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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Really? Do you write with your finger much?
BOb
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Huh?
Writing with your finger(s) seems pretty popular these days.
As far as I can tell, the iPad 'keyboard' appears to be roomy enough to allow you to use whatever your preferred number of digits usually is - starting from hunt and peck with one or two fingers and going on upwards.
There's a pic somewhere here (still working out the best way to show it...) of somebody who looks keen to use the full set of fingers. It looks feasible to me, but then I'm not too fussy. I've gone from writing on manual typewriters through to a variety of computer keyboards, plus texting on mobile phones whose input methods ranged from grindingly awful to surprisingly quick and easy. I'm pretty much equally scruffy on all of them...
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
I can't wait to hear your report on the iPad. I want one so bad I can taste it, and was even thinking of using my tax refund to buy one, but I know in my heart that we have other priorities at this time. I don't think I'd prefer it for reading (it's too heavy and has a back-lit screen), but it looks like it would be ideal for writing.
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I don't think the weight would be much of a problem for me - it's quoted at around 680 grams, whereas the regular hardback book that I'm currently reading (Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything) weighs well over 800gms and that's not bothering me. In fact, some of my books weigh as much as 5kgs.
I also actually like backlit screens. So, like you, I may well crack some time this year and get an iPad. I probably wouldn't get it solely as a book reader, but it has other features that I like too. There are a few restrictions that I'd prefer weren't there, but that seems to apply to pretty much any device and I've been able to work around things, or live with it, with my other gadgets.
Cheers,
Chris