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Touch type or hunt and peck
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Author: GreatDane on December 07 2006
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Hi all,

I have noted that, in almost every review of smaller laptops and handtops, the reviewers slam the units on the keyboards, sighting the inability to touch type as the killer that destroys the usefulness of the reviewed unit.

I must confess, that after almost 30 years working with computers (professionally and not), I still can not touch type in the accepted sense. I learned to type with four fingers and I have never been able to break the habit. I still achieve better than average speeds, and so that brings up a question - Is the preoccupation with touch typing based on the reviewers preferences as writers, or is it a real advantage, and the smaller machines are actually lacking?

I would like to hear some thoughts on the subject, as it seems to be the largest single stumbling block in the way of wider acceptance of tiny machines.
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05/05/08 +  primaz
Great Dane, you know with the death of Flipstart I really think this thread hits the nail on the problem with all UMPC's so far. It is so amazing that OEM's especially in the US are so clueless. They should realize that nobody wants a thumb keyboard for full windows. After all these companies fail with full windows with pen input slates and now with Flipstart with a thumb keyboard, they are so dumb they keep making the same form factor and expect a different outcome? Thumb keys are band aids for cell phones but will never sell for full windows computers.

I think it so dumb that the technology is here to make full windows fit in a device the size of Psion or HP Jornada yet they still do not get it after failure after repeated failures. It has nothing to do with the price nor minor internal bells and whistles.
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