Touchscreen or QWERTY

[veggiechicken]

Advice please I need a new mobile phone and do not get on with texting at all. Drives me bonkers and my replies are limited to OK or Ta!! Its time I moved on!! So, which is easier to use, a touchscreen or a QWERTY keyboard? Anything else I should consider when choosing a mobile?

[HeyWayne]

I'd say get yourself down to a shop and have a go on a few.

I've gone from a HTC Desire to an iPhone, and whilst both use a touchscreen/QWERTY keyboard they work slightly differently, and it's taken me a little while to get used to.

LadyWayne recently converted from "old school" alpha-numeric (Nokia) to Smartphone, despite being staunchly against them, but even she was surprised how intuitive they are.

[Seahorse]

I hated texting until I got my iPhone, now there's no stopping me. It's a QWERTY keyboard but on a touchscreen. Very easy to use and makes it simple to type properly, without resorting to txt spk.

[HeyWayne]

Not sure if it's available for the iPhone, but on my HTC you could have an app that allowed you to drag your finger across the screen to the letters you wanted and it magically created the word...

Get Swype and Type Faster - YouTube

I hated texting until I got my iPhone, now there's no stopping me. It's a QWERTY keyboard but on a touchscreen. Very easy to use and makes it simple to type properly, without resorting to txt spk.

[veggiechicken]

I hate with a vengeance Predictive text. I know what I want to write - how dare my phone assume it can read my mind! To turn it off I have to find out how on Google! How pathetic is that?

[arpoet]

I have a Nokia E5 smart phone with a propper qwerty keypad. it works very well as i use real words when texting.
I tried a friends touch screen but found it less user friendly.
Roger

[chris]

I've an iphone and the texting on it does my nut in. Same on my ipad, sometimes touches arne't recognised, or I mis-type things etc.

That said, the buttons on screen are generally larger than QWERTY keyboards on phones.

Infact looking at my messages now, 90% of them have typos in.

[HeyWayne]

Of course, if you turn your phone sideways to type, the buttons are larger. ;-)

I've an iphone and the texting on it does my nut in. Same on my ipad, sometimes touches arne't recognised, or I mis-type things etc.

That said, the buttons on screen are generally larger than QWERTY keyboards on phones.

Infact looking at my messages now, 90% of them have typos in.

[Capsid]

I saw a teenager typing on a blackberry and she was lightning fast and didn't even look at the screen for most of the time. She must have been texting a lot to be that proficient. Is this a wasted talent?

Anyone know the average number of texts an hour a teenager sends? I asked one girl and she had sent 30 in 10 minutes?

[veggiechicken]

Anyone know the average number of texts an hour a teenager sends? I asked one girl and she had sent 30 in 10 minutes?

I doubt that I've sent 30 in 10 years

[VirginVegGrower]

VC - I could see you with an iPhone I'd have let you play with mine if you'd only asked

[VirginVegGrower]

I've an iphone and the texting on it does my nut in. Same on my ipad, sometimes touches arne't recognised, or I mis-type things etc.

That said, the buttons on screen are generally larger than QWERTY keyboards on phones.

Infact looking at my messages now, 90% of them have typos in.

Predictive text does that a lot of the time, which you can turn off.

[veggiechicken]

VC - I could see you with an iPhone I'd have let you play with mine if you'd only asked

I was too overwhelmed by your offer of stroking your spade
So that was an iPhone! Now you can see why I didn't reply to your text message!! I'm a Dodo in the world of technology.

[HeyWayne]

VVG is the iGuru! ;-)

I was too overwhelmed by your offer of stroking your spade
So that was an iPhone! Now you can see why I didn't reply to your text message!! I'm a Dodo in the world of technology.

[donnakebab]

I shall consult with my offspring before I upgrade. They all have iPhones while I have an old nokia with some of the letters and numbers worn away. Good camera though. I can't afford an iPhone and I don't really need a phone that does all that.