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____/ Mark Kent on Sunday 07 Feb 2010 09:23 : \____
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>> ____/ Mark Kent on Friday 05 Feb 2010 14:27 : \____
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>>> Lusotec <nomail@xxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> Mark Kent wrote:
>>>>> Lusotec espoused:
>>>>>> The keys on my Eee 1000 keyboard have a good size and feel but some of
>>>>>> the smaller devices have much smaller keys and I find it hard to type
>>>>>> comfortably on them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you able to touch type?
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I can touch type.
>>>
>>> Okay.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I've found that people who seem to have
>>>>> problems with smaller keys are usually either those who cannot
>>>>> touch-type, or they are visually or motor-impaired in some way. I'm
>>>>> curious as to whether my model still fits..
>>>>
>>>> I may fit in the motor-impaired category. I have big fingers. :)
>>>>
>>>
>>> That is the one thing which is a real killer, to be honest - I know
>>> several ex-Rugby players who have real trouble even on standard PC
>>> keyboards, because their fingers are too wide even for those.
>>>
>>> My pianist fingers are not quite so chubby, but look at professional
>>> pianist's fingers and they usually have hands like Rugby players :-)
>>>
>>> I recommend you stay with a *big* keyboard !
>>
>> Some keyboards are adjustable for size, but only in terms of separation
>> between hands. Keyboard layouts probably play a greater role (QWERTY, like
>> pagination, is set this way due to antiquated limitations, not rationale).
>>
>
> Anyone who wants a good working mini touch Qwerty keyboard should talk
> to Motorola and get the A780 code. It's truly perfect. Whilst my
> finger obscures several keys each time I put it over the keyboard, I can
> type perfectly on it - it uses some averaging method which correctly
> identifies, without fail, the key sought.
>
> The Android keyboard, by comparison, is twice as big and also twice as
> poor.
>
> Motorola have something very special there.
Yes, it's somewhat of a dying giant.
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