Comments on: More Leaked Pictures of the BlackBerry Pearl 9100 with T9 and SureType

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By: DavidB

DavidB — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:50:20 +0000

I've never been a SureType hater, having carried a 7100i also alongside my Verizon full QWERTY 'berries of the time. I DO think squeezing full WERTY into the Pearl form factor is going to do nothing but increase the number of BlackBerry haters. People will get all excited about full QWERTY in such a size, only to find out how totally unusable it will be. I can see the potential appeal of T9, but I went from a T9 phone to a SureType (as did my wife) and if I can type fast with my fat thumbs, anyone can. SureType is perfect as it is for the form factor (and it works very well on a portrait Storm), don't mess with it RIM.

By: Caspan

Caspan — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:48:19 +0000

I'm a full QWERTY person myself and would never go back but if I had to my first BlackBerry was a 7100 so I love the 2 letter per key I found it worked quite well.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:50:20 +0000

By: Caspan

Caspan — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:48:19 +0000

I'm a full QWERTY person myself and would never go back but if I had to my first BlackBerry was a 7100 so I love the 2 letter per key I found it worked quite well.

By: Tom Baker

Tom Baker — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 01:50:55 +0000

Before I moved on to a full-QWERTY device, I loved my previous-gen Pearl with the SureType keyboard. I'd happily use it again, so that's what I'd prefer.