So after writing that I went looking for a replacement for the keyboard and I found SlideIT which isn't incredibly fast but is fun and kind of impressive how it figures out what you are trying to type. I also looked at thumb keyboard which does have a better layout for typing with your thumbs but I didn't like it as much. At this point I'll try SlideIT until the free trial runs out and sees if I still like it add much. either way to typing is much better than it was with the default keyboard. --j This entire email was written with SlideIT, splendidly prestigious digit manipulation (long words are even more fun) o_O On Feb 16, 2012 1:57 PM, "J Cruit" <j at packetgod.com> wrote: > I love my cm9 rooted kindle fire and it has apps for everything you need > but I hate on screen keyboards. You may want to find one with a real > keyboard. > > --j > > Senjf for,m my kindle fire cm9 > On Feb 16, 2012 1:50 PM, "Jeremy MountainJohnson" < > jeremy.mountainjohnson at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks for all the response! Perhaps an Andriod rooted device is the >> way to go. I had looked at the Kindle Fire, but didn't see much of a >> calendar option- do these root well into an Android OS (reliable after >> rooting)? >> >> iDevices have some neat features (iTouch, iPad), but the cost is a bit >> much. I noticed some of the old Palm's dropped in price recently, but >> for the same price there is much better technology. >> >> Regarding the distraction I speak of- I get annoyed with people who >> are glued to their phones in and out of social situations, and that is >> what I was becoming with the Pre. It also had this side effect of >> making my wife nag more. Constantly checking and getting e-mail, >> status updates, directions and maps, etc. I know these can be turned >> off, but having your phone bundled with all that technology in one >> unit was too much for me :) Just a personal preference, call me old >> fashioned, but I want the phone to be just the phone, and my organizer >> to be mostly an organizer. Hopefully that makes sense. >> >> -- >> Jeremy MountainJohnson >> Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com >> >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: >> > On Thu, 16 Feb 2012, Jeremy MountainJohnson wrote: >> > >> >> I tried a similar smart phone a couple years back [...] and found it >> to be >> >> [...] a big distraction >> > >> > >> > Can you explain what you mean by "a big distraction"? I understand all >> the >> > other concerns and can think of ways to work around them. For price you >> can >> > get an older, used device, and for monthly bills, well, you get a >> non-phone >> > or just don't sign up with a carrier. But distraction is a lot broader >> and >> > might be harder to solve. >> > >> > Is it the fact that current devices have a ton of apps? Because you're >> not >> > required to install any of them. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -Yaron >> > >> > -- >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> > tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20120216/b9706670/attachment.html>