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From: zaphod@madnix.UUCP (Ron Bean)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: calculators vs computers
Summary: RE:Touch-typing
Message-ID: <1581@madnix.UUCP>
Date: 6 Oct 90 14:36:01 GMT
References: <1049@helens.Stanford.EDU> <1570009@hpnmdla.HP.COM>
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In Article <1570009@hpnmdla.HP.COM>, darrylo@hpnmdla.HP.COM
(Darryl Okahata) writes:
 
>     How many people actually use small handhelds for note taking?...
>...... As touch typing is next to impossible, typing in a note using the
>"hunt'n peck" technique is very, very frustrating.
 
   There is a middle ground between touch-typing and "hunt-and-peck". I
don't have to "hunt" because I know where all the keys are, but I don't try
to use all 10 fingers on the tiny keyboard. Granted, I'm slower than a
touch-typist on a full-sized keyboard, but I can still type faster than I
can write longhand (and I don't have to search for the scrap of paper and
transcribe it afterward). ANY computer is better than no computer, and I
can't carry a full-sized laptop everywhere. I've noticed that some
touch-typists can't seem to imagine typing any other way, but for some of
us, it's worth it.
 
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zaphod@madnix.UUCP (Ron Bean)
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