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riderinthestorm

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15. I just borrowed an IPad for a week to see if I wanted it. No way - same complaint - the keyboard!

Wed Mar 7, 2012, 02:06 PM

Mar 2012

I know you can get the accessory to have a regular keyboard but they're still really small. My husband has big hands, big fingers and he struggles typing on a regular keyboard. I can't imagine him trying to use the tablet sized one....

I was really aggravated by the Ipad's keyboard for any kind of lengthy writing. I'm glad i "test drove" one before I committed to buying. Now I know I'll stick with a regular laptop instead. I hadn't realized how much I love and need that size and speed for typing.

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Photo: iPad. The official laptop of the Obama White House... [View all] onehandle Mar 2012 OP

Not really. It's the the tool they're using. MineralMan Mar 2012 #1

My wife has one, too. She lives it. Atman Mar 2012 #3

Hey! That's my wife. onehandle Mar 2012 #6

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I use my wife's from time to time when we're away from home. MineralMan Mar 2012 #7

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I just borrowed an IPad for a week to see if I wanted it. No way - same complaint - the keyboard! riderinthestorm Mar 2012 #15

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LAME. Like the old "one button mouse" bullshit. Atman Mar 2012 #18

Actually, the one button mouse myth Shankapotomus Mar 2012 #22

No, there literally used to be mice with a single button. Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #29

Wow, you're going way back Shankapotomus Mar 2012 #30

Okay but that doesn't change the fact that the bluetooth keyboard is smaller riderinthestorm Mar 2012 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Mar 2012 #33

He can't efficiently use any laptop keyboard. He almost always uses the desktop computer at home riderinthestorm Mar 2012 #40

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We want to cart around one machine with all parts together. Not separate parts when we travel riderinthestorm Mar 2012 #44

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Apple's Blutooth keyboard is full-sized. Not almost full-sized, but completely full-sized DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2012 #51

Still not enough reason for me to buy one. hobbit709 Mar 2012 #2

You know you want it... Renew Deal Mar 2012 #4

I'm not an iPOS FAD. hobbit709 Mar 2012 #5

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Porsches are made by highly skilled, highly paid unionized workers.. girl gone mad Mar 2012 #52

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So are the rest nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #55

I bought an iPad instead of a tablet Nedsdag Mar 2012 #11

No it's not. People are still happily using iPad 1s and iPhone 1s from 2007. onehandle Mar 2012 #12

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I've got the original iPad. Used it 7 hours last night, then today to diagnose a network problem TrogL Mar 2012 #47

I am still using an iPad I nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #56

How do we know that's an IPad? Couldn't it be a Samsung Galaxy? riderinthestorm Mar 2012 #14

It's an iPad2. Steve Jobs gave it to him personally, two weeks before it was released. onehandle Mar 2012 #16

Apple Smart Cover Thrill Mar 2012 #19

I hate Apple. But I'm withholding criticism until someone makes a tablet in the USA. Zalatix Mar 2012 #20

"Pew-pew-pew!! Gotcha, POTUS!!" Robb Mar 2012 #21

He'll never be able to play Mass Effect 3 if he keeps using Apple products. nt Phoonzang Mar 2012 #24

EIther angry birds or words with friends... Evasporque Mar 2012 #25

They look terribly inefficient hunting and pecking like that. Prometheus Bound Mar 2012 #26

That's not hunting and pecking. They are using their fingers as the 'mouse.' onehandle Mar 2012 #27

"Those jobs aren't coming back" Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #28

OH SHIT! President Obama is an iDouche. madinmaryland Mar 2012 #31

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I'm tracking the one for my wife's birthday. onehandle Mar 2012 #34

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Hers says Nashville, but it's not clear if that's the first destination or the current location. onehandle Mar 2012 #36

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Ah. Ours are FedEx. onehandle Mar 2012 #38

Why Your New iPad Won�t Be Delivered Early onehandle Mar 2012 #43

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I would hope so. Last September there was a new-in-box TAM on eBay. onehandle Mar 2012 #53

You seem to be knowledgeable about the ipad..I have a question.... Cali_Democrat Mar 2012 #46

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Thanks for the info. Cali_Democrat Mar 2012 #57

It's cool. I just beat Barack2012 in a game of Words with Friends... Phentex Mar 2012 #39

Hah! Dorian Gray Mar 2012 #42

So cool! CraftyGal Mar 2012 #48