One of the biggest challenges that I’ve been facing with my experiment to not use my laptop for any personal Internet use is with text input. Unfortunately there is a severe lack of decent Android-powered smartphones with a built-in QWERTY keyboard, so I’m stuck using the onscreen keyboard. After struggling with it, I remembered thatContinue reading “An Android Use For The iGo Stowaway Bluetooth Keyboard”
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Day 6: A Retreat
Six days in and I’ve already broken, sort of. While I’m still doing quite well at keeping my personal Internet use limited to my Nexus One, I’ve come across a few instances that simply must be done from my computer. 1. Organizing Flickr photos – while the Flickr Mobile site is refreshingly awesome, it’s stillContinue reading “Day 6: A Retreat”
Day 2: Discoveries And Disappointments
This is the end of my second day of using my Nexus One as my only source of personal Internet and already I’m wanting to pull out my old familiar laptop and browser. The limitations of a 3.7-inch display and touchscreen keyboard are already proving to he bigger than I imagined. The biggest issue isContinue reading “Day 2: Discoveries And Disappointments”
Day 1: Punishment
Today I decided to start a new experiment. I’m going to see how long I can go without using my laptop for personal Internet – instead relying on my Nexus One. I’ve done something similar, on Symbian-Guru.com, called ‘PC-Free For Thirty Days’. However, that was more trying to see if a phone could truly replaceContinue reading “Day 1: Punishment”
