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Except that I do 50% of my emails and know many others who do exactly the same or more (and these are not short emails) from their iPhones. People who lived on

by bbgm 16y ago

Except that I do 50% of my emails and know many others who do exactly the same or more (and these are not short emails) from their iPhones. People who lived on their blackberries live on their iPhones or Android touchscreen phones. While it might be a problem for some for most it hasn't been one.

ergo98 16y ago
While it might be a problem for some for most it hasn't been one. iPhone users live on with a touchscreen keyboard because they have no choice. Most Blackberry users never migrated to the iPhone for that reason. Android users were caught in a temporary world where every Android maker tried to be like the iPhone, with the terrible choice of the onscreen keyboard, but thankfully that period is quickly passing, with great devices like the G2 / Desire Z and the Galaxy S Pro.
- danudey 16y ago
  I've talked to a lot of people who use iPhones, and none of them would switch to a hardware keyboard if given the chance. Touchscreen keyboards work better than physical ones (the keys are larger), they're better for anyone typing more than one language (accents are easy, different keyboard layouts are possible at all). The touch keyboard isn't there when you don't need it, leading either to an increase in screen space (vs. RIM's offerings) or a more practical physical design (without slider mechanisms that tend to be awkward, get damaged, or make the phone bulkier). I had no problem typing on an iPhone the first day I ever encountered one. The first day I laid hands on a blackberry, it took me minutes to get a single sentence out, because the keys are so tiny and packed close together. The key to effective touchscreen typing is to trust the autocorrect (and to have good autocorrect in the first place). My typing speed skyrocketed when I learned that if I just kept typing, the iPhone would be right 90% of the time, and the other 10% is easy to fix.
  - ergo98 16y ago
    Look, I don't mean to go all John Gruber here, but a good portion of iPhone users wouldn't want anything changed...until it's actually changed at which point it's the most obvious, most important thing in the world. If Apple came out with a slider version of the iPhone tomorrow, I suspect there would be a rapid, but remarkably quiet, appreciation of hardware keyboards among many iPhone faithful. Mileage will definitely vary. I know people who absolutely love their onscreen keyboard. They do tend to be people who actually type very little though, so it's perfect for them. It's interesting that you mentioned onscreen keyboards giving you a increase in screen space -- yeah, when you don't need to type anything. When you do, suddenly 80% of your screen is all keyboard.

by bbgm 16y ago

ergo98 16y ago

While it might be a problem for some for most it hasn't been one. iPhone users live on with a touchscreen keyboard because they have no choice. Most Blackberry users never migrated to the iPhone for that reason. Android users were caught in a temporary world where every Android maker tried to be like the iPhone, with the terrible choice of the onscreen keyboard, but thankfully that period is quickly passing, with great devices like the G2 / Desire Z and the Galaxy S Pro.

danudey 16y ago
I've talked to a lot of people who use iPhones, and none of them would switch to a hardware keyboard if given the chance. Touchscreen keyboards work better than physical ones (the keys are larger), they're better for anyone typing more than one language (accents are easy, different keyboard layouts are possible at all). The touch keyboard isn't there when you don't need it, leading either to an increase in screen space (vs. RIM's offerings) or a more practical physical design (without slider mechanisms that tend to be awkward, get damaged, or make the phone bulkier). I had no problem typing on an iPhone the first day I ever encountered one. The first day I laid hands on a blackberry, it took me minutes to get a single sentence out, because the keys are so tiny and packed close together. The key to effective touchscreen typing is to trust the autocorrect (and to have good autocorrect in the first place). My typing speed skyrocketed when I learned that if I just kept typing, the iPhone would be right 90% of the time, and the other 10% is easy to fix.
- ergo98 16y ago
  Look, I don't mean to go all John Gruber here, but a good portion of iPhone users wouldn't want anything changed...until it's actually changed at which point it's the most obvious, most important thing in the world. If Apple came out with a slider version of the iPhone tomorrow, I suspect there would be a rapid, but remarkably quiet, appreciation of hardware keyboards among many iPhone faithful. Mileage will definitely vary. I know people who absolutely love their onscreen keyboard. They do tend to be people who actually type very little though, so it's perfect for them. It's interesting that you mentioned onscreen keyboards giving you a increase in screen space -- yeah, when you don't need to type anything. When you do, suddenly 80% of your screen is all keyboard.