New protective sleeve case

I bought a sleeve case for my Coby last week at Walmart. It is made by Case Logic and was only $11. It has a neoprene like foam inside, about 1/4 inch thick and a nylon exterior; there is a zipper across the 5 inch side. With the zipper open, I can easily attach the power cord to recharge the tablet with the tablet inside the case. The case has a nice feel to it; it won't slip out of my hand. My Coby slides in smoothly and the case is a perfect fit. With this padded sleeve, I am more comfortable taking my Coby with me. The folio style case that ships with the Coby is nice but it doesn't provide the protection from knocks like this sleeve does. It is also innocuous looking; the sleeve doesn't advertise there is a 7 inch tablet inside.

SwiftKey 3

I had not been using my Coby tablet that much because of the difficulty of entering text from the screen. I never got used to the Swype keyboard and found that my fastest text entry was using Palm Graffiti for Android. I discovered SwiftKey 3 recently and now I am using my tablet again. This is a great product. It uses Artificial Intelligence to anticipate what you are going to type next and discerns words, even if they are misspelled. It learns the words that you commonly use. It uses a standard qwerty keyboard which recognizes input from you finger tips (no stylus needed). I found that SwiftKey works best for me in the portrait mode when I am sitting upright in a comfortable chair, and where I can type with both thumbs. Given the size and weight of the Coby, when I am reclining in bed, I tend to hold the tablet in one hand and type with the other. I downloaded SwiftKey from the Amazon Apps store, tried it for a day and liked it so much that I purchased it for $3.99. The free version works for 30 days. This keyboard really makes the Coby a useful tool. I plan to do a data entry test on my Coby using SwiftKey 3 and determine the number of words per minute I can type.