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Give me a break !!
If you have EVER had a palm, you KNOW that there is no problem writing with graffiti. give me a break.....What a great phone this will be.......anyone know when it will be out ??
Submitted by: Ron Armstrong
Email: Vandyfc@comcast.net
Location: nashville, tn
Date Added: 2002-09-25
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Graffiti vs. Thumboard
The thing that made the original Palm Pilot take off was the use of graffiti. There have been handheld devices with keyboards for years, and they never took off. You can get 20-30 words-per-minute in graffiti, and you can't do any better than that with a thumboard. Plus, Think Outside has solved the speed problem with their clever, full-sized, folding keyboards. I plan to use the 7135 as my laptop - it's a long way from the old Toshiba I used to lug around when the difference between a "laptop" and a "notebook" was that only a laptop had a hard drive. Of course, the thing weighed 17 lbs with the batteries, and MS-DOS was the OS of choice!
Submitted by: Clinton
Email: xmeromotu@hotmail.com
Location: Birmingham, AL
Date Added: 2002-09-10
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graffiti?
What the heck is wrong with using graffiti??? It takes a couple days to master; been using it for years. The "height of arrogance"? I though it was just 5-6 years ago we didn't have handwriting recognition .... On the 7135, it looks very good; the only thing it is missing is Bluetooth. I'd hate to have to use the slot for a SD bluetooth card. Shouldn't BT be standard by now for headsets, etc. Other than the rather large size when open, I think that it will fill my needs quite nicely. I've been without a phone for almost a year waiting for a good phone/pda/wireless web appliance.
Submitted by: pixel cutter
Email: fake@bogus.com
Location: cincinnati
Date Added: 2002-08-14
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Keyboard alternative for Smartphone
There is a viable alternative for the smartphone keyboard. I use a Silkyboard keyboard overlay from AVA Software. It is an overlay for the graffiti area that creates a virtual keyboard that you can tap out a message on with your stylus. it does not intrude into the display area, and recognizes grafitti so you don't lose that functionality. I can type as fast with it as I can with a thumbboard. It is truly worth it.www.silkyboard.com
Submitted by: ALIX PAULTRE
Email: smartalix@yahoo.com
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Date Added: 2002-08-09
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Graffiti
Sheesh, Just get SimplyWrite for gosh sakes and quite complaining about having to use Graffiti.Where there is a will there is a way.
Submitted by: Derek
Email: here@home.com
Location: Indy
Date Added: 2002-07-11
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7135--Almost but not quite?
FINALLY! I've got a 6035 using fitaly stamp and I'm fairly pleased. The problem is that the 6035 cares about the unit fundamentals, but is weak on the user fundamentals. The input by the user is only grafitti or an overpriced keyboard option, and the output to the user is on a hard to read small mono screen. It appears that the 7135 may have solved one of the problems, the screen output.
But what about the other side--the input? I believe that it is inevtiable: all pda's are going to have to go thumbpad or calligrapher or voice recognition to get broad market appeal. It is the height of arrogance to demand a new way of writing just to be able to use a fragile, expensive device that does a fair job of replacing a 59 cent little black book and a "free" cell phone. I used to own a WinCE device and let me tell you being able to just calligrapher input using standard longhand was GREAT! Too bad WinCE is so slow off the mark with convergence. Convergence sold me on the 6035.Grafitti is a cumbersome outdated relic, charming only to palm nerds, and anathema to the general public. Even the guy who invented grafitti has deserted it and gone keypad. I hope this Kyocera 7135 is issued simultaneously with a thumbpad version and a grafiti version like Treo did with their "G" models. If you ask me, the thumbpad should be built in like it is on the Treo270 the Sharp or the Blackberry. Think of all the space you could save if the whole bottom half of the device was a thumbpad rather than the quirky 2 input scheme illustrated. If 7125 can't go Fitaly, keypad or standard handwriting recognition, I'm not interested. The regardless of the color screen, fast downloads, expanded memory -- everybody is doing that--the Achilles heel of the unit is still the grafitti. If the price isn't well below the absured levels of the Pocket PC and in the ballpark of the Treo or the Samsung, I ain't buying it. --CB
Submitted by: cwb456
Email: callowaykid@usa.net
Date Added: 2002-06-24
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