Citations:thumboard

Noun: "alternative spelling of thumbboard"

 * 2002 — Feisal A. Adatia & Philippe L. Bedard, "'Palm reading': Handheld hardware and operating systems", Canadian Medical Journal, Vol. 167, No. 7, 1 October 2002:
 * As a result, "thumboards" — miniature keyboards that are designed for thumb-directed text entry — are becoming more popular.
 * 2003 — Alan Cooper & Robert Reimann, About Face 2.0: The Essentials of Interaction Design, Wiley (2003), ISBN 9780764526411, page 494:
 * In contrast, the Handspring Treo makes use of a touch screen and a thumboard.
 * 2004 — Hazimin Sulaiman, "Palm OS-based device gets wireless capability", New Straits Times, 19 April 2004:
 * Personally, I think thumboards are cumbersome to write large documents, so the Dana's approach is well-received.
 * 2006 — Rael Dornfest, Paul Bausch, & Tara Calishain, Google Hacks: Tips & Tools for Finding and Using the World's Information, O'Reilly Media (2006), ISBN 9780596527068, page 253:
 * While the thumboard of choice for executives tends to be the Blackberry mobile email device for the rest of the world (and for many of the kids in your neighborhood), it's the cell phone and SMS.
 * 2008 — "HCL launches sub-14K laptops", The Economic Times, 15 January 2008:
 * MiLeaptop Y Series also has navigational pad that offers multiple features such as touch screen, thumboard, stylus, keyboard, mouse and one-touch buttons.