and CEO of Xrgomics said, "The fast moving converged device market drives the need for a very efficient text entry
solution that can deal with limited space, and yet not compromise on ease-of-use or prolonged text input." He also added
"The classic solution is usually the simplest. By simple modification of the center keys of the conventional keyboard, the mobile-unfriendly QWERTY keyboard
is transformed anew to allow TenGO text entry with larger keys and lesser finger movements."
For manufacturers, the reduced key or hybrid key layout means more flexible creation of PDAs and other mobile devices with larger,
easier-to-use buttons - without compromising design and form. This will make mobile text entry more user-friendly and frustration-free - eliminating the worry
of mistyping on tiny keys. Other innovative features like duo typing positions with the sliding keypad allow users to customize their typing positions and
find the position for best comfort. The 4100 TenGO Keyboard is specially designed to ensure that all normal operations on the PPC 4100 can be carried out with
the keyboard attached thus minimizing detachment and reattachment of the accessory.
The 4100 TenGO Keyboard is currently only made available for enterprise customers of AT&T Wireless. More information on the accessory can be gotten at http://www.tengo.net/4100.
About Xrgomics
Founded in 2002, Xrgomics is a privately held company specializing in human interface technology. With the rapid advancement in technology it is no longer hardware driving
the form factor and practicality of the device, but rather the user interface. This is especially critical in IT-related products as they proliferate, miniaturize, and become increasingly mobile. Xrgomics is
focused on meeting this widespread need by designing and creating new technologies and solutions to improve accessibility, functionality and ease of use. Ultimately, the end-user should see improved productivity,
efficiency and overall user experience, and find that technology is adapting to their needs.
