On Nov 28, 2012, at 11:34 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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) The touch-screen iPhone was introduced more than five 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. -- 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.
