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I know about 200 girls. 0 of them have slide-out keyboard phones. It's not a very significant number, but it's enough for me. It's like me claiming that star s

I know about 200 girls. 0 of them have slide-out keyboard phones. It's not a very significant number, but it's enough for me. It's like me claiming that star shaped eyeglasses are not in fashion, because I don't see people wearing them, and you ask me to prove it. I can't prove it, but it just seems to me to be correct.

gaius 17y ago
I know at least 2 girls with Nokia N95s, so that disproves that then :-) I suppose it's mostly fashion. Flip phones seem rare these days, for example.
- maxklein 17y ago
  It's more than that. Slide-out keyboards are a geek thing. Teen Girls like things that are dainty, and nobody ever used that word to describe a slide-out keyboard. Teen girls grow into women who want feminine things, and bulky phones with slide out keyboards are rather masculine.
  - gaius 17y ago
    Teen girls around here like full-sized BlackBerries.
rbanffy 17y ago
I think just about every phone with slide out keyboard is either Nokia Symbian (they suck) or Windows Mobile (sucks beyond what polite language can describe) Only now we are starting to see nice phones with nice software with slide-out keyboards. An interesting point is implied - that men are more resistant (or less sensitive) to suckiness than women. That's something to debate.
- perokreco 17y ago
  I have a Nokia Symbian(N82), and it is amazing, would never trade it for an Iphonee. I don't see why you would make such a blanket statement about them.
  - rbanffy 17y ago
    "I don't see why you would make such a blanket statement about them." Haven't tried the N82, but I had a series of E-series phones and all shared a tendency to crash, of being slow (starting many programs took several seconds, booting took up to two minutes - mind you: more than Windows does on a desktop PC) and having a generally confusing interface. I had a Palm Centro briefly and despite its limited software, it was one of the best QWERTY phone I ever had. I look forward to the launch of WebOS phones here in Brazil. I also assumed we were talking about QWERTY phones like this Motorola unit. I understand the Nokia S-60 series interface is less confusing on a simpler keyboard and the N8x series is among the best media phones you can buy.
roc 17y ago
As with fashion, maybe it's regional? Aside from those using iPhones (and my Grandmother) every woman I know has a slide-out keyboard. (Mostly Sidekicks, Navigators, enVs and the like)

gaius 17y ago

I know at least 2 girls with Nokia N95s, so that disproves that then :-) I suppose it's mostly fashion. Flip phones seem rare these days, for example.

maxklein 17y ago
It's more than that. Slide-out keyboards are a geek thing. Teen Girls like things that are dainty, and nobody ever used that word to describe a slide-out keyboard. Teen girls grow into women who want feminine things, and bulky phones with slide out keyboards are rather masculine.
- gaius 17y ago
  Teen girls around here like full-sized BlackBerries.

rbanffy 17y ago

I think just about every phone with slide out keyboard is either Nokia Symbian (they suck) or Windows Mobile (sucks beyond what polite language can describe) Only now we are starting to see nice phones with nice software with slide-out keyboards. An interesting point is implied - that men are more resistant (or less sensitive) to suckiness than women. That's something to debate.

perokreco 17y ago
I have a Nokia Symbian(N82), and it is amazing, would never trade it for an Iphonee. I don't see why you would make such a blanket statement about them.
- rbanffy 17y ago
  "I don't see why you would make such a blanket statement about them." Haven't tried the N82, but I had a series of E-series phones and all shared a tendency to crash, of being slow (starting many programs took several seconds, booting took up to two minutes - mind you: more than Windows does on a desktop PC) and having a generally confusing interface. I had a Palm Centro briefly and despite its limited software, it was one of the best QWERTY phone I ever had. I look forward to the launch of WebOS phones here in Brazil. I also assumed we were talking about QWERTY phones like this Motorola unit. I understand the Nokia S-60 series interface is less confusing on a simpler keyboard and the N8x series is among the best media phones you can buy.

roc 17y ago

As with fashion, maybe it's regional? Aside from those using iPhones (and my Grandmother) every woman I know has a slide-out keyboard. (Mostly Sidekicks, Navigators, enVs and the like)