The traditional QWERTY keyboard was designed for typing with ten fingers. Typically, a professional typist maintains fingers on the so-called home keys (the keys asdf for the left hand and jkl; for the right hand) and typing letters will either be on this home row or involve a move to some adjacent keys, one row below the home row, or one or two rows above. Consequently, there is no significant finger travel. The situation is …
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Qtek 8500 Smartphone
INTRODUCTION The Qtek 8500 is another branding of the first flip phone made by HTC codenamed the HTC StrTrk or Star Trek or Star100 depending on who you ask. You’ll find the same phone available as the i-mate Smartflip and Dopod S300 at this time, but it’s sure to be re-branded when picked up by other mobile carriers. When I bought the Qtek 8500 from Smart Mobile Gadgets, I was very excited about …
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(sponsor) INTRODUCTION For a while now, CoPilot Live has been the most feature-rich GPS Navigation program for Pocket PCs. However, back in 2004 I was disappointed with the navigation and mapping quality of CoPilot Live 5 in North America. ALK has had over a year to revamp the software and mapping data for the New York City area in which I did most of my testing. Have the navigation capabilities improved? What about the …
Continue readingi-mate JAMin Pocket PC Phone
– Bob Marley INTRODUCTION Ever since I bought the JAMin I havn’t been able to get that song out of my head, but frankly, I’m mighty proud to be jammin’! The JAMin is the latest Pocket PC Phone from i-mate. It’s also known as the HTC Prophet, Qtek S200, XDA neo, Dopod 818pro, and will certainly take on a few other brands as other carriers pick it up. Read on to see what grounds this …
Continue readingDestinator PN 5 Navigation Software
(sponsor) INTRODUCTION There are quite a few GPS Navigation programs for Windows Mobile devices out there right now. It’s not easy choosing which one is right for you. Destinator is another navigation program that has seen success in the European market and lately has been looking to expand their operations in the North American market. While we have yet to see a GPS Navigation system that is perfect in all ways, the feature set …
Continue readingPlantronics Discovery 640 Bluetooth Headset
INTRODUCTION For years, Bluetooth headset manufacturers have been innovating by trying different ear mounting systems, getting better sound, making them smaller/lighter, or adding other features like caller ID. You can’t see an LCD display when it’s hanging on your ear! Anyway, the Plantronics Discovery 640 actually takes a different approach to innovation and makes their high-end headset easier to use, easier to recharge, and easier to carry while retaining the other important things like …
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