Comments on: About the same, or even faster http://blog.cosmix.org/2009/07/07/about-the-same-or-even-faster/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:22:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kostis http://blog.cosmix.org/2009/07/07/about-the-same-or-even-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-25025 Kostis Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:15:29 +0000 http://blog.cosmix.org/?p=1841#comment-25025 I definitely agree that the iPhone is much better off without a physical keyboard. But I strongly disagree with Gruber's statement that iPhone users are probably roughly just as fast, maybe a bit slower but probably not by much than BlackBerry users with a physical keyboard. Having used both fairly extensively, there is no doubt in my mind that the BB physical keyboard is a far superior device for entering text. I love the iPhone auto-correction, and it does work great in Greek, but there's just no way you're going to get to BB levels of speed with a virtual keyboard. As I said above though, entering text is not the only thing a phone is supposed to do. Overall, I much prefer the iPhone's virtual keyboard too. Overall it certainly blows the BB away as a device and I don't think it ever will get a physical keyboard not suffer for it. Still, I hope I always also have a BB by my side for the times I need to be furiously typing work emails while walking in and out of public transportation, down the street, or up and down stairs. I definitely agree that the iPhone is much better off without a physical keyboard.

But I strongly disagree with Gruber’s statement that iPhone users are probably roughly just as fast, maybe a bit slower but probably not by much than BlackBerry users with a physical keyboard.

Having used both fairly extensively, there is no doubt in my mind that the BB physical keyboard is a far superior device for entering text. I love the iPhone auto-correction, and it does work great in Greek, but there’s just no way you’re going to get to BB levels of speed with a virtual keyboard.

As I said above though, entering text is not the only thing a phone is supposed to do. Overall, I much prefer the iPhone’s virtual keyboard too. Overall it certainly blows the BB away as a device and I don’t think it ever will get a physical keyboard not suffer for it.

Still, I hope I always also have a BB by my side for the times I need to be furiously typing work emails while walking in and out of public transportation, down the street, or up and down stairs.

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