My thoughts on the Keyboard

[PhyscoAssassinx]

So i was playing with my pop's incredible and the keyboard (On landscape mode) was so easy to type with wrote about a paragraph with no mistakes other them my spelling. seeing that the evo is going to have a bigger screen i think this keyboard is going to be perfect and eliminate my need for a physical keyboard Shhhhh even on portrait mode was easy to type with

[gobmonster]

I guess, i really like the idea someone said about a transparent kb, that would be really nice.

But ive ben practicing with my tp2 in landscape and im pretty good on that even tho its resistive and much smaller. TBH, i really just want a keyboard for games and emulators, theres just nothing like push feedback on the old school roms. Lets just say that oneday there is a N64 emu for android, i cant imagine the controls on the evo

And the incredible is an awesome phone! i played with it to ready my self for this one and wow, i cannot wait to own a snapdragon !!

[crownholder]

Originally Posted by PhyscoAssassinx

So i was playing with my pop's incredible and the keyboard (On landscape mode) was so easy to type with wrote about a paragraph with no mistakes other them my spelling. seeing that the evo is going to have a bigger screen i think this keyboard is going to be perfect and eliminate my need for a physical keyboard Shhhhh even on portrait mode was easy to type with=D>

do landscape mode work when txting if u flip it to the side ?

[karong]

Just hopes the snapdragon eliminates the keyboard lag i had with my Hero. Drove me nuts even with a custom Rom

[PhyscoAssassinx]

Yea it went to landscape mode really snappy too

[ChrisH09]

Get Swype...your best friend...I know I'm getting that download...plus...yes the keys on the keyboard are bigger...and from what I could tell the lag is gone.

[RicoRich196]

People who came from the TP2 are saying they can type on it great and that there's no need to worry about the lack of hw keyboard.

[tt C6]

Originally Posted by RicoRich196

People who came from the TP2 are saying they can type on it great and that there's no need to worry about the lack of hw keyboard.

That's a BIG negative, Ghostrider.

I've tried the EVO keyboard. It sucks. It's no replacement for a hardware KB.

[TheMostToys]

Originally Posted by RicoRich196

People who came from the TP2 are saying they can type on it great and that there's no need to worry about the lack of hw keyboard.

I too must disagree with this statement. There is no substitute for a keyboard / thumb-board, especially the quality keyboard on the TP2. Besides the tactile feedback of the physical keys, there are two issues I've been struggling with on the EVO.
The first is that it requires too much space on the screen. Ex:

On the TP2, I can see more than a few lines of the text I'm writing (making it easier to review what I'm writing while I'm writing it.)
Being able to use the entire screen also allows me to reference the email I'm responding to.

The second is that while I'm typing (thumbing), my thumbs never actually leave the keys. The feel of the keys allows me to find my way around the keyboard without looking at it (for the most part). With the onscreen keyboard I must peck at the screen. With the added bonus of putting even more fingerprints on the screen (a pet peeve.)

To each their own, and I admit that I'll probably stick with the EVO (too early to tell just yet), but the lack of a physical keyboard is a major disadvantage. That said, if including a physical keyboard would increase the thickness of the EVO even one mm, it would not be worth it (the EVO is at the absolute size limit, perhaps even a little over, of what I'm willing to accept). I've been looking for my stowaway keyboard (I know it's around here somewhere) to see how it would work for times (like on airplane or at a desk) where mobility is not a factor.

[shaggylive]

screen's are for output, and while it's handy to be ABLE to use them for input too, their primary funtion is output.

so it's got hdmi right.. like I really want to see a keyboard on my big tv...