How fast can you tap with Fastap? [Thu Jan 18, 07:04AM]

The traditional 50-year-old 12-button keypad for mobile phones is essentially ancient and outdated. It doesn’t address or facilitate ease of use required for today’s emerging and popular technologies- such as texting, mobile IM and email, and search, etc. Sure, these can be performed on a traditional keypad, but they can be difficult and also almost frustrating for the user. This slows growth of ARPU for the wireless operator.

Fastap solves those problems. Fastap is an enabling keypad technology devised of raised and lowered keys combined with error-prevention software. The raised letter keys allow consumers to tap the letter they want with less of a chance of hitting the surrounding keys. Even if you do, the error prevention software detects what key consumers were trying to hit and hence the letter appears on the screen.

The Fastap™ keypad has been launched on phones across North America with tremendous success. Users of Digit Wireless' Fastap keypad text message 116% more than those with similarly equipped 12-digit keypads. Digit Wireless' keypad improves technology adoption because it's easy, intuitive and it can fit on a small consumer-centric mobile phone.

The first handset to be equipped with the Fastap keypad wil be the LG-AX490 pictured avbove.