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Ask HN: Would you rather type with your iPhone or type with your iPad?
- dhaivatpandya 15y agoiPad, by far.
- makecheck 15y agoBoth have the same inconveniences, but the iPad keys are bigger so it will always be better. I find the iOS' problems with text editing don't really have much to do with its keyboard though. For instance, the "press, hold, move awkward magnifying bubble to relocate cursor" sequence is utterly boneheaded and they need something better; I don't mind occasionally typing the wrong key as long as I can quickly move the insertion point to make a correction and I can't.
- MatthewPhillips 15y agoI don't have an iPhone but I would choose that assuming the typing is comparable to other touch screen phones. I find typing on an iPad to be quite difficult due to it's size. The split keyboard helps, and it's bearable in portrait mode, but it's always hard to hold the device while trying to thumb type.
- glimcat 15y agoIf I have to do significant typing, I either wait or I use a Bluetooth keyboard.
- callmeed 15y agoUntil the iOS 5 update, I would have said the iPhone. But now, with the split keyboard feature on the iPad it's very easy to type well on the iPad (in either orientation).
- pdenya 15y agoipad sitting, iphone standing.
- steventruong 15y agoiPhone Side note: This should be a poll.
- kunle 15y agoagreed - is there a way to create a poll on HN?
- steventruong 15y agoSorry for the delayed response. Was busy and just saw this now. Here: http://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll http://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll