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evieabston - 2008-04-04 12:19 PM
Is the keyboard comfortable enough to use? It seems rather small for typing.
Well...that's a good question, evieabston....and a very personal one, by that I mean what's comfortable for me may or may not be comfortable for you....if you know what I mean...
Obviously, one of the main reasons I think for getting the U810 or other small devices like it, is so that you can always
(or most of the time, etc...
) have a fairly powerful computing device with you, right? Otherwise, why get it when you could get something larger with bigger keyboard and display which is easier to read things on....
So, the point is that I think one has to decide how portable is portable enough for one's needs and go from there....and if you decide that portability
(small size, lightweight, etc...
) is very important to you then you have to accept that there will be some compromises in order have a device like this...
Having said all of this, I'd say that the keyboard is SMALL, but usable, especially with a modified touch-type approach, at least that works for me....wouldn't want to type a whole novel on it, but for small amounts of typing I think it's OK...but if you haven't used a small keyboard like this before, you'll probably need a few days to get used to it, especially with the way that you need to use the Fn
(function
) key + some other key for certain symbols that you wouldn't need to do it this way on a larger keyboard...
Of course, one way around this situation is to think of the U810 as just a computing device that you move let's say from home to office, etc...so at each location you plug in a large keyboard and monitor, then there's no issue about size compromises anymore....however, this doesn't help you much if you'd be using U810 in various places on the go....but suppose you could bring a Stowaway folding keyboard with you....
Anyway, hope this helps a bit....
