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Originally Posted by jmorton10
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
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Sorry but I'm able to reach _at least_ 50 WPM on the TP keyboard and can type just fine without even looking. That's pretty damn close to desktop for me, maybe not as fast but I don't have to actually look at the keys at all.