after a year... i found out how to type using on screen keyboard
 

maybe i wasn't the only one that have been using the tip of my fingers to type.

well it's WAY easier to use the finger print surface to type. eventhough you touch multiple keys, it's smart enough to know you meant the key in the middle.

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I have no idea what you are talking about

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yea... let me clarify

when you use ur fingers on for the onscreen keyboard you have a tendecy to to try to be as accurate as possible. So you naturally you use the tip of your finger, while trying not to touch the other keys.

Insteady use the whole surface of your thumb and don't worry about touching other keys as it is smart enough to know what key you want.

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also keys on edge of screen press pretty hard

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wow, all this time using the on screen keyboard and having to press delete cause it typed the wrong letter just to find out it knew what i really wanted to type even though the wrong letter popped up. hummmm, silly me. maybe i should just press send and it will fix it.

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lmao..

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OP has a point though (pardon the pun)

If the touch screen's weren't getting better ant telling the centre of the point of contact we'd all still be using the stylus...

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The single best way to type on the onscreen keyboard is to pull out the hardware keyboard and use that. Or you can put your fingers on a diet.

<-- fat fingers!

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I've been trying your method, and you are right! It DOES work better than trying to touch only the key you want.

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It works fine if you are holding your phone with both hands and can have your thumb hitting keys without an angle. But when you holding your phone with one hand trying to type with one hand, its hard to have your thumb level. At an angle I have to aim a little left of the letter to get the letter I want. But if you'e holding the phone with both hands might as well pop out the keyboard and use it. Just my personal preference.

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Holy crap that really does work. Thanks OP

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Ah, the old fashioned way of typing...I still remember it like it was last week. Things have not been the same since I've tried Shapewriter and now Swype. :)

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First, which onscreen keyboard/sip are you using?

I solved this problem for myself simply by using the onscreen phone keypad and enabling T9, since it's just like using my old Nokia. Works perfect for me. Have you tried that?

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[QUOTE=petermg;1406440I solved this problem for myself simply by using the onscreen phone keypad and enabling T9, since it's just like using my old Nokia. Works perfect for me. Have you tried that?[/QUOTE]

I never got used to typing on a regular phone keypad. I had a Treo 650 and a 600 before the Touch Pro so I've had qwerty keyboards since I started typing on phones.

Jason

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go get swype. after trying it for a few days, i am sold on it.

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I've been using FITALY for years, and along with the old-style word suggestions, I'm able to type quite efficiently (particularly love the Expander and using slides to capitalize letters and/or type special characters). Every other on-screen keyboard I've used has paled in comparison for me (I may give Swype a try, though - looks interesting).

Though there's a bit of a learning curve involved, since the keys are arranged differently, it's fairly easy to pick up (I used their FitalyLetris game to help get the hang of it in no time).

Granted, I need the stylus for it to work well, but I actually prefer not adding unnecessary fingerprints to the screen.

In a pinch, namely when having to type one-handed, I use the hardware keyboard from time to time.

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WHOA, how can you use the HARDWARE keyboard one-handed????:scratch:

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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! SWYPE IS THE BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:bom::headbang:

Been using it only for like 2 hours, watch a few tutorials and did the walkthrough tutorial/interactive tutorial on my phone. NICE!

Touch Pro USCC

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Using my left hand:

I rest the base just below my index finger, place the tip of my pointer finger toward the left end of the base, curl the middle and ring fingers to hold the base, put my pinkie under the right end to keep the phone from sliding out of my hand and use my thumb to type (usually quick responses to texts).

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Yep, SWYPE is truly awsome!!!!