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You don't need three taps per letter, they had T9 [1], you only had to hit the key with the letter you wanted once, it predicted which letter you actually wante
by Mogzol 3y ago
You don't need three taps per letter, they had T9 [1], you only had to hit the key with the letter you wanted once, it predicted which letter you actually wanted, and worked surprisingly well. Once you got used to it you could type messages very quickly.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T9_(predictive_text) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T9_(predictive_text)
- freedomben 3y agoYes exactly. Also three taps per letter was worst case scenario. 1/3 of the letters were only one tap, and 1/3 were two taps.
- addandsubtract 3y agoAckshully, worse case is four taps for S or Z