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Originally Posted by bast525
They keyboard is completely subjective, though I admit that at first glance, it was hard not to think the Sprint had the better arrangement. But at the same time, it's not like the VZW keyboard is just so oh-my-god-completely-broken. .
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It's kinda funny, I actually prefer the VZ KB myself (although I never use the hardware KB) I think the Sprint KB keys are too small & too stiff to really work well. Since I find that I can type
MUCH faster using Touchpal in T+, I don't really care about the KB (I'm so glad I took the time to learn the ins/outs of TouchPal)
I didn't buy the TP for the KB (if I could buy a Diamond that had all the TP features
EXCEPT the KB, I would buy it today)
I can't believe people make such a big deal out of the "crippled" VZ KB myself, every PPC KB takes some getting used to as they are all slightly different. I have had a lot of phones with sort of oddball KB's (things like the spacebar all the way to one side etc etc) & they all work just fine after a little practice. This statement cracks me up
"Much of the "upgrade" in the Touch Pro was the keyboard. It mimics an actual desktop/notebook keyboard experience" Give me a break, mimic an actual desktop on a 3" long KB?? How the hell do you touch type 160 WPM on that??
I am not defending VZ by the way, I do think they are pretty cheap to make some of the changes they do. That being said, the VZ phone works just fine if it's set up right. My co-worker's VZ phone running SSK 1.5 runs pretty much the same as my Sprint model converted the VZ service (it's certainly not a "lot slower")
~John