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Originally Posted by Mark Larson
So the built-in keyboard isn't that good?
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It is adequate for doing short e-mail messages and, if you are in to it, texting. The keyboard is not technically 'built-in', rather it is attached at the bottom of the screen/main box by a powerful magnet. I can use it with all fingers when it is placed on a flat surface. I find that it can also be used as a thumb keyboard too - three fingers of each hand under the keyboard, the index fingers in back of the device and then the thumbs are relatively free to type.
I found yesterday that there are some advantages to using the keys on the keyboard when using the internet explorers. At the bottom of most displays there are two 'drop-up' menu selections. For example, when using Opera the two menu's are Action and Menu. Below each one on the keyboard is a key that 'drops up' the items. The Action menu items, for example, are Go to, Go to homepage, Bookmark this page, Stop, Back, Forward, Reload and Go to top. Each one has one character underlined just as you find in PC Windows which allow a shorcut to select the item by keying the letter. This makes surfing without using the stylus all the time quite reasonable and I found myself liking it very much. All this can be done holding the device and using the thumbs too.
For extended typeing, get a blue-tooth portable keyboard such as the Think Outside device.
Brad Miter