Yeah I saw that too and it does seem interesting and useful to some people but the whole idea seems backwards since the netbookmconcept was was geared against. Kinda funny.
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Typing iPad's biggest weakness
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Yeah I saw that too and it does seem interesting and useful to some people but the whole idea seems backwards since the netbookmconcept was was geared against. Kinda funny.
Just thought I'd point out that your post makes absolutely no sense. I can type slower than 80wpm. I can type 1wpm if I want to. If you meant "no one can type faster than 80wpm", that doesn't make sense either.
One thing people are missing here (I haven't read every post in this thread however) is that when you're typing on the iPad, you kind of need to at least glance at the keyboard, since there is no tactile feedback. However, if you try to type with all fingers, you can't see the keys. So, that leads to typing with 2-3 fingers per hand, and your palms kind of to the side... so you can see the keys. That that slows you down. Everyone I've seen typing with the iPad does this...
true nuff, we don't realize how much feedback just touching the keyboard gives us. We know we had a typo without even seeing the wrong letter. With the iPad the ONLy way to know you have a typo is to see what you are typing. While this may sound like a small issue it is huge.
For anyone that types 65 + wpm, you rarely even watch the screen you just look at the paper you are dictating. The notion of using your iPad for such a task is silly.
How tough it is for 60+? I could type 70+ at age 12. How are people so elementary when it comes to typing? I'm well over 100 on a normal keyboard and over 60 on the iPad.
I'm not even a touch typist either. I don't even use my pinky or ring fingers.
Your formula for iPhone typing is normal *0.10. I'm sorry, but that just proves you are a beginning typer, that is ridiculous.
If 60wpm is "tough" in your opinion, you'd only be able to type 6 words per minute on an iPhone. SIX!
Wow. I easily get 30-40WPM on my iPhone.
I'd stop talking, you're just making yourself look more and more foolish.
You are a prodigy
But seriously i have trouble believing your claims. How do you test yourself, do you use a computer program to give you a wpm total? I doubt it simply based on the fact you don't use all of your fingers.
When you test for typing at lets say an outsourcing company, there are specific rules you must follow, corrections count against your total, so no backspacing, et cetera. You use a program that is brutally honest with your real speed. Once you plug into a real test you may find you are a bit disappointed with your grandiose image of yourself.
Also, I think that most people embellish their typing speed much like how men are really about 1-2 inches shorter than they say they are, women are 3-5 years older than they say they are, and men have a smaller ..... than they say they do.
70 WPM Video 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr6oRU4Po4k
The iPad isn't the best typing experience in the world, not by a long shot. It works reasonably well, though. I've used it on multiple occassions for writing fairly lengthy bits of text in bed, which is a situation where I find the iPad delivers a more pleasant experience than a notebook computer. I am slower on the iPad than I am on a physical keyboard, and faster than I am on an iPhone. I've used the keyboard dock or a BT keyboard when I've needed to write really large amounts of text, which improves not just typing but also editing (with command/option +shift+arrow key selections and command+x/c/v shortcuts).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr6oRU4Po4k
The iPad isn't the best typing experience in the world, not by a long shot. It works reasonably well, though. I've used it on multiple occassions for writing fairly lengthy bits of text in bed, which is a situation where I find the iPad delivers a more pleasant experience than a notebook computer. I am slower on the iPad than I am on a physical keyboard, and faster than I am on an iPhone. I've used the keyboard dock or a BT keyboard when I've needed to write really large amounts of text, which improves not just typing but also editing (with command/option +shift+arrow key selections and command+x/c/v shortcuts).
I imagine the speed you can type at on the iPad will get faster the more you use it, similar to the speed you type at on a traditional keyboard gets faster the more you use the keyboard.
I won't be purchasing an iPad for large typing tasks though. It'll be mainly for video and other 'light' apps and utilised for long distance travel. I really don't think the iPad is meant to be used for certain things.
I won't be purchasing an iPad for large typing tasks though. It'll be mainly for video and other 'light' apps and utilised for long distance travel. I really don't think the iPad is meant to be used for certain things.
supercaliber said:
So let me guess. All the screen shots of the little test and even that video is fake, right?
I did that little test 6 times and the least i got was 63 wpm. The most was 69. It REALLY isn't that hard if you know how to type.
I really enjoy typing on the keyboard
Care for some crow?
Seriously, watch the video, its a joke, like seven words. Typing tests take several minutes of continual typing, sentences, punctuation, sustained typing rate. You are clueless.
I laugh just thinking of your little fingers typing away. Faster, faster, you can do it. The iPad is great, the iPad is powerful, the iPad makes me feel good about myself.
people like you make me pray for humanity
69 wpm with 8 mistakes.
http://www.typeonline.co.uk/typingspeed.php
And I'm 40 years old, not some young text-maniac kid. I also learned how to type the right way (not hunt and peck) and that's how I type on an iPad.
My 16 year old daughter does quite well on the iPad... But for her it's second nature as she's grown up with a Mac, has used one of their small flat keyboards for over a year, and has an iPhone. There was nearly no learning curve for her.
(typed on my iPad, very quickly - LOL)
http://www.typeonline.co.uk/typingspeed.php
And I'm 40 years old, not some young text-maniac kid. I also learned how to type the right way (not hunt and peck) and that's how I type on an iPad.
My 16 year old daughter does quite well on the iPad... But for her it's second nature as she's grown up with a Mac, has used one of their small flat keyboards for over a year, and has an iPhone. There was nearly no learning curve for her.
(typed on my iPad, very quickly - LOL)
Wow, the first legitimate rebuttal yet. If you aren't using a program like the one iRabbit refers to, quit your smack talk.
Although I give you props for actually referring to a legitimate speed test, I still would like to see a video. As for kids typing, I am extremely skeptical, they might churn out 70 wpm with no punctuation, capitalization, correct spelling, et cetera.
CyberGeek, video of the test app iRabbit refers to, please. I can't wait to watch that mess.
One other question, is 8 mistakes consistent with your keyboard performance?
That is my biggest issue with the iPad and typing, mistakes. You can't ignore how many you make and how long it takes to fix them.
"AutoText"-like feature for iPad??
Rather than starting a new thread for this, I thought I would ask here.
On my Blackberry, there is a feature that I use often called "AutoText" that allows me to create short words that will be automatically replaced with a longer word or phrase when I press the space bar (similarly to the suggestions that auto-correct frequently misspelled words). The difference is that AutoText it's a list that you can maintain and update as needed.
For example, I have an AutoText set up so all I have to do is type in something like adrs, then my full home address is automatically typed out when I press the space bar.
Is something like this available on the iPad??
Rather than starting a new thread for this, I thought I would ask here.
On my Blackberry, there is a feature that I use often called "AutoText" that allows me to create short words that will be automatically replaced with a longer word or phrase when I press the space bar (similarly to the suggestions that auto-correct frequently misspelled words). The difference is that AutoText it's a list that you can maintain and update as needed.
For example, I have an AutoText set up so all I have to do is type in something like adrs, then my full home address is automatically typed out when I press the space bar.
Is something like this available on the iPad??
Text Expander in the App Store. Although just an iPhone version it works very well on the iPad. There is a brilliant Mac version as well.
I'm a member of many forums but the Mac Rumors forums take the cake, so many folks think their experience is the only experience.
I graduated HS in 1981, ya I'm old. I took 3 years of typing. No computer, timed trials for 5 min with no back space key. In order to pass typing 1 you had to have 35 wpm. In order to pass Typing 2, 60 wpm. For typing 3, which was office procedures, dictation, 10 key etc, you had to do 75wpm. Most of us were 80-90, one girl over 100.
Remember there were paper changes and blank keyboards too. These days I average around 75 wpm on a computer with short burst over 100.
Unlike many in this thread I have an iPad, while i've never timed myself, I feel about half as fast. I'm a touch typist on a keyboard and a hunt, though no hunt time involved, and peck on an iPad. As others have mentioned, the trade is, it sure beats carrying a keyboard.
Summary: just because you can't experience it doesn't mean it can't happen. Belive it or not, companies were run before there was email, phone and even mail. And no, I can't prove it on YouTube.
I graduated HS in 1981, ya I'm old. I took 3 years of typing. No computer, timed trials for 5 min with no back space key. In order to pass typing 1 you had to have 35 wpm. In order to pass Typing 2, 60 wpm. For typing 3, which was office procedures, dictation, 10 key etc, you had to do 75wpm. Most of us were 80-90, one girl over 100.
Remember there were paper changes and blank keyboards too. These days I average around 75 wpm on a computer with short burst over 100.
Unlike many in this thread I have an iPad, while i've never timed myself, I feel about half as fast. I'm a touch typist on a keyboard and a hunt, though no hunt time involved, and peck on an iPad. As others have mentioned, the trade is, it sure beats carrying a keyboard.
Summary: just because you can't experience it doesn't mean it can't happen. Belive it or not, companies were run before there was email, phone and even mail. And no, I can't prove it on YouTube.
Nobody will ever convince me that a glass keyboard is as fast as a physical keyboard ... sorry, it's just not possible using any technology or paradigm that exists today.
"Fast enough" is a different question, and in my case, I feel like I can noodle along okay on the iPad, I don't feel crippled ... but I do feel a bit inhibited in terms of substantial work and longer documents.
If I was sitting at my desk with a computer and keyboard, and the iPad, and I needed to make a slideshow, there wouldn't even be a thought process. I'd use the computer/keyboard and Powerpoint. There may be times when I'd use the iPad in other situations due to greater mobility, but I think it would be rare.
"Fast enough" is a different question, and in my case, I feel like I can noodle along okay on the iPad, I don't feel crippled ... but I do feel a bit inhibited in terms of substantial work and longer documents.
If I was sitting at my desk with a computer and keyboard, and the iPad, and I needed to make a slideshow, there wouldn't even be a thought process. I'd use the computer/keyboard and Powerpoint. There may be times when I'd use the iPad in other situations due to greater mobility, but I think it would be rare.