Thursday, September 27, 2012

Downside - Invoking the keyboard

I've found a couple issues where I should be in input mode with a keyboard, but the keyboard does not appear.

The first instance is when I use Citrix to get at my MS Outlook account.  When trying to create a new email or reply to an email, the text box appears but the keyboard will not.

The second instance is when trying to create or reply to a posted message on a college message forum.  No keyboard appears.

Kind of maddening.

Searching on the Kindle technical forums, this appears to be a known problem.

A Favorable Review

The Kindle Fire has received a favorable review from Consumer Reports.

Looks like the price has come down but they charge you extra for the charger.  You absolutely need this if you don't have a micro-USB cable to charge from your PC.  However, I've seen that charging via a USB cable can be painfully slow.   Just sayin'

Here's the article: