I would have to disagree with you there. A tactile hardware keyboard is more efficient than *MOST* touchscreen keyboards, although I've only tried a couple of cellphones with them. Also, I've haven't tried every high-end phone in existence, but I have had multiple blackberry QWERTYs and two Treos, and I have tried many popular "smartphones" like the Moto Q, T-mobile Edge, Samsung i760, HTC Tytn, etc.
That said, the touchscreen keyboard on the Apple iPhone / iPod Touch is actually perfectly usable and practical. Within a few weeks of owning one, I was literally 50% faster at typing emails than I was on my Treo 700wx.
I'm not trying to start an Apple flame war, i just want people to know that the iPhone keyboard actually works really well if you are open to trying it. However, I'm sure there are just as many people who will not like using it and will stay with QWERTY phones.
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Ah, nice, a tactile keyboard. So much more efficient than touchscreen.
I would have to disagree with you there. A tactile hardware keyboard is more efficient than *MOST* touchscreen keyboards, although I've only tried a couple of cellphones with them. Also, I've haven't tried every high-end phone in existence, but I have had multiple blackberry QWERTYs and two Treos, and I have tried many popular "smartphones" like the Moto Q, T-mobile Edge, Samsung i760, HTC Tytn, etc.
That said, the touchscreen keyboard on the Apple iPhone / iPod Touch is actually perfectly usable and practical. Within a few weeks of owning one, I was literally 50% faster at typing emails than I was on my Treo 700wx.
I'm not trying to start an Apple flame war, i just want people to know that the iPhone keyboard actually works really well if you are open to trying it. However, I'm sure there are just as many people who will not like using it and will stay with QWERTY phones.