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Touchscreen scrolling: an exercise in insanity?

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I'm curious -- how are you all getting along with your touchscreen? Tapping is pretty good (although "e" and "w" on the keyboard in landscape mode requires more pressure), but scrolling is very difficult for me. For example when I tried to change the time zone, it kept selecting the first thing I put my finger on instead of sensing that I was starting to scroll. This pretty much happens every time I try to scroll. I'd say I'm averaging one in seven on getting it to work correctly.The calibration feature is great -- for taps. I realize this is a $100 device and it's a resistive touchscreen, but yikes!Anyone having similar results?
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[quote author=atrac link=topic=184.msg1537#msg1537 date=1274549458]Tapping is pretty good (although "e" and "w" on the keyboard in landscape mode requires more pressure), but scrolling is very difficult for me. I realize this is a $100 device and it's a resistive touchscreen, but yikes!Anyone having similar results?[/quote]Yep. Same thing here. After owning mine for several days, this is what works best for me...I use a stylus for all scrolling. It works much, much better than a finger. Actually, the stylus scrolling is quite accurate... no more 'one in seven', probably more like six in seven!!I find myself swapping between finger and stylus for tapping, and when using the keyboard for speed, both thumbs together produce the quickest results.
[quote author=Mike link=topic=184.msg1541#msg1541 date=1274551867]I have been using the pen from my Wacom tablet and it works perfectly. [/quote]The best deal I've found so far is from Meritline. They sell a bulk of twelve stylus pens for $1.99 including free shipping. That's less than 20cents each! They list them for the Nintendo DS, but they're perfect for the Eken as well.
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