Sunday, October 17, 2010

Matchstick Message #8: Strategic Key Placement

fromTara Raffi
toStudent Information Requests
dateSun, Oct 17, 2010 at 8:04 PM
subjectMatchstick Message #8: Strategic Key Placement





Dear RIM,


Though I'm usually all for comedy, I don't think it should be at the expense of people with thumbs bigger than the end of a q-tip.


I mean, it seems like every time you write that text to the boy you don't realllly have a crush on anymore, and you think, "should I send it or should I not send it" and then you realize with a jolt of logical reality "No! Of course I shouldn't send it!" and you swiftly move your extremely dexterous thumb down to the Delete key... then for some reason you see your message on the other side of the draft field.


The way I see it, there are three options here: (1) make the Blackberry big enough to accommodate buttons the size of a normal person's fingers, (2) include portable keyboards in that little box that holds the charger and CD when you buy a BlackBerry, or, because neither of those are reasonably cost or space efficient, (3) RIM can stop making phones with the delete key DIRECTLY above the enter key.


If this was done intentionally, it really is the greatest practical joke ever played on humanity. Every time some body makes a mistake... it gets sent!!! Genius!


But if this was not a calculated attempt to mock the thousands of people who rely on their BlackBerry's to communicate, then, RIM, please put the delete key next to something more harmless, like Alt.



Sincerely,




Tara

Comedy Enthusiast


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