Comments on: Keyboard in palmtops

By: Paul Sokolovsky

Paul Sokolovsky — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:16:41 +0000

7 years ago, when I looked into buying one of these funky things I had overlooked before - PDAs, I of course wanted to buy a Psion with keyboard - how else a computing device could be? I'm glad that I did much reading and lot of running thru shops and holding devices in hands - it quickly become clear that bulky, need-to-unfold keyboarded device won't suit my needs - to be a data-center usable on the run, in harsh conditions (stuffed subway or bus; hands full, etc, etc).

So far, I haven't regreted the decision to try non-keyboard device at all ;-).

As for portable device with builtin keyboard, I'm finally satisfied with 17" laptop with full-size kbd with numeric block - that's usable. ;-)

By: Marcin Juszkiewicz

Marcin Juszkiewicz — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:24:53 +0000

Koen: it is hard to ssh connect to device which has rootfs without any kernel modules ;(

By: johnx

johnx — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:07:14 +0000

My favorite keyboard on a mobile device is by far the one on the Akita. I don’t know how different it feels than the Husky but it’s great. The Akita D-Pad definitely seems like a plus when thumb-typing when compared to the Husky. also, USB host allows for a real keyboard when available while still leaving you with a physical console in a bare-bones environment.

By: Koen

Koen — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:47:13 +0000

I noticed that I always end up using ssh, no matter how good the keyboard is :)