Paul, And between the iphone and the ipad touch, they have built up quite a following. Really, they defined the market and function of touch screens. H-P was just too early to know what tablet computers should be. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 6:37 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- 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.
