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Re: Too Little Too Late said by sleuth: What really? I find my experience totally 180 of yours. I hate having to go through multiple windows for special characters. While I could hit 2 different keys to input one on the BB. Then typing on the touchscreen too fast leads to ridiculous jargon. I have to take my time, make sure the autocorrect is actually correct, etc. I would take the speed and accuracy of the BB keyboard no doubt. It was immensely easier for me to respond to messages and emails.
Let's see here:
On the Blackberry, the Period is a 2 key press for URL's. On the iPhone, it's there.
On the Blackberry, the / is a 2 key press for URL's. On the iPhone it's there
On the Blackberry, numbers are frustrating to type (2 key press for each).
Dialing the phone on the BB is a PITA as there is no keypad and you have to try to find the small buttons with the #s on them.
I'm sure there are more but I found trying to use the small keys a nightmare and using the Web an exercise in frustration. |
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 sleuthPremium
join:2001-08-30
West Des Moines, IA | said by itguy05:Let's see here:
On the Blackberry, the Period is a 2 key press for URL's. On the iPhone, it's there.
On the Blackberry, the / is a 2 key press for URL's. On the iPhone it's there
On the Blackberry, numbers are frustrating to type (2 key press for each).
Dialing the phone on the BB is a PITA as there is no keypad and you have to try to find the small buttons with the #s on them.
I'm sure there are more but I found trying to use the small keys a nightmare and using the Web an exercise in frustration.
While I agree with your assessment on the layout, the touchscreen isn't anymore efficient. You still have to navigate between 2 screens for letters, numbers and characters.
I'd rather press 2 buttons then navigate 2 or 3 windows, IMO. Again I'm looking for efficiency when I'm typing since I have to respond to long emails some times. |
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join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
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| I don't like physical keyboards because they never last for me. They wear down, get gunk in them, etc, despite my best efforts to keep them clean.
I've also had several phones that have had problems with the "ribbon cable" that wears out from the mechanical action, causing half the keys to go dead.
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The software keyboards change based on what you're doing. Dialpad for phone, texting necessities for texting, web buttons for browsing, etc. This is what a physical keyboard can't do. |
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I never had those problems on my BB Curve nor BB Storm 2 |
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 TA63ST215WPremium,MVM
join:2000-11-23
there
kudos:2 | reply to bobjohnson
I think your collective heads would explode if you ever saw someone entering Japanese using a 10 digit numeric keypad.
That is a talent...
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join:2003-09-15
Arlington, TX
kudos:1 | Entry in kana followed by intellitype-style conversion to kanji. It can be pretty efficient, I'm sure. |
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