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  • Swype vs. SwiftKey vs. Google Android Keyboards

    Swype vs. SwiftKey vs. Google Android Keyboards

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    One of the cool things about Android is all the things you can customize. And lately there have been a few keyboards coming out or receiving major updates. I took a look at three of them: SwiftKey, Swype by Nuance, and Android 4.2’s keyboard (available for 4.0 and up). There are a lot of keyboards…

  • Waxing nostalgic about keyboards

    Waxing nostalgic about keyboards

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    When I first learned to type it was on a type writer! A manual, slam-the-keys type writer. After writing a paper on one of these things your finger muscles positively bulged and your wrists were sweating. It was a cardio work-out! Then came computers and the venerable IBM keyboards. You know the ones, that were…

  • On Geeks and Legacy Hardware

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    Johnny Canuck
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    ForkBombr — A Substitute for the Extended II Keyboard: “I was quite sad. I use an Extended II at home and at work for a reason — the feel is great, the key travel is just right and the noise2 is simply amazing. I took the keyboard and the iMate home, to test it with…

  • Update to the GMail Keyboard Shortcut graphical cheat sheet

    Update to the GMail Keyboard Shortcut graphical cheat sheet

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    Schultzter
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    Thanks to a post over at the Google Operating System blog I became aware of a couple new keyboard short-cuts when using GMail. The two now short-cuts aren’t documented but they work as advertised: b will create a new e-mail with both the CC and BCC fields displayed, while d will create a new e-mail with…

  • Marco Ament on The MacBook Air Backlit Keyboard

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    Johnny Canuck
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    Marco.org: “But I doubt that the backlit keyboard was dropped for power or cost reasons (at least, I hope it wasn’t). A more likely explanation might be that it was simply too thick.” We talked about this in the DadCast Episode 26, Marco’s explanation is somewhat valid, LED are very small and power friendly so…

  • How Badly Does Samsung Want To Be Apple?

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    Johnny Canuck
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    Samsung gets official with Galaxy Tab accessory lineup — Engadget: “The two standouts are undoubtedly the Keyboard Dock and Multimedia Desk Dock, which each also double as a charger and pack a 3.5mm audio output, plus an HDMI out on the multimedia dock — look for them to set you back £69.99 and £39.99, respectively…

  • GoogleTV Hardware Is Too Expensive and Lackluster

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    Johnny Canuck
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    Google TV launch hardware looks to be expensive, clunky: “Are consumers ready to use a keyboard with their TV?” You might have noticed that we have been focussing pretty hard on the recent string of “Stream To Your TV” devices launched, Steve and I each got an AppleTV and Eric seems to be holding out…

  • Must Have New MacBook

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    Johnny Canuck
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    Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard [ad name=”2fatdads_post”] Thanks to Schultzter for send it in.