02-03-2010, 01:43 AM | #1 |
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How do you hold a JB?
My default way of holding a JB is with my left palm, and I turn the pages using the slider with my thumb. Is this the optimal way to hold the JB, as intended by the designer of the product, I wonder? I'm a right-handed person, but I soon got used to wriggling my thumb to get to the next page.
Anyone has a different way of holding/using the JB? |
02-03-2010, 04:35 AM | #2 |
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Don't use the slider-I just dont like the way it "slides". If the designers were smarth then they would have simply put two vertical buttons there for you to turn the pages. If I'm holding the book in my left hand then I use the left hand side buttons and if I'm holding in the right then I use the right hand side buttons
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02-03-2010, 07:54 AM | #3 |
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There is a thread, but its about 9 pages back. |
02-03-2010, 07:56 AM | #4 |
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I ignore the sliding bar on the left. Use either the silver buttons lower left or the cursor keys to change page.
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02-03-2010, 07:58 AM | #5 |
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I hold it in landscape in my left hand. This keeps my thumb right next to the page turn button.
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02-03-2010, 01:42 PM | #6 |
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I also ignore the slider: two buttons for up and down would have been better.
I usually grip the lower two corners, and split about 50-50 between using the chrome buttons with my left thumb or the right/left arrows with my right thumb. |
02-03-2010, 06:03 PM | #7 |
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02-03-2010, 07:29 PM | #8 |
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I avoid the buttons if I could. I wish they would make less noise when I depress them, particularly the silver ones.
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02-03-2010, 08:30 PM | #9 |
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If i had a JetBook Lite, I'd use the slider.
On the original JetBook, it's awkward to use the slider. Left bottom page turners are the best when holding with either hands |
02-03-2010, 09:38 PM | #10 |
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02-03-2010, 11:47 PM | #11 |
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I don't. I have people for that.
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02-04-2010, 01:43 AM | #12 |
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02-04-2010, 01:09 PM | #13 |
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hold it by the batteries! its so well balanced, you never want to let it go!
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02-04-2010, 06:42 PM | #14 |
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Seriously. In terms of Comfort, jetBook LITE is a clear winner because of the battery cage can be used as a secure holder for your left hand.
You really don't ever want to let it go. I chose the normal jetBook because i could slide it in my packed laptop bag. |
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