07-17-2002, 05:00 PM
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Audiovox folding keyboard now available
http://discussion.brighthand.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=55531&perpage=15&pagenumber=1
Malacandra posted about this in the forums, but I thought it was worth making front-page news. The Audiovox (and presumably the Toshiba e570) now has a folding keyboard option! The link above goes to the Brighthand discussion thread with images and a review of sorts broken up into multiple posts. I haven't used one of these in person of course, but I wonder about the space in the middle - it seems like it would be a little unnatural to type on.
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07-17-2002, 06:21 PM
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:x This is great but, why in the heck don't they offer a serial cable for the Maestro? They only have USB. I need a serial cable to connect my GPS reciever. I don't want to fill the CF slot with a serial adapter and I shouldn't have to. I love my Maestro but this single issue will keep from ever buying another Audiovox PDA. It is so frustrating.
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07-17-2002, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by BillG
This is great but, why in the heck don't they offer a serial cable for the Maestro? They only have USB. I need a serial cable to connect my GPS reciever. I don't want to fill the CF slot with a serial adapter and I shouldn't have to.
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Likely because the Audiovox Maesteo is a low-end budget Pocket PC who's primary buyer is making the purchase based on price, not on advanced functionality. Are users like that going to buy an accessory like a serial cable in droves? No way - not enough of that market would need it for Audiovox to bother creating one.
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07-17-2002, 09:27 PM
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Re: Audiovox folding keyboard now available
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
I haven't used one of these in person of course, but I wonder about the space in the middle - it seems like it would be a little unnatural to type on.
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I've been using a Microsoft Natural Keyboard for years. It has a significant gap between the left and right sides of the keyboard. It took me about a week to get used to it, but you could not drag me kicking and screaming back to a regular keyboard now.
I'd have to guess that after a week or two using this keyboard the average user would not notice the gap. This may, however, apply only to touch typists. "Your milage may vary."
[GrammerCop] And by the way, Jason, didn't you mean to type the more grammatically correct ". . . a little unnatural on which to type"? Ending a sentence with a preposition! Tsk! Tsk! [/GrammerCop] :wink:
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07-17-2002, 09:57 PM
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Re: Audiovox folding keyboard now available
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Originally Posted by jdhill
[GrammerCop] And by the way, Jason, didn't you mean to type the more grammatically correct ". . . a little unnatural on which to type"? Ending a sentence with a preposition! Tsk! Tsk! [/GrammerCop] :wink:
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Language is a living thing. It changes over time and becomes bastardized. I write the way I speak, and "on which to type" is not something I would say...unless I was stuck in a 50's re-run of Leave it to Beaver. :wink:
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07-17-2002, 11:08 PM
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Omigosh! Omigosh! Omigosh!
My NAME is on the FRONT PAGE!!!! Omigosh! :wink:
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07-17-2002, 11:40 PM
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Re: Audiovox folding keyboard now available
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
Language is a living thing. It changes over time and becomes bastardized. I write the way I speak, and "on which to type" is not something I would say...unless I was stuck in a 50's re-run of Leave it to Beaver. :wink:
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07-17-2002, 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
Likely because the Audiovox Maesteo is a low-end budget Pocket PC who's primary buyer is making the purchase based on price, not on advanced functionality. Are users like that going to buy an accessory like a serial cable in droves? No way - not enough of that market would need it for Audiovox to bother creating one.
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They are as likely to buy a serial cable as a keyboard.
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07-17-2002, 11:45 PM
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Re: Audiovox folding keyboard now available
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Originally Posted by BillG
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/courseware/cse1402/English-CSE-1402.html
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What that supposed to change my mind? :? People who are more caught up in the presentation of a concept than the concept itself have my pity.
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07-17-2002, 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by BillG
They are as likely to buy a serial cable as a keyboard.
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If you're right, then why don't they have one? Hmm?
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