Re: Soft v. Type Keyboard with Surface RT

Mike <[email protected]> Tue, 6 Nov 2012 19:43:54 -0500
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The problem may simply be that sometimes I type ridiculously fast.  I'll
give it some more time.

Try Surface with a mouse.  I really liked it that way, which may be heresy.

Mike

On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Chris Sells <csells-MTuqIxyGj3nAKuVPhbf8BAC/[email protected]>wrote=
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>  I was surprised at how much I liked the touch cover for typing, but I
> love the type cover. The latter makes it feel like an ultrabook.****
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> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mike
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 06, 2012 4:13 PM
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> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [OT] Soft v. Type Keyboard with Surface RT****
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>  ** **
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>   ****
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> Love my Surface RT but felt that the soft keyboard was slowing me down.
> So I bought the Type keyboard, just got it today, and it is perhaps worse=
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> Do you think I just got a defective one?  What happens is, when I'm typin=
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> very fast, it occasionally just stops typing.  This happens in any
> application.****
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> On the other hand, the Type keyboard may actually be better when typing
> more slowly, so perhaps it is worthwhile.****
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>  ****
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> Anybody else having similar experiences?  Is it easy to return these
> keyboards?****
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>  ****
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> Mike ****
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Mike<br><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 7:38 PM=
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