Quote:
Originally Posted by branko
What! You mean it will support some kind of networking, have a microphone and speakers, and will let you run the software of your choice?!
|
Yes. It has apparently been a hassle to get Skype running on various portable devices. When I traveled to the Great West this April, I wanted to buy a Nokia N800, but they hadn't gotten Skype running on it. Perhaps it works now on the N800 and the Pepper Pad 3 and more. Where I live, VoIP is a very handy thing.
Quote:
Originally Posted by NatCh
I actually had (come to think of it still do, it's in storage somewhere) a laptop from the early '90's ('92~'93) that had a built in mini-trackball ... it didn't work all that well. The rollers (pre-optical, so it had rollers like an old mouse) gunked up pretty quickly, and it was a bit hard to control finely due to its small size, not to mention collecting bits and fragments of mystery substances. I don't know if adding optical technology would improve matters or not.
|
I had one too. It was called a SubNote. Very nice to use, but it got gunked up fairly quickly and the trackball finally quit working altogether. I have an optical Logitech Trackman Marble that is flawless. It never needs cleaning -- always works well.
Quote:
Originally Posted by nekokami
The touchscreen on my PowerBook works ok as long as my hands are dry. I tried one of those eraser things on a laptop my employer provided, a while back, and noticed tendon strain almost instantly, so I stopped using it. I also used to bang into it while typing, so I had to disable it. But this clearly varies for different people.
|
You are right. There is strain with the eraserhead, and the glide pad gives me fits. I have never used a touchscreen on anything but my Palm devices, but I intuit that reaching up to the screen frequently would give me bursitis. I would have to hold the screen to use it.