alpha/numeric soft keyboards ??

[tianli]

I do not find much pleasure in the Palms Grafitti when entering pinyin and then tone ..you need to keep looking at each letter input or otherwise spend time editing the entry. I find the keyboard interface much better but it requires you to switch to numeric input (123) for the tone and then back again (abc). My mind is mid sentence and I need to stay focused but find the switching back and forth a distraction.

So some questions .....

• Do most Palm users input by grafitti ? (and therein should I use grafitti and just get more practised ...yuck!)
  Is it possible to install a SOFT alpha/numeric keyboard onto a palm TX? (I think I can hear a chorus of "NO" echoing off the walls)
  Are there Pocket PCs that have an alpha/num keyboard already? (Palm TX For Sale!!!...enquire here)
  Is there a trick that someone else finds useful?
  Or
  Does Ver 2 have tones on screen ??? (This seems to me to be the ideal ...does anyone have any experience with bribes??)
  Or
  Should I purchase a wireless keyboard ? (this would be acceptable for study but would make pleco a pain for travel)

.....mmmm

 

[ipsi]

I believe there are alternative soft keyboards, though the ones that come to mind were designed to enable to you to type using your thumbs, as though you had a full qwerty keyboard (rather like the iPhone, really). But yes, Pleco 2.0 does have the tones on the keyboard, making it much easier!

Although, you may not be the only one with issues using Graffiti 2 on a TX: http://dougroberts.co.uk/technology/gra ... he-palm-tx. This may make your life more enjoyable.

 

[tianli]

Wow!! I did'nt know if I should laugh or click on the file download link ..maybe late one night when no one is watching 8)

I must stress though that if Mike is thinking of holding-out on the on-screen tones for want of a bribe ...it was just going to be some photos of me dressed up in my wife's 'lippy' and 'fishnets' :shock:

Thanks ipsi ...