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Netbook or iPhone -- Which Offers Faster Typing in a Moving Car?

by Terrence O'Brien on May 1, 2009 at 01:22 PM


If you happen to find yourself bouncing along in the passenger of a car doing 80 miles an hour around sharp turns over dirt roads you might wonder, "what is the best mobile device for me?" Is is a netbook with its full(ish) keyboard? Or an iPhone with its predictive text and small form factor that allows you to death-grip it in both hands?

Well, the U.K.'s Crave decided to find out by strapping correspondent Rory Reid into a rally car alongside European Rallycross champion Kenneth Hansen. The results are spectacular -- if you're into watching someone struggle trying to type out simple sentences. We don't want to give away everything, but here's what Reid was able to type out on the Eee PC while flying around the track:
"THISn QUICC BDE4 FROCCDX HJUNOE OV4E3DR TTHJREV N V DOGTG"
That's supposed to be "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."

As an additional plus, we're taking a cue from Rory and adopting the word "savage" into our vocabulary. This video is savage. [From: Crave UK, via Wired]

Tags: eee, eee pc, EeePc, netbooks, rally, rally car, rally racing, RallyCar, RallyRacing, tests, top

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