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I have a first generation one of these. I find the 'halo keyboard' very difficult to type on (then again, I find touchscreen keyboards very difficult to type on
by afandian 8y ago
I have a first generation one of these. I find the 'halo keyboard' very difficult to type on (then again, I find touchscreen keyboards very difficult to type on).
You can manage a few words touch-typing but then things start drifting because there's no tactile feedback. And unlike an on-screen keyboard, you're not looking directly at it; that's the point of having a separate keyboard. I end up making mistakes even hunting-and-pecking.
I used the pen digitiser for a few minutes then concluded that it has no practical use. The included drawing app was useless for anything but doodling. It was fun to use it as a pointing device in Android, but only fun, not useful.
So I just use it as a tablet with a kick-stand, which is handy but doesn't play to the USP.
But let's face it, a second epaper screen is cool.
- ilaksh 8y agoThe new version has haptic feedback.
- afandian 8y agoYou can already have audible (and I think vibration) feedback. That doesn't tell you when you're drifting off they keys. Only feeling the edge or tangent of a key will do that. I'd guess that haptic feedback would be similar.
- _nalply 8y agoWhat's missing is the feeling of raised keys. If the epaper additionally could selectively raise areas by about one or two millimeters (about 1/16 inch) then it would be perfect.
- harperlee 8y agoDIY solution: Perhaps buying a sheet of screen protecting plastic, and carefully cutting transparent square pieces for keys (or the negative: a grid of 1mm lanes for spaces among keys, and let the keys be holes) would be perfect for position feedback on the fingertips.