[geeks] iPhone interface

[Mark Benson]

On 14 May 2009, at 01:36, Michael Parson wrote:

> It is a bit bigger than what I used to carry, but not overly so.  I  
> really like having a real keyboard, one of the many reasons I won't  
> be getting an iPhone.

I don't get why everyone has such a bone in their mouth about the  
iPhone's input system. I used the on-screen keyboards on both my WinMo  
devices and I can type pretty well with the ti of my finger on both, I  
swear, I used to hate using on screen keyboards too, I had a HTC MDAII  
with a keyboard like the Magic, then went over to a Touch with no k/b  
and was in typing hell for a while, but you get used to it and now I  
think the extra keyboard layer is a unnecessary bulk on the device.

Before you ask I'm a mal-co-ordinated baffoon who is dyslexic and has  
a known problem with hand-eye co-ordination, so you don't have to be a  
12-year-old SMS kiddy to work these things, it just takes a little  
practice, just like remembering where all the stupid key combinations  
are on those HTC keyboards are.

I'll admit that the iPhone's on-screen keyboard maybe won't suit,  
like, 5% of PDA/smartphone users, but way more people get a bee in  
their hat about it than that and I think it's a little unfair.

*Shrug*

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