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Old 08-30-2008, 04:04 PM
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Must use stylus?

OK.. I was in a Sprint store today and discussing the pros and cons of the diamond vs the pro... the guy was pretty adamant that the onscreen keyboard would be too difficult to use comfortably without using the stylus. He said that is why you want the Pro.. you can't use your fingers on the diamond it would be like trying to touch the centro keys without the "feeling".

Now he was talking to my buddy who is a man with large hands and I'm a woman but... is this just overkill for his personal preference? or is it really that irritating to try using the on screen keyboard?
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Old 08-30-2008, 04:21 PM
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Re: Must use stylus?

it comes down to personal preference. i personally use onscreen touch keypad with t9 without the need for the stylus. its super easy. the bulkiness of the hardware keyboard is also a con for me.
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Old 08-30-2008, 05:00 PM
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Re: Must use stylus?

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it comes down to personal preference. i personally use onscreen touch keypad with t9 without the need for the stylus. its super easy. the bulkiness of the hardware keyboard is also a con for me.
im with you, i don't text much and i use resco keyboard with my fingers when i do. also bought touch for reason of less bulky. and same reason i want diamond over pro. different strokes for different fokes.
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im with you, i don't text much and i use resco keyboard with my fingers when i do. also bought touch for reason of less bulky. and same reason i want diamond over pro. different strokes for different fokes.
personal preference... dont u love america? Im getting the pro and i want a keyboard.... cant wait until we can have the best of both worlds. thin shape and maybe a laser projected keyboard!! reminds me of the bogus 01 phone rumor that is going around.
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Old 08-30-2008, 05:49 PM
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i love full keyboard i text way to much to use on screen keyboard
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Old 08-30-2008, 05:55 PM
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personal preference... dont u love america? Im getting the pro and i want a keyboard.... cant wait until we can have the best of both worlds. thin shape and maybe a laser projected keyboard!! reminds me of the bogus 01 phone rumor that is going around.
laser keyboard? what is this 01 phone? is it a ppc? where did you hear about this?
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laser keyboard? what is this 01 phone? is it a ppc? where did you hear about this?
Type in 01 phone in google, first should be the count down page with images, others will be articles on it. Thing looks awesome wish it were real.
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Old 08-30-2008, 10:17 PM
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OK.. I was in a Sprint store today and discussing the pros and cons of the diamond vs the pro... the guy was pretty adamant that the onscreen keyboard would be too difficult to use comfortably without using the stylus. He said that is why you want the Pro.. you can't use your fingers on the diamond it would be like trying to touch the centro keys without the "feeling".

Now he was talking to my buddy who is a man with large hands and I'm a woman but... is this just overkill for his personal preference? or is it really that irritating to try using the on screen keyboard?

To each their own. I've seen some youtube videos and some reviews of the on screen keyboards of the Diamond and it looks easy enough to use.

I also read that someone who got to see a developmental version of the phone said that it had haptic feedback that you could enable and it was easy to use with a small vibrate for each button you push... it provided enough tactile feedback to make it comfortable to use for him.

Your mileage may vary. YMMV.
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thanks everyone's input is pretty much what I had thought the guy was quite adamant that a stylus had to be used since the keyboard was so small but I figured it was his preference. I needed more opinions to convince my friend.
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Re: Must use stylus?

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thanks everyone's input is pretty much what I had thought the guy was quite adamant that a stylus had to be used since the keyboard was so small but I figured it was his preference. I needed more opinions to convince my friend.
Look up the video reviews of the Touch Diamond and Touch Pro. They show you very clearly how the buttons look on the screen.

As for onscreen keyboard options, there is the: full qwerty keyboard (smallest keys), compact qwerty keyboard (bigger keys, but two letters per key so at worst you have to double tap to get the letter you want), and the compact phone style 3 letter per key style.

The Compcat Qwerty with T9 predictive is a great combo... because the predictive doesn't overwrite what you are writing, but instead gives you a small sub menu of words to choose from as you type.
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