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Typing iPad's biggest weakness

I have no problem typing on the iPad.

I write reviews for ESEAMarket.com and use my iPad to write them since it is all web-based. However, I have to go to a computer eventually to upload the files that I use. If I could do my entire reviews from my iPad, I would be one happy customer!

However, I have no problems with creating documents on the iPad either. A few papers have been typed on my iPad and I can show my professors rift from the iPad itself.
 
GamecockMac said:
Obvious troll is obvious. :rolleyes:
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claims of 60 and 70 words per minute are garbage without a video.

anyone that has taken a real typing class and had to actually achieve wpm goals understands how tough it is to push past 60+ on a real typing tool like a keyboard, much less on a no-feedback typing gimmick like the iPad virtual keyboard.

I do believe that some freaks can do it, but I think they are few and far between, unless there is a video its all just a lie to me.
 
supercaliber said:
Completely agree with the OP.

Anyone that loves typing on the iPad is nuts or a completely lost fan boy. Guy that says he types 60 words a minute is a complete liar. Please post a video. There is simply no way to consistently type fast. Fits and start at best.
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How would you know what anyone one else's comfort level is? Everyone is different. Some people may hate typing on it, others may be fine with it. Why does someone with a different opinion than you have to be "nuts" or a "completely lost fan boy"?

I type pretty damn fast with it. Maybe you don't, but I do and so do others.

Grabbing text with the touch screen is a lesson in futility. It is comedy nothing more. Grab, release, grab, grab, grab, release, doh, grab other corner, release, try and grab other corner, doh, doh, doh!!! give up and start thumbing through espn pages....
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I have no idea what you're trying to say here. If you're trying to describe copy and paste, maybe you just have poor motor control or something because I have no problems with it.

The reality here is sad because while some of you love the touch screen for editing most would prefer a mouse. And apple could have supported one so easily, why didn't they?????, money!!!. They don't want to cannibalize their notebook sales so they intentionally made it a tween-er device. Not an iTouch and not a macbook, its somewhere sadly in between.

So while its great for kicking it in the bed reading, surfing and playing games, the iPad will never be a solid text editing tool. Mark my words Apple will never support the mouse on the iPad. NEVER.
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How do you know that "most" would prefer a mouse? The entire UI of Mac OS X was rewritten to optimize it for touch control. That's the whole point. I personally prefer manipulating things directly with my fingers/hands over indirectly with a mouse that moves a pointer than manipulates things on the screen.

What you really want is a device running the desktop version of Mac OS X with a keyboard and mouse. AKA a laptop...or a netbook. That's fine, but it's not what the iPad is supposed to be.
 
JodyK said:
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i know that this is just a short sentence but i type my essays this fast also, if you wanna come over and watch me type i would be glad to show you, but iam not having someone record a video of me typing just so i can "prove" something to you. idc if you guys don't believe me, but the fact is i type very fast and easily on the ipad keyboard and many of you don't, consider me lucky.
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supercaliber said:
anyone that has taken a real typing class and had to actually achieve wpm goals understands how tough it is to push past 60+ on a real typing tool like a keyboard, much less on a no-feedback typing gimmick like the iPad virtual keyboard.

I do believe that some freaks can do it, but I think they are few and far between, unless there is a video its all just a lie to me.
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call me freak then - never took a typing class, I type with 5 fingers and I easily get over 100 wpm. practice makes perfect, type 8 hours a day and you will just learn. as for the iPad, I don't have one yet but I'm pretty confident about being able to type quite well on it, better than on the iPhone for sure.

if you can't do it, it doesn't mean anybody else can't.
 
FWIW, I fully believe that high typing speeds can be achieved on the iPad. I work at more than 100 wpm, and see no reason why 60 or more cannot be done on the iPad. I don't have my own iPad yet to test, but I even manage to crank out pages of notes on my iPad touch without much difficulty.
 
There is a video of a guy on YouTube typing 80+ wpm (forgot the exact wpm) on the iPhone (not iPad).

It is, to put it mildly, not right to judge others -- and even to measure the very limits of human capabilities -- by one's own deficiencies.

To think "if you are that much better, you must be lying," is not the attitude of a winner.
 
antiprotest said:
There is a video of a guy on YouTube typing 80+ wpm (forgot the exact wpm) on the iPhone (not iPad).

It is, to put it mildly, not right to judge others -- and even to measure the very limits of human capabilities -- by one's own deficiencies.

To think "if you are that much better, you must be lying," is not the attitude of a winner.
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So now my view on typing on the ipad is a sin against god, please.....
 
zen said:
FWIW, I fully believe that high typing speeds can be achieved on the iPad. I work at more than 100 wpm, and see no reason why 60 or more cannot be done on the iPad. I don't have my own iPad yet to test, but I even manage to crank out pages of notes on my iPad touch without much difficulty.
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99% of all humanity cannot type 100 wpm, so you are gifted. Typing 60 wpm on an ipad is not impossible, just highly unlikely.

I am in agreement with the op, the ipad has typing issues. Anyone that tries to dismiss ipad typing issues likely works for apple or doesn't know how to touch type, or has had their view skewed by jobs love-lust.

It's pretty simple math to me

ipad typing speed= keyboard typing speed * .5

so if you type 60 wpm, you will likely get about half that on an ipad. If I wanted to be a fanboy I would say ipad typing is awesome because the formula for iPhone typing speed is keyboard speed * .10
 
zen said:
FWIW, I fully believe that high typing speeds can be achieved on the iPad. I work at more than 100 wpm, and see no reason why 60 or more cannot be done on the iPad. I don't have my own iPad yet to test, but I even manage to crank out pages of notes on my iPad touch without much difficulty.
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All this talk of high typing speeds has nothing to do with my original post. I realize with enough practice you could get pretty high speeds typing, BUT that is just the pure text on the page. After that, you have to edit what you have, and that's where the iPad is very weak. Also, I've noticed that I make more mistakes typing on the iPad, and thus there is even more need to edit than on a regular computer.

This also depends on whether the thing you are typing is meant to be edited. I know most people use the iPad simply to type facebook posts, tweets, emails, or shorter bits of text. For that, which requires hardly any editing, the iPad is perfectly fine. However, I think writing something more than a paragraph or two, in which you might have to organize, shift around, or edit it in any major way, the iPad is extremely hard to use.

entatlrg said:
MacBook Air would solve all your problems, put a bigger dent in the wallet though.
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The two main problems with the MacBook Air is I've heard it gets really hot, and therefore is not the same as having the very cool iPad on your lap. And, it gets no where near the battery life of the iPad. So its not a perfect replacement for the iPad, although it would solve the typing problem.
 
supercaliber said:
So now my view on typing on the ipad is a sin against god, please.....
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In fact, my post is more polite than yours. You called people nuts, fanboys, complete liar, etc.

I never said that your view is a sin against God. However, it does seem that you wish to impose your incompetence on the rest of humanity.
 
supercaliber said:
99% of all humanity cannot type 100 wpm, so you are gifted. Typing 60 wpm on an ipad is not impossible, just highly unlikely.
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See, this is more honest, but it is different from your original view, which suggests that this is outright impossible, and that anyone who says otherwise is a nut, fanboy, complete liar.

Perhaps I will just take the more humble view and assert that anyone who can type SLOWER than I can on the iPad is a nut, Apple hater, and complete liar.
 
Clamcase

From Gizmodo, 5/5/10...

The ClamCase concept is advertised as an "all-in-one keyboard, case and stand for the iPad," but what really matters is that it lets you turn your iPad into a decent-looking pretend laptop.

The keyboard connects to your iPad via Bluetooth and the whole setup means that you can once again look like an ordinary laptop user in coffee shops—albeit tapping the screen will give you away.

There aren't many details about the ClamCase aside from promises that it'll be on sale in the fall of this year. Feels like wishful thinking, but we'll see.

http://clamcase.com
 
antiprotest said:
See, this is more honest, but it is different from your original view, which suggests that this is outright impossible, and that anyone who says otherwise is a nut, fanboy, complete liar.

Perhaps I will just take the more humble view and assert that anyone who can type SLOWER than I can on the iPad is a nut, Apple hater, and complete liar.
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I would put money on me owning more apple devices than you. So not a hater, just a truth-in-advertising sorta guy.

Don't say you can type 60wpm on the ipad if you can't, don't say typing on the iPad is a joy when its not.

I own an iPad, I actually enjoy using it. However, my $500 isn't going to blind me to reality. The iPad is not a good text editing tool. It is adequate in a pinch, at best.

As for my original post being different. I think not. Show me a video, then i will believe it, otherwise keep the exaggerations to comments between you and your spouse in the sack.
 
supercaliber said:
I would put money on me owning more apple devices than you. So not a hater, just a truth-in-advertising sorta guy.

Don't say you can type 60wpm on the ipad if you can't, don't say typing on the iPad is a joy when its not.

I own an iPad, I actually enjoy using it. However, my $500 isn't going to blind me to reality. The iPad is not a good text editing tool. It is adequate in a pinch, at best.

As for my original post being different. I think not. Show me a video, then i will believe it, otherwise keep the exaggerations to comments between you and your spouse in the sack.
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Show me a FBI authenticated video of you typing slower than 80wpm, and I will believe it.

You are just making this up. No one can type slower than 80wpm on the iPad even if he tries. Anyone who says otherwise is a nut, hater, and complete liar.

Otherwise, keep the exaggerations to comments between you and your spouse in the sack.
 
antiprotest said:
Show me a FBI authenticated video of you typing slower than 80wpm, and I will believe it.

You are just making this up. No one can type slower than 80wpm on the iPad even if he tries. Anyone who says otherwise is a nut, hater, and complete liar.

Otherwise, keep the exaggerations to comments between you and your spouse in the sack.
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ha ha, good one, such a convincing argument,

not
 
antiprotest said:
Show me a FBI authenticated video of you typing slower than 80wpm, and I will believe it.

You are just making this up. No one can type slower than 80wpm on the iPad even if he tries. Anyone who says otherwise is a nut, hater, and complete liar.

Otherwise, keep the exaggerations to comments between you and your spouse in the sack.
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No one can type SLOWER? Erm, I'm pretty sure slow typic is reasonably easy.

Is it just me, or has this forum seriously gone downhill recently?
 
Typing on ipad

I hate it when I'm in bed holding it up.
I don't mind it when I'm on the toilet...

...the ipad that is.
 
I can type pretty quickly but keep hitting the n key instead of the spacebar when I get typing quickly. Also in the iPhone, if I touch and hold the wrong key, I can slide over to the correct key and it pops up correctly. Not so with the iPad. Hit, hold and slide and you get the original pressed key.
 
Typing is a pain in the arse but I'm actually getting used to it and a bit faster. U may see some sort of miracle breakthrough. U never know. I mean being able to just do this would be mind-blowing a few years back so give hope
 
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