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Originally Posted by mirage
What about a tablet so that you can use a stylus to write notes?
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I use the notes back on my laptop.
Also only a very few tablets have a genuine stylus input. Using an ordinary capacitive touch screen is poor. My Sony PRS350 5" eink allows such notes as does a Palm Z22 (2.4" 160 x 160 screen!).
None of the applications I use on Android, Windows or Linux allows image based notes by drawing, only text.
Anyway, I've never seen a tablet where a keyboard doesn't work. I've a proprietary wireless keyboard (the Laptop mini-dongle uses a €4 micro USB - USB-A OSB2Go adaptor and two USB folio cover keyboards (7" and 10") with micro-USB plugs wired for USB2Go. My mini keyboard with regular USB-A plug bought for a server also works via an adaptor.
All the BT keyboards have issues:
1) Less devices have BT
2) You've to turn on BT
3) You have to pair, can be slow.
4) Slow to wake compared to proprietary Wireless which is instant.
5) Tend to sleep and lose the first two characters typed
6) Most have rubbish key action but even a good one, item (5) is a killer.
I've loads of mini switches (low profile tact) and old PC size USB keyboards so I bought a 2nd folio cover for my 6" phone for €5 in a sale and cut stitches to remove the credit card holder layer on the cover. I'll punch holes in a sheet for the round buttons and glue switch tops to sheet, then hand wire to the USB keyboard IC with a short Micro USB plug wired for the USB2Go.
Esc <---F1 to F12---> Sl Pa Hm En In De
¦ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = <-
->Q W E R T Y U I O P [ ] Ent
Cl A S D F G H J K L ; ' # up
^ Z X C V B N M , . / \ ^ left right
Cn Wi Al space Gr Mn Ps Cn Pd dn Pu
Basically UK layout , UK shift, but
Cl (Caps Lock mapped to Compose on Linux, tricky to remap on Android)
All marking keys with AltGr, not just αινσϊ €, the ` dead for accenting
With PC keyboard connected:
Win Key seems to be Android Search. Menu key does Android app menu. Escape is Android Back, PrtScn does capture screen.
You do need a small paid app to remap keys for Android, though later versions of Android do have limited keyboard language layouts.