How do you prefer to hold it?
Landscape.
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for some reason it just feels right holding it in landscape..
Landscape here as well.
I will say that, in Portrait view, I've noticed a tendency for the home screens to stutter just ever-so-slightly when sliding from one to another. Almost imperceptible, but definitely not as smooth as in landscape. Anyone else notice this?
landscape + tablet keyboard = win
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Portrait would be ok if they moved the keyboard about an inch up. Trying to hold it at the bottom and type is way too top heavy.
Browsing or reading books I prefer portrait; most other uses I tend to go landscape -
I usually go portrait mode for general web browsing and landscape for typing and certain apps.
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i had a app called butler on my touch pro that would change the keyboard based on if it was slid out so null kb would pop up.
i want something like this so i can use regular keyboard in landscape and swype in portrait.
has this come out yet?
That is A very good piece of thought! Swype in Portrait mode is just perfect, but in landscape the HTC keyboard works better for me, so if there is a way to achieve this automatically (yes, I know, I can switch the kbd on demand, but it's still 2 extra taps each time rotating the screen), that would be great.
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How come landscape mode only works on one side of the x10. For example if ur holding the phone in portrait and turn it left it becomes landscape yet if u turn it right (from being in potrait) it doesn't become landscape?
Will this be fixed in 2.1?
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There is a thread about it here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=670711&highlight=landscape
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Hey all,
I wanted to see how you all(the community) like typing on the tab, and if you prefer landscape or portrait.
I personally like to type on the tab in portrait using just my thumbs, holding the tab with my other.fingers. One of my issues is how small the.space bar is, a lot of.the.time I hit the period key as shown before haha.
I want to get.some suggestions on typing in landscape, as I don't know how to do it. Do you lay.it down on a table and try to use all your.fingers (like a normal keyboard)? Or do you just.use your thumbs or index fingers.
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I like typing with my thumbs in portrait mode. I use my own Thumb Keyboard for this, because it has wider keys so hitting adjacent keys is not a problem anymore and (maybe I like that more) it gives a really balanced feel in the hands. With a regular keyboard I have some problems holding the tab in portrait mode while typing. Thumb Keyboard allows me to hold the tab in a more natural way when I thumb type on it (again in portrait mode).
Also, I find me using my own keyboard also much more in landscape mode. Maybe because I found a way to reposition the keys much better for landscape thumb typing.
(Sorry to advertise my app this way. This is not my intention. The subject is just interesting me. Anyway, a light version can be found in the app section. It has the portrait thumb type mode, but with larger keys (it was written for phones initially). I adapted it for tablets in the full version)
I use Smart Keyboard Pro, in landscape mode (large hands, I can still reach all the keys ) I gave up on Swype in the end. In portrait mode I have it set to T9.
Smart Keyboard Pro has settings for a super-wide spacebar too.
Love typing in portrait using SwiftKey. After using so many different keyboards something about SwiftKey feels smooth and natural.
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Smart keyboard. Portrait mode. With two thumbs seems best for me.
I'm now using samsung's keyboard dock for tab. Expensive but works nice and looks great
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I use swype keyboard in portrait
I wish I knew how to quote using this pda app, I'm gonna try out that thumb keyboard.
Thanks for the inputs
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This really bugs me, why the hell does HTC Sense work fine in landscape with the keyboard open, but the second you close it it goes to portait, and you can't change it back?
What's the actual reason for this, is it just a bug?
I wouldn't count it as a bug, it's just how Sense was designed - the thinking is that if your keyboard is closed, you'd want to hold your phone in portrait mode (except for specific apps). I believe there are a few tweaks that you can do to keep accelerometer-based rotation on *everywhere* (as opposed to the current slide-status-based rotation).
It's not a bug but I agree that it'd be nice to be able to have Sense in landscape mode with keyboard closed.
I'm not into development stuff at all but would it be difficult to develop a small app that would either cheat by sending the information "keyboard is open" when the phone is turned in landscape position or by adding a 2nd condition for displaying the landscape mode (if accelerometer turned 90deg then display landscape mode)?
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missparker76 said:
It's not a bug but I agree that it'd be nice to be able to have Sense in landscape mode with keyboard closed.
I'm not into development stuff at all but would it be difficult to develop a small app that would either cheat by sending the information "keyboard is open" when the phone is turned in landscape position or by adding a 2nd condition for displaying the landscape mode (if accelerometer turned 90deg then display landscape mode)?
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I think it can be made, but remember: if the device "thinks" the keyboard is opened, the softkeyboard is disabled. Then it should be configured to work only in the Sense laucher.
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I think it can be made, but remember: if the device "thinks" the keyboard is opened, the softkeyboard is disabled. Then it should be configured to work only in the Sense laucher.
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Yep you're right. I hadn't thought about that
In landscape mode if I refer to my personal use I'm more inclined to use the physical keyboard than the soft keyboard so I would anyway open the physical keyboard if I need to type something. But I don't know if other people have the same habit.
Mee too, If in landscape I always use the physical keyboard. The soft one uses a half of screen
Why is the DHD only able to go landscape when I counter clockwise(home button on the right)??? I can't seem to find a way to make it go landscape the other way? (home button on the left).
Anyone knows how? Only have this problem when watching movies and playing games....browser is ok can auto rotate
It depends on the apps. Some if then allow rotation in both directions, some don't.
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arc media is kinda irritating only allow rotate to one side but not the other
thats the apps fault then, the DHD supports 360 degree rotation
any other video player to recommend that can auto rotate both ways?
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