But it's still great for tapping out long e-mails, and the batteries last a long time.
While this is slower than touch-typing, it is much faster than tapping out words with a stylus.
And not just checking our stock prices or tapping out an answer to an email or two.
Instead of tapping out letters or writing a word on screen, you trace each letter in a single, fluid stroke.
Tapping out texts and emails is easier than ever, while reading on the go no longer puts a strain on the eyes.
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RIM, the Canadian smartphone manufacturer, is popular with corporate IT departments for its tight security mechanisms and reliable keyboards for tapping out long emails.
By tapping out different patterns (it detects only the shock, not the strength) the idea is that you could turn lights on and off, control appliances, and so forth.
Aside from tapping out a note, you can also store photos in the app, and you can record voice notes, which Keep then transcribes into text, so you can read or listen to them later.
Over the past few years, Sean Paul has been using the popular Apple product as a sort of melodic sketchpad, tapping out beats while traveling on planes, trains and automobiles and later refining them in the studio.
So stop tapping out long texts, puzzling over how to fit a complex thought into a 140-character DM, and panicking when a friend you've just texted calls -- hitting "silence" and then later claiming you were in a library and couldn't pick up.
Republicans said those early voting efforts by the president's campaign were just tapping out their support from voters who would have shown up for him in the end anyway -- and that the edge fueled by early voting would evaporate when Republican voters headed to the polls on Election Day.
Irving responded for the Cavs with a left-handed layup, but on New York's next trip, Chandler did a nice job tapping out a miss by Stoudemire and Cleveland had to foul Kidd, who couldn't close it out at the line and the Knicks had to turn to their defense to complete the comeback.
Regardless of their differences in hardware approach, Google Wallet and Isis each are beginning to show promise in delivering something for consumers and merchants alike that shifts the focus from whether users are swiping, waving or tapping when checking out to the services delivered on top of the payment itself.
Forget about wearing out your thumbs tapping those tiny keys on your cell phone.
"I heard some fool out here was tapping birch trees, " the driver said.
We found ourselves tapping at the panel simply out of habit, but quickly adapted to the non-touch model -- the comfortable, responsive keyboard and clickpad certainly make that omission easier to swallow.
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The recent downturn in the zone's output suggests that the region is vulnerable to sudden changes in fortunes just as it was 90 years ago, when competition from South-East Asian plantations wiped out its rubber-tapping industry.
Fanny Mann crowed, expertly tapping the pack so that one jumped out.
So next time you watch that accountant on the train take out his smartphone and start tapping away just remember he may not be typing an email - he may be choosing between a turn to page 40 to escape and a flick to page 111 to battle the zombie horde.
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He was adamant that the foot-tapping be miked to sound as if it were coming out of his guitar.
It's possible for parents to close apps remotely, log their kids out and even prevent future logins, all by tapping a few buttons.
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Apollo expects to roll out additional courses on the platform in coming months, tapping high-profile faculty for those as well.
So, using Skinput, someone could send text messages by tapping his or her arm in certain places -- without pulling the phone out of a pocket or purse.
The President discussed his plan for tapping into the creativity and imagination of the American people to win the future by out-innovating, out-educating, and out-building the rest of the world.
But the option fell out of favor as other, simpler forms of fund raising--including tapping the public equity market--grew more popular.
With the increasing emphasis on tapping into the low end of the notebook market, IBM also wants to avoid putting out a product that is not ready for prime time, Sanchez said.
Out to the movies, at Grandma's for Thanksgiving, they're tapping away at their little hand-held currency reader gadget just checking the situation for the Japanese yen or Zimbabwean dollar.
Kahn acknowledges that tapping your IRA should be a last resort, but says that for those who do so out of dire need, Congress should provide relief from the 10% penalty.
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It gets me out of bed each day, gets me to sit long hours crouched in front of a screen, tapping away at a little board full of buttons with squiggly marks on them.
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