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Gris - Sep 07, 2012 6:55:07 am PDT #20843 of 25501

Hey. New board.

I still miss physical keyboards on my phone, though not as badly as I thought I would. I had decently high hopes for the Kindle touch, but it really doesn't work for me.

I've owned 6 kindles at this point (first gen, two second gens, third gen (my favorite, now only available with 3G for extra dollars), touch, and fire). They should modify their product line just for me!

omnis_audis - Sep 07, 2012 9:49:11 am PDT #20844 of 25501

omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

There are a number of slide out keyboards for smart phones. Here is an example for the iPhone: [link]

IJS

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tiggy - Sep 07, 2012 10:33:40 am PDT #20845 of 25501

I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

ThinkGeek has one for cheaper than that.

omnis_audis - Sep 07, 2012 10:37:58 am PDT #20846 of 25501

omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Ooo! That one looks nicer. Go for that one!

Gris - Sep 07, 2012 11:06:47 am PDT #20847 of 25501

Hey. New board.

I know, but the carrying-a-separate-thing-around annoyance is bigger than the keyboard annoyance. And SwiftKey helps a LOT. I hated the onscreen keyboard much more on iOS than I do on my Android.

omnis_audis - Sep 07, 2012 11:08:30 am PDT #20848 of 25501

omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

It attaches to the phone, I thought... So, carry as one slightly larger thing. Easy cheesey!

(Yes, sometimes I am the little devil on peoples shoulders)

tiggy - Sep 07, 2012 11:20:30 am PDT #20849 of 25501

I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

yeah...it's a case. i got one for my brother's gf for Christmas because she had just gotten an iphone and wasn't thrilled with the touchscreen keypad.

beekaytee - Sep 07, 2012 1:04:58 pm PDT #20850 of 25501

Compassionately intolerant

Sound is really important. I found Producing Great Sound for Digital Video very helpful.

I've ordered it Rob! Thanks so much. I'm investing so much in this process, there is no point in doing it anything less that the best I can.

Connie Neil - Sep 07, 2012 7:58:51 pm PDT #20851 of 25501

brillig

How do I tell if my laptop has Bluetooth? I'm assuming that's different from the wireless capability. I want something to integrate with my phone, but I suspect I need a widget to plug into my laptop to actually utilize the Bluetooth capabilities.

If I do need a widget, technically called a dongle, I believe (which sounds obscene), what kind should I get?

Theodosia - Sep 08, 2012 5:00:32 am PDT #20852 of 25501

'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Google Desktop has gone away -- it's been a while since I checked anything about it, so the fact that it's been gone for almost a year is par for the course.

Of course, I have desktop widgets I'm still using every day, which I'd be very sad to lose entirely.

Is there any successor to this group of widgets and a store-like place to acquire them?

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