Dig this: A company called Digit Wireless has developed a new way to map QWERTY keys onto a regular phone, to make it easier to type SMSes, emails, and novels on your Nokia. Rather than force people to type on the super-teensy keys of, say, a Handspring Treo — a truly sadomasochistic bit of ergonomic design, if you ask me — Digit Wireless has created the Fastap system.

Their idea: Cluster the QWERTY keys in the corners of each number on a keypad. It’s a little hard to see from this picture, but if you go to the splash page on their site, there’s a better view.

I dunno. It’s a neat idea, but I’ve still yet to see anything as perfectly designed for mobile typing than the Danger Hiptop.

(Thanks to Techdirt Wireless News for finding this one!)