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I would argue that the BB keyboards was bad, its just that contemporary alternatives like T9 and the first touchscreens were even worse. I would say that a mod
by msh 6y ago
I would argue that the BB keyboards was bad, its just that contemporary alternatives like T9 and the first touchscreens were even worse.
I would say that a modern swipe keyboard after training by far beats old style BB keyboards (not real computer keybords where you can use up to 10 fingers).
- nikau 6y agoActually blackberry keyboards were awesome, I use swype on Android which is pretty good, but the blackberry was less fatiguing. I still miss my blackberry for sending emails. There were keyboard shortcuts for everything too, like press F to forward or R to reply, q to expand display names to email addresses. You could also assign tasks for when you held down a key at the home screen. Most models also had a dedicated hardware mute button with distinct tones for mute/unmute. If you were a heavy user they were much quicker than touch screens. They just sucked at anything unrelated to email, and weren't great for most users who never bother to learn their tools and become efficient.