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By: DavidB

DavidB — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:41:16 +0000

I think what we KNOW is that using SurePress in portrait mode on a Storm/Storm2 is not very efficient. This tells us nothing about the accuracy of using any of these device's landscape mode full QWERTY keyboards nor how that compares with proficiency to a physical keyboard. Now I'm not saying that anyone would ever get to be AS proficient on these phones as they would on a phone with physical keyboard, but this comparison of physical keyboard devices to virtual keyboard devices is essentially worthless as it's comparing apples to oranges. Compare a Storm/Storm2 to an iPhone to a Droid or whatever in landscape mode and you have a valid comparison. Otherwise this “report” is in essence a “no duh”.

By: Kyle McInnes

Kyle McInnes — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:31:59 +0000

ha..I see what you're saying and I agree, the test is by no means scientific and it's very anecdotal. I still think it highlights something we all know to be true: the Bold is a very efficient device and the Storm2 isn't.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:41:16 +0000

By: kylemcinnes

kylemcinnes — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:31:59 +0000

By: dnovitch1

dnovitch1 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:01:56 +0000

I like my S2, but the results aren't surprising. I think any device w/ a physical keyboard will beat any one w/ an on-screen keyboard. It takes time to type on the on-screen keyboard…. + I think the spell correction or auto correct on the S2 needs drastic improvement……

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By: sjkimberly

sjkimberly — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:39:38 +0000

this is why i like the physical keyboard!

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facebook-100000713832949 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:11:56 +0000

physical keyboard rulesssss

By: DenverRalphy

DenverRalphy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:50:23 +0000

I don't think a test like this with only one person is very reliable. It should have been performed with multiple people each with experience with a different input method. All this test really shows is that Paul Ockenden is a horrible typist on touch devices.