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Encouragement needed - afraid to go SOFT

moto-six

moto-six

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Okay, I love a lot of the new phones coming out without the physical keybaord. But everytime I talk to converts, I hear bad things like, slowlenss, mistyping, etc. I need some encouragement!

Anyone go away from the physical keyboard and just LOVE softkeyboards?

:confused:

I wanna make the switch. But I need a shot in the arm from you guys. I am a physical keyboard addict! :eek:
 
moto-six said:
Okay, I love a lot of the new phones coming out without the physical keybaord. But everytime I talk to converts, I hear bad things like, slowlenss, mistyping, etc. I need some encouragement!

Anyone go away from the physical keyboard and just LOVE softkeyboards?

:confused:

I wanna make the switch. But I need a shot in the arm from you guys. I am a physical keyboard addict! :eek:
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I can empathize with your situation. I just came from a BlackBerry Bold 9700 (to a Samsung Vibrant) and was concerned about the lack of a keyboard. Using a virtual keyboard is turning out to be not as bad as I thought it might be. Yes, it's a bit slower, but not unduly so. I expect I'll get more proficient with time, and Swype is surprisingly good.
Don't stress over it too much, I'd say. :)
 
w_bovine said:
I can empathize with your situation. I just came from a BlackBerry Bold 9700 (to a Samsung Vibrant) and was concerned about the lack of a keyboard. Using a virtual keyboard is turning out to be not as bad as I thought it might be. Yes, it's a bit slower, but not unduly so. I expect I'll get more proficient with time, and Swype is surprisingly good.
Don't stress over it too much, I'd say. :)
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Thanks w_bovine! Nice phone you picked up there too.
 
Sounds just like real life, if you worry about going soft you'll have a problem with it - don't think about it and everything will be fine.... :)
 
I made the switch in 2007 with the original iPhone. Had iPhones until until the Droid came out. I tried using the physical keyboard on it a couple times and couldn't do it. Now I have my droid X and I love it and swype is pretty nice.

I have never wanted a physical keyboard after using an on screen keyboard for about 2 hours. They are really easy to get used to and once you do they are so much better you will never miss a physical keyboard again.
 
mhotovec said:
Sounds just like real life, if you worry about going soft you'll have a problem with it - don't think about it and everything will be fine.... :)
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Thanks for the tuff love. Sure you arI switched from the Motorola Q and hated the Dare, then, got rid of the Dare for the G1, love it!
 
I just switched to the captivate from an e71 a few days ago. I really like the swype keyboard. Its great for normal text entry, but so -so for entering things with random letters for passwords.
 
chrlswltrs said:
I made the switch in 2007 with the original iPhone. Had iPhones until until the Droid came out. I tried using the physical keyboard on it a couple times and couldn't do it. Now I have my droid X and I love it and swype is pretty nice.

I have never wanted a physical keyboard after using an on screen keyboard for about 2 hours. They are really easy to get used to and once you do they are so much better you will never miss a physical keyboard again.
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I'm used to a touch keyboard now, but I wouldn't say it's better than a physical keyboard. I can type sooo much faster on a physical keyboard and also I wish i had one for gameboid as that's a whole lot better than the touch screen. I guess it's just preference. Although I can type really fast with swype.
 
I hardly use the physical keyboard on my moment. It does come in handy sometimes, and I like the option, but I mainly use the on screen KB with better keyboard.
 
moto-six said:
Okay, I love a lot of the new phones coming out without the physical keybaord. But everytime I talk to converts, I hear bad things like, slowlenss, mistyping, etc. I need some encouragement!

Anyone go away from the physical keyboard and just LOVE softkeyboards?

:confused:

I wanna make the switch. But I need a shot in the arm from you guys. I am a physical keyboard addict! :eek:
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I tinkered with an iphone a long time ago and was like "eew" rocked a samsung blackjack 2 for 2 years+ and was like "yeah!" then i fell to impulse to get evo, hottest newest thing, and was like "idk" but after a month i'm like "whoa!" and even using slideIt (like swype, wich i can't presently get) and i'm like "HELL YES!" dunno why i was soooo worried 'bout goin soft.... faster than ever, all my friends are like "what's that?" and i say "this is how i text now" and they go "i want that!" ;)
 
stainlessray said:
I tinkered with an iphone a long time ago and was like "eew" rocked a samsung blackjack 2 for 2 years+ and was like "yeah!" then i fell to impulse to get evo, hottest newest thing, and was like "idk" but after a month i'm like "whoa!" and even using slideIt (like swype, wich i can't presently get) and i'm like "HELL YES!" dunno why i was soooo worried 'bout goin soft.... faster than ever, all my friends are like "what's that?" and i say "this is how i text now" and they go "i want that!" ;)
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stainlessray, I am sure I will be the same way.
Nearly bricked my G1 today, prolly going to be upgrading and "going soft" sooner that I plan anyway.

I will let you guys know how it goes, thanks for the personal accounts and insight!
 
K-Rizzle said:
I hardly use the physical keyboard on my moment. It does come in handy sometimes, and I like the option, but I mainly use the on screen KB with better keyboard.
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K-Rizzle, I had this master plan to slowly phase out the use of my phyical keyboard, but it's like crack! I keep going back! :eek:

Love the username K-Rizzle by the way. :D
 
I am really going to give this Swype some serious consideration. Let you guys know what I think.

corey8084, I do like the Droid too, but not that much different from the HTC dream, only, a Droid has a nicer screen, faster proc, a sleeker design, ummm. Hmmm, Droid you say?
 
corey8084 said:
Get the Motorola Droid, it has both and will allow you to transit to soft or continue with the physical. :)
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Get the Droid 2 when it comes out if you want to try this, don't buy a phone that is being phased out now and will be gone in a month or so.
 
Right. Droid, Droid 2, both a step up for me. A lot of good stuff coming out later this year. Gonna wait and have my pick.

Hey chrlswltrs, you a cowboy fan? I love the Cowboys, especially when they are winning.
 
moto-six said:
Anyone go away from the physical keyboard and just LOVE softkeyboards?
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What you really need to do is try out any device that you're considering. Test drive, test drive, test drive. You don't buy a car without one, right?

It doesn't matter if I or anyone else was ok with the switch. It's your perception that matters. You can read replies all day and still not stand virtual keyboards.

My other advice is this: Don't assume all keyboards (physical or virtual) are the same -- even within the groups that you classify them into.
 
moto-six said:
Hey chrlswltrs, you a cowboy fan? I love the Cowboys, especially when they are winning.
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Die hard cowboys fan. Always have been, always will be, winning or losing although I do enjoy it a lot more when they are winning.

Here is my Droid X with my cowboys skin:
http://androidforums.com/accessories-droid-x/117984-nfl-skins.html

Once football season starts all of my phone wallpapers and ringtones get switched to football/Cowboys.

I also have the Cowboys star tattooed on my arm!
 
My first experience with an Android phone was a Droid Eris I evaluated for my work last year that I used for a couple of weeks. I kept mistyping on the soft keyboard and just didn't like it so when I started researching Androids to buy for myself, a physical keyboard was very important. A few weeks ago I bought myself a myTouch Slide. I really liked the physical keyboard, and only would use the soft keyboard for very quick text entries.

Then I decided to give the pre-installed Swype a try. I haven't bothered to slide out the physical keyboard in a couple of weeks now...
 
moto-six said:
I am really going to give this Swype some serious consideration.
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i went from a G1 with a physical and a soft keyboard (used the soft a handful of times) i loved my hard keyboard especially for typing long emails or the like.

now on a galaxy s with swype and its amazing so so good. everyone i show is amazed by it and iphone user said how do i set that on my phone (haha)
ive also got swiftkey beta and its good but i think swype is faster.

hope that's some help?
 
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