09-28-2011, 12:55 PM | #1 |
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image of 4th gen kindle w/on-screen keyboard showing
anyone have an image of what the non-touch on-screen 4th gen keyboard looks like? attach an image please, .
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09-28-2011, 01:09 PM | #2 |
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09-28-2011, 01:27 PM | #3 |
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Oooooh..... LoL I'm loving it!
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09-28-2011, 01:42 PM | #4 |
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duh...
looks like i didn't scroll low enough on that page at amazon. and i thought i went all the way to the bottom. it looks like a quite acceptable alternative to a full-blown touchscreen interface, but only time will tell. and the numbers are back!! hooray for that. |
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Oh, no, it's an alphabetical order. That's horrible .
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09-28-2011, 01:54 PM | #6 |
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When you have an on-screen keyboard with no touch, it's fine to have alphabetical order. You need to use the 5-way controller to navigate to all the different keys so I don't think having a QWERTY layout would make much difference in speed of entry.
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09-28-2011, 01:56 PM | #7 |
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I'd be pretty sure, though, that the Touch versions will have the same soft keyboard. That's where it's bad. Perhaps I'm wrong - I hope I am!
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09-28-2011, 01:59 PM | #8 |
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Apparently the Touch DOES have a QWERTY keyboard. Thanks goodness for that!
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09-28-2011, 02:02 PM | #9 |
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I just changed my mind and ordered the non-touch model. It should be here tomorrow. I'll let you know how much of a pain the onscreen keyboard is. |
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09-28-2011, 02:21 PM | #11 |
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yikes!
holy cow batman! i didn't even notice that!! and i was naive enough to assume (there it goes again) that the keyboard would be touch sensitive and that there just isn't a touch ui. i take it i was incorrect and it's not, bummer! what a let-down.
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09-30-2011, 12:55 AM | #13 |
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I just got the new Kindle today and I honestly don't mind the onscreen keyboard. I wouldn't want to type novels on it (or emails/notes for that matter), but for basic text entry for collections and book searches it works fine.
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09-30-2011, 01:48 PM | #14 |
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After using my K4 NT on screen keyboard for a while now I find it okay, even though the letters are not in QWERTY. If you use the Page buttons to cycle through the tabs, it is much quicker to use than scrolling to the tab via the 5-way controller. I still recommend the K3 if you need to type a lot.
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