rolfp
join:2001-09-12
Oakland, CA
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Re: [Sprint] Highly Recommended upgrade
said by cnet :...As for text entry, you can use the onscreen keyboard, which you can switch from full QWERTY to compact QWERTY to phone keyboard or other format, depending on your preference. Most of the time, we used the full QWERTY mode and though it looked fairly cramped, we found it pretty easy to use and didn't have too many mispresses. On the other hand, when you have the keyboard open, it takes up about half of the screen, so if you're entering text into any field on the bottom half of the screen, it's covered up. It's actually quite annoying. From that review, back in June, it sounds like it has some nice qualities but, comparing it to my Sprint Treo 755p, I'm trying to imagine how it would function for email, filling out web page forms, the sort of stuff I do quite a bit. |
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gdm
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join:2001-06-15
Mchenry, IL
clubs: | No different then the iphone. Think about even using the mogul in portrait mode basically. AT&T is supposed to get some thing similar but with slide out keyboard like the Tilt\Mogul. |
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rolfp
join:2001-09-12
Oakland, CA | Thanks, I just don't have any hands-on with i-phone or mogul, just treo (and moto e815, now abandoned), so I'm trying to find out how people use other phones for text-entry tasks, the things I use a phone for, without having used the phones. |
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gdm
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Mchenry, IL
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| Honestly the best thing I can tell is to go try it out. I have a HTC 8525 with AT&T. I like but don't really want to upgrade to the Tilt would rather wait it out.
I tried the iphone and it was nice but it had some draw backs for a corporate user that uses exchange. My other issue with it was the fact that you can type in landscape mode at all only in portrait. Which for me on the HTC phones that have slide out keyboard it feels more natural to type that way with two hands vs one. |
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