The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 1092

WT Sharpe · 03-09-2011, 01:37 PM

I wouldn't mind a touchscreen on a Kindle if it was a good as the iPad touchscreen, but I'm not too pleased with the one on my PSR-600, although for all I know the newer versions may be better.

kennyc · 03-09-2011, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I wouldn't mind a touchscreen on a Kindle if it was a good as the iPad touchscreen, but I'm not too pleased with the one on my PSR-600, although for all I know the newer versions may be better.

Agreed. I had the 900 for a while (til the U.S. Postal Service lost it) and I wasn't happy with it's touchscreen at all. I've gotten used to using the DroidX and now the Xoom more and more and I want all screens to be touch screens.

I'm also always reaching for the rewind control for the car radio to replay some song name etc...

I want it to work like a Tivo!

badgoodDeb · 03-09-2011, 02:02 PM

I keep trying to move my mouse pointer over to an item on the desk ....

SolRaven · 03-09-2011, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Should I admit to how many times I've double-tapped on my Kindle screen?

I won't if you won't.

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Originally Posted by wyndslash

LOL. man, i remember. my brother in high school used to wear his pants like that. i wonder why it was ever trendy. it must be so uncomfortable!

It's jail house fashion brought to the streets. In jail they aren't allowed to have belts, so they often have falling pants. I guess they liked jail so much that they want to remember the good times that they had there.

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

What's really sad is to see folks who are 30+ with their pants around their thighs trying to be teenagers.

It's sad to see teenagers w/ their pants around their thighs!! How is it possible for fitted pants AND baggy thigh pants to be "fashionable" at the same time?

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I wouldn't mind a touchscreen on a Kindle if it was a good as the iPad touchscreen, but I'm not too pleased with the one on my PSR-600, although for all I know the newer versions may be better.

The 650's are super responsive. I don't have my iPad yet, but it's as responsive as my Droid X, or any LCD touchscreen. The refresh rate is still slower, but the responsiveness is excellent.

Freeshadow · 03-09-2011, 02:31 PM

when sitting on a windows machine I still keep forgetting ctrl-c since under linux it's enough to mark text.
then of course i try midmousebutton to paste...
yeah sometimes I'd need a mirror for facepalms

phenomshel · 03-09-2011, 02:34 PM

At my former job we had a kid who wore his pants down low. It became a conspiracy amongst us "older" ladies to see who could depants him first on a given shift. It never stopped him. We gave him KK's "cowboys are sexy" speech. Never moved him. He still wears them that way. He came in as a customer the other day and I threatened him with it again, causing my cashier's jaw to drop (she had no way of knowing I knew the kid and apparently thought I'd talk that way to a complete stranger...).

WT Sharpe · 03-09-2011, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by SolRaven

The 650's are super responsive. I don't have my iPad yet, but it's as responsive as my Droid X, or any LCD touchscreen. The refresh rate is still slower, but the responsiveness is excellent.

Glad to hear it. I thought the newer generation would be better, because they use one less layer of material in the screen (for clearer and sharper reading).

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Agreed. I had the 900 for a while (til the U.S. Postal Service lost it) and I wasn't happy with it's touchscreen at all.

See above! Looks like we bought ours too soon!

kennyc · 03-09-2011, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Glad to hear it. I thought the newer generation would be better, because they use one less layer of material in the screen (for clearer and sharper reading).

See above! Looks like we bought ours too soon!

Welp. Most of my reading at the moment is on the Kindle and the Xoom.

I kinda switch back and forth between the Sony and the Kindle...

WT Sharpe · 03-09-2011, 02:58 PM

I use the Kindle for general reading, and the iPad for PDFs & comic books graphic novels.

desertblues · 03-09-2011, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Should I admit to how many times I've double-tapped on my Kindle screen?

For my work in the Archives I have this magnetic card, with which I can open all the doors over there. This last week I was standing in front of the elevator ( with normal buttons), waving my card and muttering when that elevator didn't come.

And I tap at least once a day on the screen of my Kindle, to enlarge the letters.

SolRaven · 03-09-2011, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Glad to hear it. I thought the newer generation would be better, because they use one less layer of material in the screen (for clearer and sharper reading).

See above! Looks like we bought ours too soon!

Well, as you can see, from my siggy, that I bought the 600 too soon as well. At least my nephew is enjoying it.

SolRaven · 03-09-2011, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

I suppose I should have explained a little about why I want it, hmm? I like to listen to music when I clean house. But if I turn it on on my computer, or even use the netbook with speakers in the dining room, I either can't hear anything else going on, like my phone ringing, or it's not loud enough where I am working. So, I started using my phone as my mp3 player, because even on the very basic hands free sets it mutes the music and rings in my ear. But, if I'm doing dishes or something and a song comes on that I want to skip, I have to dry my hands, pull the phone out of the pouch, unlock it,, skip the song, relock the phone screen and put it back in the pouch. I want to be able to just dry one hand and push a button. Thanks for the glowing review - if it turns out Chris doesn't already have something that does this, I'll probaby be getting one soon! This is also why I don't want noise cancelling headphones, I need to be able to hear other things besides the music, like someone at the door.

Shel, I just got the BT3030 in the mail today and using it w/ my Droid X as I type this. One cool thing that I hadnt' noticed before is that the FWD/RWD/Pause/Play buttons all work on Pandora as well!

I'm not so sure if the clip part is going to work out, but the lanyard works great. It's so light, I can barely feel it around my neck and it does move around a lot. So far, I'm liking it. Now I'll have to check the range and see if it's better than my old Jabra, which was older BT technology; 1.2 I believe.

dsvick · 03-09-2011, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by natasha_fawn

I find myself trying to double-tap words in my mind. For instance when someone on the radio uses a word and I don't think it's quite right so I'll just tap it to double check... oh. Darn.

Life should be so easy!!

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Let's just say I'll be glad when everything has a touch screen on it and rewind/replay abilities.

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Originally Posted by kennyc

I'm also always reaching for the rewind control for the car radio to replay some song name etc...

I want it to work like a Tivo!

Yep!! I find myself starting to reach for the radio occasionally to rewind it or pause it. I know NPR has some sort of device that, when pressed, will take a timestamp, and then you plug it into your computer it will connect to NPR and let you listen to the program you "marked" from the time you marked it.

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

I keep trying to move my mouse pointer over to an item on the desk ....

I've picked up my phone and dialed my number pad on the computer - then sat there waiting for the call to go through.

phenomshel · 03-09-2011, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by SolRaven

Shel, I just got the BT3030 in the mail today and using it w/ my Droid X as I type this. One cool thing that I hadnt' noticed before is that the FWD/RWD/Pause/Play buttons all work on Pandora as well!

I'm not so sure if the clip part is going to work out, but the lanyard works great. It's so light, I can barely feel it around my neck and it does move around a lot. So far, I'm liking it. Now I'll have to check the range and see if it's better than my old Jabra, which was older BT technology; 1.2 I believe.

Thanks for the update! I have yet to order mine, it's been a hectic week and weekend (and then I got and still have bronchitis).
I did get the Droid X though, but need to add a strip of velcro to my Golla pouch so it will close - the Droid is taller than my Palm Pre Plus was, LOL. Did you buy a new one, or did you use eBay?

SolRaven · 03-09-2011, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Thanks for the update! I have yet to order mine, it's been a hectic week and weekend (and then I got and still have bronchitis).
I did get the Droid X though, but need to add a strip of velcro to my Golla pouch so it will close - the Droid is taller than my Palm Pre Plus was, LOL. Did you buy a new one, or did you use eBay?

Sorry to hear about the bronchitis. I had it in Dec. It took a month to go away. I took a chance and ordered it on ebay from a seller in Hong Kong for $22. He had a 99.8% rating and the .2% seemed like it was mostly from people complaining that it took too long to deliver, as if they didn't realise that they ordered it from the other side of the world. Duh! I got mine in less than 2 weeks, and he had a tracking number so I tracked it right through customs.

I don't know why I'm always so hesitant to buy stuff from China via ebay. The few times I had, they were all good experiences. After all, the stuff is made there; it should be cheaper!

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03-09-2011, 01:37 PM	#16366
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	I wouldn't mind a touchscreen on a Kindle if it was a good as the iPad touchscreen, but I'm not too pleased with the one on my PSR-600, although for all I know the newer versions may be better.

03-09-2011, 02:02 PM	#16368
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	I keep trying to move my mouse pointer over to an item on the desk ....

03-09-2011, 02:31 PM	#16370
Freeshadow temp. out of service Posts: 2,815 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623	when sitting on a windows machine I still keep forgetting ctrl-c since under linux it's enough to mark text. then of course i try midmousebutton to paste... yeah sometimes I'd need a mirror for facepalms

03-09-2011, 02:34 PM	#16371
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	At my former job we had a kid who wore his pants down low. It became a conspiracy amongst us "older" ladies to see who could depants him first on a given shift. It never stopped him. We gave him KK's "cowboys are sexy" speech. Never moved him. He still wears them that way. He came in as a customer the other day and I threatened him with it again, causing my cashier's jaw to drop (she had no way of knowing I knew the kid and apparently thought I'd talk that way to a complete stranger...).

03-09-2011, 02:58 PM	#16374
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	I use the Kindle for general reading, and the iPad for PDFs & comic books graphic novels.