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Keyboards really seem to be polarizing smartphone users these day. I am not very fond of sliding keyboards, but some of my friends would never consider buying a
by voidpointer 17y ago
Keyboards really seem to be polarizing smartphone users these day. I am not very fond of sliding keyboards, but some of my friends would never consider buying a phone without a "full" keyboard...
- bumblebird 17y ago"full" keyboard is negated by the fact you need a pin to press the keys. Or have miniature fingers. (IMHO)
- kiiski 17y agoI've had Nokia E71 for over a year now and I've never had any problems with the keyboard. And it's not a sliding keyboard (it's more blackberry like), so it has a lot smaller keys than this one.
- aurora72 17y agoOne can train his/her fingers to press those small buttons precisely with some exercise & learning. Remember we all must learn to use any novelty. There are some really fine muscles on fingertips which are adjustable to perform any task.
- Tichy 17y agoI think the Droid might be converting a lot of these people. I have heard several Droid users say that the keyboard is bad, and the onscreen keyboard was actually better than the physical keyboard.
- iron_ball 17y agoI thought that at first, but I've come to be faster with the hardware keyboard than with the onscreen one. If hardware keyboard input still provided predictive autocomplete suggestions, I'd be in heaven; but even without the autocomplete, I'm using the hardware keyboard almost exclusively.
- hipsterelitist 17y agoThis might have more to do with the Droid keyboard actually being that bad (it is rather cramped compared to the G1) than individual users developing a global preference.
- Tichy 17y agoSure, there are probably better keyboards. I was just saying that "keyboard only" people might buy the Droid and thereby be forced to learn that onscreen keyboards are not that bad after all.