{"id":2593,"date":"2012-11-28T04:08:17","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T09:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2593"},"modified":"2012-11-28T04:08:17","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T09:08:17","slug":"typing-on-tablets-7-vs-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/11\/28\/typing-on-tablets-7-vs-10","title":{"rendered":"Typing on tablets &#8211; 7&#8243; vs 10&#8243;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/11\/19\/my-kickstarter-experience\">this post<\/a> entirely using my Nexus 7 (a 7&#8243; tablet). I found that I couldn&#8217;t type well using it. I had to use it in portrait mode, and use my thumbs to type, which meant that it was utterly slow to generate a post.<\/p>\n<p>On my 10&#8243; iPad, I can comfortably type using the virtual\/on-screen keyboard in landscape mode. In portrait mode it is nigh impossible.<\/p>\n<p>In either situation, I&#8217;m naturally faster using a regular keyboard, and I do have an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002TMRZOQ\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B002TMRZOQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=colincharles-20\">Apple Wireless Bluetooth keyboard<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=colincharles-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002TMRZOQ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> for this purpose.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m now toying with the idea of getting a new iPad (retina display, 4th gen) or an iPad Mini. I&#8217;m enjoying consuming content on my Nexus 7. I wonder if I can justify creating more content on the iPad retina? Or do I just satisfy myself with a low-res iPad Mini, which will get updated to a retina display in a year or so?<\/p>\n<p>Others have written about the typing situation: <a href=\"http:\/\/isource.com\/2012\/11\/26\/typing-on-ipad-mini\/\">typing on iPad mini<\/a>, John Gruber <a href=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/2012\/10\/ipad_mini\">hunts &amp; pecks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Typing%20on%20tablets%20-%207%22%20vs%2010%22&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2012%2F11%2F28%2Ftyping-on-tablets-7-vs-10&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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I typed on the retina iPad, and realised that I was using only about four-fingers. This tells you that even before in landscape mode, I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2614,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/12\/27\/ditched-the-ipad-for-a-nexus-7","url_meta":{"origin":2593,"position":1},"title":"Ditched the iPad\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 for a Nexus 7","date":"27\/12\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"About two weeks ago, I ditched my iPad. I backed it up, did a clean reset, and gave the iPad to my mother. My primary tablet now is the Google Nexus 7.\u00a0 I like the 7\" form factor better. It is also much lighter. 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