When I first received the iPad, I told my self, “no way I’m going to be able to use this for writing without a real keyboard”. After two weeks of in-class writing, I am very impressed at how well the native iPad keyboard works. The auto-correct makes it a breeze. I can type without even looking at the on-screen keyboard, with making little to no mistakes. At this point, I feel I’m better off without a physical keyboard, but I wouldn’t mind giving it a try to see how it might improve the typing experience. Perhaps good to have when writing long papers.
One thing that I still find hard to do is to move the cursor to the desired position. Even with the magnifier it can be a challenge.
I really enjoy going to class with just the iPad, no bags, books, notebooks, pens. I’m able to open all the content for the class, read, browse, and blog.
February 13, 2015 at 2:06 am
I just trust auto correct. Before I did that I was frustrated … It honestly makes me wonder why it doesn’t work this way on a regular computer. I do swing back and forth on the idea of a physical keyboard, but I am actually pretty decent with the iPad keyboard. I think that comes from using one for 30 solid days — I put my laptop in a locked cabinet just to really understand the iPad.
But you are so right with the cursor. I hate the way that works. There are some apps that do some interesting things with moving the cursor around that I like.