$25 PC alpha board successfully runs Linux

Re:$25 PC alpha board successfully runs Linux by mrb on Wednesday August 24, 2011 @02:17PM (#2921886)

Touchscreen vs. T9: are you kidding? I take the soft touchscreen keyboard any time. I am at the very least twice faster with it.

Old Android versions on old phone hardware used to have a slowish/imprecise keyboard, but more recent versions on a fast CPU are much better.

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Re:$25 PC alpha board successfully runs Linux by darklajid on Wednesday August 24, 2011 @03:25PM (#2922161)

I'd bite and take the bet.

I'm a gadget lover, wouldn't want to give up my Android (and mourn the braindead WebOS and MeeGo kill-offs), but a feature phone Nokia beats a touchpad in every way if we're talking text messages.

You can type blindly (you might need some time to know that a certain combination always suggests something wrong first, the real word is N alternatives away). You have good tactile feedback. And - the prediction is far better than what I've got on WebOS and Android as well..

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Re:$25 PC alpha board successfully runs Linux by jamii on Wednesday August 24, 2011 @05:24PM (#2922539)

I had to go back to T9 whilst travelling in the US (no pay as you go for smartphones) and even after 3 months I still struggle. My muscle memory is never going to be as good for T9 as it is for a keyboard, writing symbols is a pain in the ass, the dictionary is much smaller (I always have to add proper nouns like Reno) and I can't switch languages/alphabets.

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