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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
So I think a real keyboard will always be necessary for anyone that does a lot of writing wants to maximize their typing speed.
But in any case, unless one has kid sized hands, you can't type in the proper manner on the iPad as it's just too narrow.
Works fine for short e-mails and things of that nature, but I gave up on it for forum posting etc. as it just wastes too much time vs. grabbing the laptop.
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Well, I don't have "kid sized hands" by any stretch, though they are fairly narrow, and I can type reasonably well two handed with full touch typing on the virtual screen in landscape mode. I do find I get lazy though and type one handed, or two fingered, rather than set the iPad on my lap and type properly. Still, a post of this length or even a little longer is very doable for me two handed.
If I know I'm going to get wordy though, I tend to pull out the wireless Bluetooth keyboard. That is absolutely the greatest--weighs nothing, doesn't get hot the way my laptop does, and I can go back to regular iPad use with a click of the eject button. I agree that one probably isn't going to want to write a novel on the iPad with only the virtual keyboard!
As a reader...I still prefer my K2. But I'm reading more on the iPad than I expected to, especially at night. The Kindle app, with the screen set to white text on black, is a lot nicer than any book light I've tried so far. It's also extremely nice to be able to read PDF's clearly in a size that more closely approximates the original. The Kindle's PDF handling leaves much to be desired.