On 12/2/16, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: >For me, a replaceable battery is a requirement, a real keyboard is >merely very desirable, so I've got a Samsung Note4. I do miss the real >keyboard of my old treo.
Hmm. Replaceable battery not an issue withe me as phone recharges in vehicle. That said, replacing batteries in devices with 'non-user- replaceable battery' is not an issue either - have pulled apart many devices and soldered in new batts. iFixit is my friend :-) >As someone has mentioned, a real external (bluetooth) keyboard for when >you have to enter a lot of stuff can really help. The note has a pen, >and some sort of handwriting recognition, that seems to work OK, though >not quite like grafitti did. Really have troubled using my thumb when texting/emailing one-handed on the iPhone 6. The obvious response here would be 'well don't do it!' but that is not the issue. The issue is that there are many instances a day when I have to do it. My right had is otherwise engaged (no cracks Walkden!) and I need to respond to texts and emails from colleagues. I had a Treo as my last smartphone up to 2007 when I went with iPhone. The 6 is just a tad too big to do it comfortably. >What I'm currently using for most text input is swype, which I believe >is also available for the IOS world. I'd suggest giving it a try, it >works a lot better (for me) than the traditional virtual keyboard, >though you can enter the characters for words that are not in the >dictionary. It also works better with my phone's pen than with my >finger, but I usually don't bother. Yes my son suggested that and I might give it a try. However my current contract ends in July and am investigating possibilities. I do also have issues with the way Apple is starting to treat its customers. It seems to me to be getting rather big for its boots and throwing its weight around. Some would argue it's been doing this for years. I first used Apple products in about 1996 when I was loaned a PowerBook 5300 for a week and loved it. Shortly after I got a PowerBook 1400 and have never looked back as far as computers - both portable and desktop - are concerned. Phone-wise, I found Palm to be the best at smartphones while waiting eagerly for Apple to release something. In those days it was actually unfashionable to use Apple products! Difficult to imagine in this day and age eh. November 24th 2007 and the UK launch of the first iPhone and I was there on the day. The iOS was clunky and almost laughable looking back - you couldn't even copy and paste! But it was streets ahead of the competition and I loved it. Early adopters always pay a price but to be honest every iPhone I've ever had worked very well, except for one unit where the GPS failed. That was replaced by my phone provider. But now I'm just getting the feeling that everyone and his mother is using the iPhone - and when something gets too popular - that's the time when I usually jump ship. Why? Because large corporations that make lots of money selling popular stuff get complacent, and that's not an attitude I like. Thankfully I don't live in a communist society and I can choose something else. I've heard a lot of good things about BlackBerrys and, certainly for what I need in a smartphone, it would fit the bill nicely. I'll still be hanging onto my MacBook Pro, and even buying an iPad Mini. Not ready to hand over the tech that still fits the bill for me and does the job well. But I might just make a start. Holy mackerel I've written nearly as much as Larry does on FB ------> ;-) Cheers Lar and bless ya mate -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) | Web Video Production ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- 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.
