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yes, there is the autocomplete gizmo. I actually mostly don't type individual
letters, I swipe over letters and form words or best guesses. Except for sites
in english, because it's a dog changing languages for the mechanism... with
programming language constructs, it's not much help, though you can edit chunks
of text by pressing over a word until a selection cursor appears.
that said, you can of course simply connect a keyboard to the device, but that
won't help with mobility, huh?
finally, can't you just use wifi for internet?
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I use my Android tablet to read books, watch TV, check social media, read
my e-mail (and reply to it), occasionally play games on, and to connect
to my Linux boxen to run ssh commands. I have OpenVPN running on it, so
if I have wifi connectivity (mine doesn't have a SIM slot), I can do that
from anywhere in the world.
With my phone, I can tether it to a phone network, so if I really need to
do something remotely, I can as long as I have cell phone coverage.
Jim
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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 19:54:44 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> You can switch that function off if you want. Also there is a function
> that you can "type" by sliding your finger over the keyboard and pausing
> for a fraction on the letter you want to select.
Using swype (which is what I use), you don't even need to pause.
But I do have a bluetooth keyboard (built into the case) for the times I
need to write something more involved. Swype, though, is pretty fast
compared to normal typing.
Jim
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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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On 10/18/2015 8:48 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 19:54:44 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> You can switch that function off if you want. Also there is a function
>> that you can "type" by sliding your finger over the keyboard and pausing
>> for a fraction on the letter you want to select.
>
> Using swype (which is what I use), you don't even need to pause.
>
> But I do have a bluetooth keyboard (built into the case) for the times I
> need to write something more involved. Swype, though, is pretty fast
> compared to normal typing.
>
I don't actually use it, Jim. I seldom use my mobile device for sending
emails.
--
Regards
Stephen
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On 10/18/2015 8:46 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> watch TV
The last time I watched anything on my tablet was:
"You can go to Hell. I'm going to Texas."
But I've mentioned that before.
--
Regards
Stephen
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> I have a couple of ideas for projects where a hand-sized computer would
> be really useful, but I don't know if a tablet will actually do what I
> want. Maybe it would be simpler to buy a Raspbery Pi and a touch-screen
> hat. (OTOH, you can't really put that in your pocket, so...)
The best (IMO) would be to buy a cheap smartphone (or tablet) running
Android. You can then download the free developer tools for your PC
(google "Android SDK") and so long as you can code in Java you'll be
away. If you have the phone/tablet connected to your PC (via USB cable)
in the developer tools you can just click "Run on device" and it will
compile, send to the device, and start it running on the device immediately.
What exactly is it you want to do? Smartphones/tablets are not good if
you want the user to enter a lot of text, if you can somehow change the
inputs to something more suited to a fat thumb on a small touchscreen
then it will work better.
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> Using swype (which is what I use), you don't even need to pause.
I also use swype, and (on mine at least) it even predicts your next word
(I think you get 3 options) so a lot of time you don't even need to
swype the word, just tap the suggestion.
If you're bored you can try and write entire paragraphs just by clicking
one of the suggested next words :-)
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Am 18.10.2015 um 20:13 schrieb Orchid Win7 v1:
> Yeah, the *other* possibility is to just buy a smartphone. But then, the
> idea of accessing the Internet with a PAYG account sounds... expensive.
The difference between tablets and smartphones is mostly quantitative
these days (display size, memory size, processor power, etc.)
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On Mon, 19 Oct 2015 08:35:32 +0100, scott wrote:
>> Using swype (which is what I use), you don't even need to pause.
>
> I also use swype, and (on mine at least) it even predicts your next word
> (I think you get 3 options) so a lot of time you don't even need to
> swype the word, just tap the suggestion.
Yep.
> If you're bored you can try and write entire paragraphs just by clicking
> one of the suggested next words :-)
That's always fun to do. The end result sounds a little bit like a game
of Cheddar Gorge.
Jim
--
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 21:08:23 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 10/18/2015 8:48 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sun, 18 Oct 2015 19:54:44 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> You can switch that function off if you want. Also there is a function
>>> that you can "type" by sliding your finger over the keyboard and
>>> pausing for a fraction on the letter you want to select.
>>
>> Using swype (which is what I use), you don't even need to pause.
>>
>> But I do have a bluetooth keyboard (built into the case) for the times
>> I need to write something more involved. Swype, though, is pretty fast
>> compared to normal typing.
>>
>>
> I don't actually use it, Jim. I seldom use my mobile device for sending
> emails.
I don't tend to use my phone for that, but my tablet gets used relatively
frequently.
Jim
--
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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