Android Calendar Date Entry Sucks

Tom 6 April, 2013 at 3:19 PM 171 words

So I was entering an event into my Android calendar, which reminded me of something about Android that really annoys me. In what world is it easy to enter a month and day using these stupid radial spin dials that you have to flick through?

It reminds me of every kitchen timer you see now. You only get “up” and “down” buttons to enter a time. You never see timers with a keypad anymore, because some bean counter won’t let their manufacturer put 10 buttons on a device when you can get away with 2.

Does that linear model really have to extend to the Android calendar too? It doesn’t cost anything extra to put a keypad with buttons labeled 0-9 on a screen! Imagine a world where you can enter a date into a calendar app by going *taptaptap* and done! instead of *flick* *flick* *flick* *flick* *flick* damn overshot it *flick* *flick* damn missed again *flick* damn didn’t register my flick *flick* okay month entered, now for the day…