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RE: Keyboard
RE: Keyboard
RE: Keyboard
I'm waiting for a type-with-right-hand Half Keyboard (so I can write/tap with my left hand) but this looks interesting too. I'll probably buy the one that comes out for the m505 first.
FWIW
DLM
RE: Keyboard
Legend has it that the layout was actually designed to slow people down from jamming up the early mechanical typewriters, but I've heard varying accounts of this story's credibility. There are other, alternative layouts out there which try to address the problem by having the strongest fingers type the most often used letters and placing these letters in a cluster on the keyboard.
It's all interesting stuff, really.
K. Tran
RE: Keyboard
RE: Keyboard
On my Palm, though, I'm running Quicktype 123 with the OPTI layout. . .
K. Tran
carpal tunnel waiting to happen?
have you ever ten-keyed for hours? your hand literally starts to throb.
Solution in search of problem, Episode 87
That ain't that fast. I'll take my PPK any day.
Does anyone else see it's $170 with the case?
RE: Does anyone else see it's $170 with the case?
I suppose there may be a few people who need this, but the vast majority of users in need of a keyboard for occasional access will want a full-size QWERTY layout.
Sorry, but IMHO, you can't beat the best - a fold-up Palm Portable Keyboard, for $100 or less. They are built VERY well and feel just like any good-quality laptop keyboard.
It's the best when keyboard access is needed (meetings, etc.). I still use Graffiti for 90% of my input.
RE: Does anyone else see it's $170 with the case?
it sais that the case alone is $100, and that the keyboard is a standard P/S2 keyboard. my question is this:can you use the case with any p/s2 keyboard? if you could, that would allmost make it worth it.
quote of the month-
the worst crime aganst yourself is to wast time. time is the one thing that you can never get back
-yet another famous dead guy
RE: Does anyone else see it's $170 with the case?
It appears that way, but I can't say for sure. A full-size PC keyboard *may* work with it, but its not very portable... the whole point of handhelds.
Neither Fish Nor Fowl
If you want to type, get one of the actual keyboards, bifold or trifold. Pound away at 65-, 85- or 105-wpm. If you want to hunt, peck and practice, there are far cheaper options.
This thing seems to be neither fish nor fowl, and at a fairly foul price, to boot.
DOA
$170: A $70 premium over a PPK and it takes 10 hours !!! to learn how to punch letters at 40 WPM.
Gimme a break.
It's probably fine if you can only use one hand but for the rest of us go buy a PPK instead.
RE: DOA
quote of the month-
the worst crime aganst yourself is to wast time. time is the one thing that you can never get back
-yet another famous dead guy
RE: DOA
The plastic case alone is $100.
You must work for these clowns at Frogpond.
Frog Pad
don't buy patented keyboards
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But I dont think I can live with a keyboard that is not based on QWERTY...