Posts by graxspoo

Did anyone notice that the standby time has dropped from 300 hours for the iPhone 4, to 200 hours for the iPhone 4s? I guess the 's' stands for suck, as in 'sucks the battery.' For me, not needing to recharge frequently is way more...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum Have you ever seen BB users thumb type on their phones... Yes, but I doubt they can actually type 60 wpm. Impressive for two fingered typing though. Quote: Originally Posted by Dick...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum And, that's a good thing! I like your ideas, but maybe you've noticed: We're all still using QWERTY keyboards. Even the iPad has a QWERTY keyboard! This keyboard arrangement was designed...

To be a touch typist means you type "by touch." In other words you can look elsewhere while you are typing. That's the only way you can really disconnect your mind from the action of typing and focus on what you have to say....

Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum It may be horrible for you -- because you are used to, and comfortable with, something else No, it is horrible because you can not rest your fingers on the glass, meaning you can not get any...

Quote: Originally Posted by Corrections Want to expereience a real placeholder the vendor doesn't care about? Try Microsoft's Windows version of iMovie. Or try using Office for Mac. Completely ridiculous. Or AppleWorks, howabout. Once...

Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][ Just get a bluetooth keyboard ... and it's portable. Quite a bit less portable if you have to lug a bluetooth keyboard around. Makes you wish they'd attach the keyboard with a hinge that could also...

Typing on a tablet is horrible. Just horrible. You'd have to be masochistic to do much data entry that way. So who cares if Office is available for touch based platforms. Watch a movie, read a book, play a game, OK. Fill in cells in a...

My money has been on a fairly substantial case redesign all along. Reasons being: 1) Antenna-gate. OK, maybe it was blown out of proportion, but not getting an unqualified thumbs up from Consumer Reports, and having to publicly offer...

Apple and M$ are creating UIs for dummies. None of the new 'features' in Lion really help the power user. It's all eye candy and pillows for iOS users. Same thing with this ribbon interface: its for people who can't figure out how to use...