RSSItalian Pens Novel Using Mobile Phone
By the Betanews Staff | Published July 27, 2007, 2:22 PM
In yet another sign of our increasingly mobile lifestyle, an Italian author has completed a 384-page science fiction novel without the use of a computer or pen and paper. Robert Bernocco wrote the entire book using his Nokia 6630 mobile phone by dividing the manuscript into short paragraphs.
Bernocco, who wrote in his native Italian, utilized the phone's T9 predictive text input designed by Tegic and formerly owned by AOL. He did not use shorthand and transferred the text to his computer only for proofreading. It took Bernocco 17 weeks to complete the novel, working mostly while commuting to and from work on the train. The book -- "Fellow Travelers" in English -- is available for purchase via Lulu.com, which serves as a marketplace for authors looking to self-publish their work.
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Why?
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|Jeesh, it's amazing what people will do in search of their 15 minutes of fame.
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|I checked Lulu.com, which in itself is a great idea, but I couldn't find the book or the author. What gives?
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|Wow! He typed a manuscript using a PHONE!
It is absolutely stunning that someone would use new technology to perform ancient tasks!
Who would ever have thought that something like this could happen?!
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|Bk sux. Lax plot. OvR8d.
SCNR.
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|If only there was a way to vote this comment up... :-)
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|Sounds like he had no problem with procrastination. He'd be awesome at texting with all that practice.
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|And the point of this is?
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|At least do it on a Nokia 9500 or anything with a proper keypad.
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|I bet his right thumb is quite sore.
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|This is just stupid. Why anybody would use T9word entry to compose a book I don't know.. I mean, buy a Treo or something.
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|"working mostly while computing to and from work on the train"
im sure that is supposed to be commuting.
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