Writing on pocket devices
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I am writing this text on a Sony PEG-UX50/U just to test if is easier
than on the Sharp Netwalker.
Yes, it is. The keyboard of the Sony is terrible but is is still much
better than the one of the Netwalker. On the later I am never sure if I
press the key enough and the keys themselves are moving freely to all
directions. I think that this must be one of the reasons of the
Netwalker market failure. A fine tiny laptop device (5" screen) with
full Ubuntu OS. But the OS was not optimised (the device feels slow by
default - it is possible to tune it but it is not a task for normal
user) and its main selling point - the keyboard - is actually terrible.
Hardware-wise the keyboard is the weakest part of the Netwalker. The
screen if fine, the tiny touchpad is actually easy to use and its
battery life is OK. But that keyboard...
It is hard to understand how it was possible because the SL-Cxxx line
of Sharp Zaurus machines had extremely good keyboards (indefinitely
better than this poor Sony PEG-UX50/U has).