I'm not so sure about Windows 8, but I've got to give Apple credit for making the touch-screen popular. Hewlett-Packard had a whole bunch of touch screen laptops, but couldn't get any customer sell-thru. (2-4 years ago) Apple did this new technology and now everyone is trying to capitalize on it. Sometimes it doesn't pay to be on the leading edge - poor H-P. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 10:22 PM, John Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Rob - where did you find that? I've an HTC One X and haven't seen that > anywhere (and it won't > read QR codes either!) > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rob Studdert > Sent: Thursday, 29 November 2012 1:01 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Windows 8 Makes Me Consider a Mac > > On 29 November 2012 02:03, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > >> At 64, I guess I've reached olde fartedom. But I need a smartphone for my >> business, and bought my > first, a Droid 2, a couple of years ago. I opted for the android phone in > part because, at the time, > Verizon didn't support iPhones, and because the Droid 2 had a slide out mini > keyboard. At the store > I had tried typing on the screen of another android phone without keyboard > and found it nearly > impossible. At first I used the slide out keyboard on the D2, but it was > cumbersome and slow. I > eventually learned to manage fairly well typing on the screen but frequently > had to backtrack to > correct mistakes. A few weeks ago I became eligible for a phone upgrade, so I > stopped in at the > Verizon store and tried several phones. I found that the iPhone 5 was much > easier to type on than > any of the android phones. Don't know why, but it's easier to hit the right > letter on the touch > screen. Now, I can buzz along rather well, with a hunt and peck method and > have found that I can > even manage the two thumb technique. I will probably continue to practice > that. Sending e-mail from > the phone is important to my journalism work, so it's worth the effort. Old > fartedom has at least > been delayed. > > MY HTC Android phone has a quick calibration routine which once undertaken > reduces erroneous > keystrokes markedly. > > -- > Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours > Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
