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Re:Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesn't Get the ... by gcanyon on Monday May 13, 2024 @09:59PM (#40350887)
Yes, I know about the virtual trackpad, and it's still a pain in the butt to use. Before touch-and-hold, there was the faster deep press, which was better albeit not great, and the current setup is a regression.

"add a keyboard" isn't an answer.

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Re:Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesn't Get the ... by walterbell on Monday May 13, 2024 @10:01PM (#40350909)
> "add a keyboard" isn't an answer.

The best keyboard in the history of mobile computing was by Blackberry.

Blackberry (original and clone) physical keyboards are now available for both Android & iPhone, with some effort.

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Re:Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesn't Get the ... by dgellow on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @06:15AM (#40353532)
IMHO the best keyboard was from the N900
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Re:Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesn't Get the ... by walterbell on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @11:47AM (#40356474)
Psion/Communicator palmtop derivatives did have the space advantage of a landscape form factor.

Sadly we never got a hardware successor for the dearly departed N900 Maemo and N9 Meego.

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Re:Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesn't Get the ... by ako on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @06:57AM (#40353793)
Add a keyboard is an answer. On-screen keyboard will always be more limited, but I can accept that, as long as it’s good enough for situations where i can’t use an external keyboard. In situations where I know I will have to do a lot of text entry, it’s easy enough to add a keyboard, or use dictation. I use the same Bluetooth mechanical keyboard, Nuphy air 75, on both my MacBook Pro and my iPad, so keyboard experience is same for both, and both come with a suboptimal keyboard out of the box, including the MacBook Pro.
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Re:Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesn't Get the ... by gcanyon on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @09:03AM (#40354791)
"Add a keyboard" isn't an answer to the point raised, which is that the virtual keyboard on iOS is highly-sub-optimal, and Apple isn't working hard enough to improve it.
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Re:Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesn't Get the ... by ako on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @01:50PM (#40357947)
For an on screen keyboard I find it far from highly-sub-optimal, I think it’s pretty decent.

More importantly, it’s not realistic to think it will ever be as good as a real keyboard for lot of text entry. I expect dictation to do a better job for data entry.

In fact, this comment was created using dictation on an iPad, almost flawless, not much editing needed afterwards, and you can always use a keyboards if you prefer.

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