hardsell
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- Sep 19, 2011
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if you knew me you'd be retorting with "yeah, on that tenuous grip of reality you have" or "yeah, losing your grip on the little bit of sanity you have left"
but I've been finding the vizio just plain hard to hold in either landscape or portrait
but I prefer to hold it like a book ie; one-handed so for me that would be hold it left handed and have the right hand free to turn the page I almost always do most of my reading right before sleeping so I'm not in an easy chair where I could have a lap board or at a table, or a desk, on a couch etc
I use it primarily for reading books, have a few fun apps on it mostly there to have something to show it off with, so I can try to "justify" buying it rather than a refurbished nook color (then rooting it) for almost half the price
the bezel is too thin for me and it seems my thumb always overhangs that sides bezel and the screen sees the thumb thats over but not touching the screen and flips the page
I had the same trouble with a kindle dxg that I kept too long and had to sell (it and it's accessories) for a $200 loss it seemed lighter but was even bigger in it's dimensions but having no touch screen, I could keep a thumb on the screen with no worries other than cleaning the resulting smudge
my archos 5 it 500gb model holds like a dream only with its amazing 2 hour battery life it is attached like a chain to a wall socket which is why I'm trying the vizio
since then I have found that this might be a common problem as there are now lots of devices to help you hold your (mostly for ipads) tablet one handed
[my research page showing most of the holder brands here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QLQAaT7jA9Mm1z9lI13UqpcSfnKW3itmilAIAtT9_Vk/edit?hl=en_US
I've added the one associated with this forum though its mostly for dash, wall, floor stand]
but being cheap I'd like to be able to hold it without any extra expense why dont tablet manufacturers provide for this themselves? like have a pop out on the back just thick and tall enough to hold between two fingers then push it back in when you want it to be all "sleek" again.... these things are too sleek! give me something chunky clunky booky in shape that I can get a grip on
(rant off)
and then there are the back home and menu buttons that are on the bezel eliminating one "safe" place to hold the vizio
I read in landscape (need the text real big, being blind) and now the power button (not recessed) is right by my left palm; if I change grip a tad WHOOPS we've almost powered off and theres another screen to get out of
same with the volume buttons had to disable their use in a lot of apps as they get mangled alot when I change hands every now and then
so (at last) to the question does anybody else have this problem?
how did you fix it?
but I've been finding the vizio just plain hard to hold in either landscape or portrait
but I prefer to hold it like a book ie; one-handed so for me that would be hold it left handed and have the right hand free to turn the page I almost always do most of my reading right before sleeping so I'm not in an easy chair where I could have a lap board or at a table, or a desk, on a couch etc
I use it primarily for reading books, have a few fun apps on it mostly there to have something to show it off with, so I can try to "justify" buying it rather than a refurbished nook color (then rooting it) for almost half the price
the bezel is too thin for me and it seems my thumb always overhangs that sides bezel and the screen sees the thumb thats over but not touching the screen and flips the page
I had the same trouble with a kindle dxg that I kept too long and had to sell (it and it's accessories) for a $200 loss it seemed lighter but was even bigger in it's dimensions but having no touch screen, I could keep a thumb on the screen with no worries other than cleaning the resulting smudge
my archos 5 it 500gb model holds like a dream only with its amazing 2 hour battery life it is attached like a chain to a wall socket which is why I'm trying the vizio
since then I have found that this might be a common problem as there are now lots of devices to help you hold your (mostly for ipads) tablet one handed
[my research page showing most of the holder brands here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QLQAaT7jA9Mm1z9lI13UqpcSfnKW3itmilAIAtT9_Vk/edit?hl=en_US
I've added the one associated with this forum though its mostly for dash, wall, floor stand]
but being cheap I'd like to be able to hold it without any extra expense why dont tablet manufacturers provide for this themselves? like have a pop out on the back just thick and tall enough to hold between two fingers then push it back in when you want it to be all "sleek" again.... these things are too sleek! give me something chunky clunky booky in shape that I can get a grip on
(rant off)and then there are the back home and menu buttons that are on the bezel eliminating one "safe" place to hold the vizio
I read in landscape (need the text real big, being blind) and now the power button (not recessed) is right by my left palm; if I change grip a tad WHOOPS we've almost powered off and theres another screen to get out of
same with the volume buttons had to disable their use in a lot of apps as they get mangled alot when I change hands every now and then
so (at last)
to the question does anybody else have this problem?how did you fix it?
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