DOM PERIGNON III SPEED CONTEST - NOV 15 TO DEC 20, 2002
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Sponsored by Textware Solutions and Blue Nomad, Quik Sense,
Pocket Informant, Paul Computing, IA Style, and ttools.
HOW FAST CAN YOU TYPE ON YOUR PALM?
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You all know how difficult it is to get a fair comparison of
input methods. Any claim is likely to be dismissed as marketing
hype, as it may sometimes be the case. So the idea is to have a
contest where all participants can be measured on the same basis.
DOM PERIGNON II SPEED CONTEST
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Just enter the following 40 words with the method of your
choice and record your time:
What you need to do to have a chance to win
the contest is to tap this sentence as fast as you
can without any error. One more thing you need
to have for a valid entry is a witness.
ACCEPTABLE INPUT METHODS ARE:
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* FitalyStamp, FitalyVirtual, or any Fitaly keyboard.
* Any Palm keyboard using an overlay of the Graffiti area...
* On-screen Keyboards activated by a pen.
* Handwriting software such as Graffiti, Letter Recognizer...
* Thumb boards: keyboards designed to be used with your thumbs.
Obviously, the use of Graffiti shortcuts is not allowed and
neither is the use of word or phrase completion capabilities.
The use of an attached full keyboard is not allowed since the
object of this contest is to compare input methods using pen
input and thumb boards.
For more information, visit:
http://www.fitaly.com/domperignon/domperignon3.htm
CONTEST AWARDS
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* The fastest entry in each category — Palm, Pocket PC, and Thumb —
will be awarded a prestigious bottle of Dom Perignon (the
earliest entry, in case of a tie).
* The next 20 best entries get a free copy of FitalyStamp,
FitalyVirtual for the NR70, or the Fitaly Keyboard for the Pocket
PC... winner's choice.
* Weekly Awards: At the end of each week — on Nov. 23 and 30, Dec.
7 and 14 — the 20 best entries for the week will be awarded a
free copy of either of:
- Wordsmith from Blue Nomad (10)
- Quickbudget from Quick Sense (10)
- pEditPro from Paulcomputing (10)
- PocketInformant for the Pocket PC (15).
- IA ScreenShot for the Pocket PC (20).
- Premier Point Plus pen from ttools (5)
- Fitaly product of your choice (10)
* All participants will have made the demonstration that fast
text-entry is possible on a PDA!
SUBMITTING ENTRIES
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Contest entries should be posted on the Dom Perignon III Forum
established for the contest. The message title should start with
the Method & Time, expressed in hundredths of seconds.
http://fitaly.com/board/domper3/index.html
To run the test, use the freeware word game FitalyLetris and submit
a gif image of your score sheet.
The contest ends on December 20, 2002. See the table of current
entries on the Dom Perignon forum.
That's it: You have just about five weeks to show that the real purpose
of HotSync and ActiveSync is to transfer from the PDA to the PC!
Gene Kalb
Textware Solutions
http://www.fitaly.com
