Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:21:45 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: FreeBSD - <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Vivaldi Tablet Message-ID: <20120328002145.GA6339@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <58760E27-E0FC-490F-BC5E-A7E621D3FCAA@mac.com> References: <4F6FACB5.5030900@dichotomia.fr> <201203260021.q2Q0LpOF084377@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20120326154223.GA11501@hemlock.hydra> <4F70F6AD.4000107@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4FAC8965-EF32-4857-BA8E-936B357DE308@mac.com> <4F7117D2.70405@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120327194017.GA22276@thought.org> <58760E27-E0FC-490F-BC5E-A7E621D3FCAA@mac.com>
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On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 04:26:29PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:26:29 -0700
> From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
> Subject: Re: Vivaldi Tablet
> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>
> Cc: FreeBSD - <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084)
>
> On Mar 27, 2012, at 12:40 PM, Gary Kline wrote:
> > you guys have any thoughts about a tiny {7"} keyboard
> > plugin? i'm wondering if my VBC project might work with
> > this tablet. i've never seen a keyboard that small. nice
> > tablet, tho.
>
> 7" is too small for a QUERTY layout...you just can't do that without 11-12" of space. There have been folks working on one-handed "chord" keyboards which might fit into that space, but they have a steep learning curve.
>
> Regards,
> --
> -Chuck
>
how about the eee-701s? they are no mo' but used to have a
70% of full size keyboard. my eee-900A had All the std
keys. do we really need the F[n] keys?
anyway, if not a tiny kybd, maybe a small one.
Another thought: isnt there a rubber keyboard that rolls up
or folds in half? IIRC, the keys do compress [about one
mm],
and with the heavy THUNK sound:: hey.
anyway/nutshell, i do like this vivaldi tablet. =if= it had
a thunkable and real keybd.
gary
PS critical note. am i mis-remembering, or did someone say
that eee//ASUS was going to make a *quality* ten inch
netbook? my VBC WOUld work seriously well on that.
anybody??
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