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"Kindle Pen" Coming Soon to New, Larger Fire?
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Tablets definitely need better navigation and entry capabilities. I'm not sure what would improve them to point of greatness, but they are currently a PITA to navigate and enter information. All tablets are this way, not just the KF. I think at the very least they need more buttons and a much better thought out touch interface. I'm not too keen on using pens or any other add-on devices because they are just more baggage to keep up with and something else to lose.
My Android phone has the 4 standard buttons across the bottom and volume buttons, just adding those makes it ten times easier to use than a KF, iPad, or any other button starved tablet. Last edited by jswinden; 03-07-2012 at 11:21 AM. |
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Whatever Amazon develops, I bet it will be more than just another vanilla stylus.
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I don't fully agree here. The size of the KF (what is making it so great for mobile reading) makes it hard to enter information, e.g. when browsing webpages. I have no issues at all using my iPad to hit buttons or enter text, but on the KF it is very often a gme of luck (at least for me). So yes, IMO doubling the screen size would help to make it more usable for web browsing (but make it less usable for reading on the go IMO). Best regards, Andy |
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The inability to input information quickly and efficiently is the major drawback of all tablets IMO. I type 90 wpm but am relegated to hunting and pecking...
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Like you, I learned to type at school a long time ago (even though I might not be able to type 90 WPM) and I am also relegated to "hunting and pecking". Imagine my amazement when I saw a young woman on a train writing emails on her iPhone with her two thumbs only at a speed that seemed impossible to me on my iPad. I guess a new generation might be able to do it ;-) My sister is also able to text on her Nokia mobile at breakneck speed with her right hand while simultaneously negotiating city traffic with her left (at not much less speed). ![]() Best regards, Andy |
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Sadly the Fire's built in keyboard and inability to turn off autocorrect makes ity impossible to type a sentence without errors and rework needed.
So on Swiftkey X how does that work? It auto replaces the built in keyboard or you have to load it each time? is it like Go Launcher and you can pick between the built in keyboard and the Swift one? Looks so much better since it has spaces in between the keys like on the Kindle touch. the fire is cramped and leads to errors |
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