twiddler

Here is another, a rather odd and interesting one, the Twiddler.

As a keyboard, the Twiddler is more of a challenge, or at least it was for me.

The Twiddler is a 16-key keyboard (plus mouse) designed to be held and operated in one hand.

A handheld keypad, called a Twiddler, hung at their sides.

"That man is a warrior, Sjarhir, not a data twiddler.

To use the Twiddler, one or more keys are pressed to form a character, word or phrase.

As a mouse, the Twiddler is somewhat eerie.

"Pratt's system of dispensing with the keyboard and using the hand itself may, like the Twiddler, be better for the body.

With the Twiddler, which fits comfortably in one hand, he can send E-mail and compose letters.

The Twiddler, which doubles as both keyboard and mouse, is about the size and shape of an electric razor.

A "Y" adapter for the first port allows both keyboard and Twiddler to be used.

Mr. George is skilled enough to produce cursive handwriting with the Twiddler.

When a fellow borg is typing on his Twiddler, he said, other borgs have learned to pause and wait for the information to be recorded.

In computing, bit twiddler may refer to:

He wrote his 250-page doctoral thesis using the wearable computer, typing with the Twiddler while pacing around his sun porch.

Dr. Starner wrote his entire Ph.D. dissertation using a Twiddler.

Bit twiddler (disambiguation)

Right now, many people who want to communicate with their wearable computers use a device called a Handykey Twiddler (www.handykey.com), a keyboard that fits into the hand.

The name Twiddler does not sound serious, but the Handykey Corporation of Mount Sinai, L.I., is in dead earnest about it.

Mr. Newman said it will include an easy-to-use device that fits in the hand for typing and inputting data (similar to the Twiddler used by some fans of wearables).

The Twiddler, unlike touch-screen or pen-based computing devices, works with existing equipment and software: a machine running DOS 3.1 or higher and Windows 3.0 or higher.

His left hand was hanging at his side, but the fingers of that hand were flittering over his Twiddler as he typed in information from the card he held in his other hand.

Although the Twiddler is not being marketed as a device for those who suffer from or are at risk of repetitive stress injuries, it seems to this nonmedical layman to be worth considering for that purpose.

Learning how to efficiently use a Twiddler, a keyboard designed for single-handed use, can be tricky, and the devices make it impossible for users to operate their computers simultaneously and perform tasks that need two hands.