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Originally Posted by vivaldirules
Ooops. Thanks, duckie! Any clues about the limits that the virtual keyboard could be used? For example, did anyone see the ability to create note files or editing documents? Or is this likely just for searching and navigation?
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search navigation and annotation.You can use your finger to circle things and "write" on the documents. Id prefer to write with a stylus but as I said to earlier in here and as I told the PL folks today there ARE capacitive stylus available now.
I spent 15 minutes or so with one today and I am really really impressed. I clearly hadn't wrapped my head around how thin 1/3 of an inch really is. Its less than a full legal pad. I thought the interface was well done.
A couple things I would change. Staus bar for one you can't just poke the middle of the status bar to jump forward/back When you touch there it brings up a bar in increments of like twenty- 75-95-115 etc .If you touch "75" it will go to 75 but if you touch in between then it gives you another bar for 76,77.78 etc for you to choose. Just over done and a little complicated.
No just notes now but they are already planning to add by april.
you can scribble on a document with your finger or you can place little graphical flags or you can annotate with the keyboard. when you annotate it makes a little square sticky note on the page with your typed text tha tyou can re-position. ALL of these notes on a PDF can be EXPORTED WITH THE PDF
No fussing about they just go with the pdf.
There were a couple menu/selection things I would do differently but over all i think its a really well thought out device. I'd be happy to have one.
Of the Push stuff like email and subscriptions etc will push to the device over the wife so you dont NEED the 3g to get the full use of the device. Oh the vent thingy on the bottom is a speaker that gives a little tone for feedback when you make selections etc.
But it definitely is a business oriented device. There are some other large format devices devices coming that will be more suited to casual/educational/scientific reading