It's exceptionally travel-friendly, as we found in our hands-on, but the keyboard basically marks a return to the netbook era.
But the keyboard and e-mail functions on this thing are so good that I wrote the first draft of this review on it and mailed it to myself.
OnLive Desktop can't use the iPad's built-in virtual keyboard, but it can use the virtual keyboard built into Windows 7 and Windows' limited touch features and handwriting recognition.
Minimalist Apple keyboard, admittedly, but still definitely a keyboard.
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But as the results show, even 95% accuracy will be unacceptable to all but the most keyboard-averse when it comes to dictation.
Both keyboards are thin and light but the Type keyboard has the same key spacing as a standard desktop and laptop keyboards.
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The other has a physical keyboard but won't be ready until April.
Chiefly, we were referring to its cramped keyboard but as it happens, our dismissal could easily apply to the rest of the design as well.
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Palm Inc. created a credible, innovative smartphone with a physical keyboard, but it was a slide-out version, which made the keyboard seem like a burden and an afterthought.
The surfcentres have a fruit-machine-like appearance with 500mhz computers under an angled-screen front that allows easy access to the keyboard but is designed to prevent damage from beer spillages.
There's no mistaking the keys for those on a mushy membrane keyboard, but they aren't quite as firm or crisp-feeling as those a traditional mechanical keyboard like the Tactile Pro either.
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Finally, of course, there's the dense, sturdy keyboard, but let's not get too far ahead of ourselves.
Parker says that his musical roots began at the keyboard, but quickly progressed from there.
You can by all means switch to Android's stock keyboard, but frankly, there's no going back for us now.
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The Z10 is not RIM's first to feature a touchscreen keyboard, but it has adopted new features to attract users more used to physical buttons.
There's no firm timeframe on the Q10 model, with the physical keyboard, but Heins says he's hoping it will be ready in April.
Also no word on which PC makers will take a chance on the ThinTouch, but Synaptics says the keyboard will start shipping sometime in 2013.
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Some enthusiasts also forecast voice-activated internet connection without a mouse or keyboard, but tightening rules against driver distractions may stop this before it gets going.
Swiftkey starts with a keyboard, but puts word choices above it.
So go ahead and splurge on the keyboard, but think of it as a travel accessory and not the missing ingredient for some magical, low-cost laptop replacement.
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The isolated keys aren't as deep as those found on Sony's latest models, nor not quite as crisp as an Apple keyboard, but should make for a comfortable typing experience.
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The tweaked software does feature a smartphone-sized keyboard, but webOS Nation says some of the OS' trappings are difficult to read, and were clearly meant to be refined for the smaller screen before release.
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Most seriously, many Metro apps seem to allow you to click deeper into their various levels of content using the keyboard, but then require you to use the mouse just to get back up to a higher level.
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This is a lovely title developed by a few passionate people and which is reminiscent of the good old days, when players were crawling for hours within virtual dungeons with nothing but a mouse and keyboard to save them.
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That's where Matias's wireless Laptop Pro keyboard for Mac comes in. (The company makes a wired version for PC, too.) Its switch technology confers the tactile response of a traditional mechanical keyboard, but sounds no louder than the office standard issue.
Walt's also high on the inclusion of WiFi and the portrait-mode keyboard, but ain't nothing gonna make that BlackBerry browser any good, and the big guy says the touch interface still feels tacked to the rapidly-aging BlackBerry OS. So Walt -- now that you've confirmed RIM and Verizon's big holiday launch, what can you tell us about pricing and availability?
The keyboard is the one we uncovered last week, with no function keys, but a full row of Apple Keyboard-style actions.
But adding some kind of keyboard would make the watch uncomfortably large.
Now, we can live with a browser or Google Maps with no pinch-to-zoom, but not having a hardware keyboard hamstrings this device in other ways.
But perhaps its beautiful backlit keyboard, spacious Synaptics Clickpad and the sheer satisfaction of shooting Left 4 Dead zombies will help soothe the financial pain.
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