Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon

[dboyd2@mmm.com (J. David Boyd)]

Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com> writes:

> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> writes:
>> Notice that in the traditional setting, you have the keyboard /and/ the
>> mouse, so if you want to use the mouse, you have to move your hands a
>> lot (=ineffective).  On a tablet, you only have the touchscreen, so it's
>> much more natural to use these gestures.
>>
>> In general, tablets seem to be good when you /consume/ information, not
>> /produce/ it.  But Emacs is useful at that, too.
>
> Many tablets these days can use external keyboards, so they can be used
> like laptops.  These keyboards come in cases that hold the tablet.  This
> does potentially have an advantage: you have one device that's both
> tablet and laptop.  If you just want to read something you can leave the
> keyboard at home, but it's there if you want to do more.
>
> I haven't tried this setup yet, but a friend of mine uses it.
>
> BR,
> Robert Thorpe


A friend of mine has a Samsung brand of Android tablet.  Gets about 8 hours
battery life.  When he connects the keyboard, it adds ~7 more hours batter
life.  That's the kind of keyboard I would like.