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venro
08-06-2007, 02:18 PM
http://www.tapland.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5562

I found it when I was reading about Tapwave Zodiac. Really good stuff ;)

http://termit.ie.tu.koszalin.pl/~venro/fotos/palm_keyboard_1.jpg

http://termit.ie.tu.koszalin.pl/~venro/fotos/palm_keyboard_2.jpg

Sample text is in Polish, which means "Even the deepest emptiness can find her fill in soul of the happy man". Tried to be poetic :P

It's beta, so there can be some surprises. Should work with other palms.

_Em
08-07-2007, 02:50 PM
I've used it on a T|X for over a year. There are issues:
1) It expires from time to time... you have to delete the prefsDB entry and then it works again.
2) The trigger mechanisms don't always work correctly; some work on some devices, some on others.
He has fixed a bug in an earlier version however where bringing up the board in an app with no text entry field and then closing it will cause a reset.

dragonsgames
08-15-2007, 05:38 PM
I'm getting a TH, and worried about text input. How well does this work? Can it be accessed at any time?

_Em
08-15-2007, 07:11 PM
Works pretty well, but there's no tactile feedback. It can be accessed at virtually any time; not sure how it handles some non-modal dialogs.

dragonsgames
08-15-2007, 07:13 PM
I don't need feedback, and it is actually better without me having to not have to push down hard, since I have tendentious in my thumbs (using my UX50 became incredibly painful, keys are hard to push)

dragonsgames
08-16-2007, 07:22 PM
I tested out Mini-Keyboard (on my UX) http://www.animatorsoft.com/mini-kbd/index.html

It isn't free, but works great so far.

_Em
08-17-2007, 05:03 PM
Have you tested out ThumbBoardDA and virtualthumboard yet? I'd like to know how you think they compare.