There are a number of slide out keyboards for smart phones. Here is an example for the iPhone: [link]
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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
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
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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?
Jessica - Sep 08, 2012 8:37:03 am PDT #20853 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Argh. Cablevision pushed through some kind of update to my modem last night that broke my internets and I finally got it working again, but now about every third URL I go to is coming up with the Cablevision "domain not found" search page. This was not happening before and I do not want it to happen now. What router setting do I need to tweak to make the Omnibar work again?
[eta: Ok, got it. "Opt out of DNS assistance" my ASS.]