
Apple iPhone
I really want to get an iPhone but......
-Hard to type without hitting wrong keys. Will take practice of course. Perhaps it is me being late 40's. Do not have stubby fingers. I doubt you could be a fast typer but may be over time.
-Must press hard on screen at times. Not a big issue. Just wipe screen at times. Still a lot of nice features.
-No multitasking in apps that I saw. You use one at a time I believe. I do not think you could download a YouTube video (dumb example) while browsing the Internet or using the calculator. But then again I had limited time to play with the phone.
However of course if a call comes in, then you can a...
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pcumming said:
-Hard to type without hitting wrong keys. Will take practice of course. Perhaps it is me being late 40's. Do not have stubby fingers. I doubt you could be a fast typer but may be over time.
It's actually designed with that in mind. The auto-correction is pretty amazing and lets you type very fast. Just type the word without checking for mistakes, and when you hit space or punctuation, the word is automatically changed to the correct word. It even shows you its guess as you type, and you can tap the little X if it guessed wrong.
It's painful for things like names, passwords or URLs, but for SMS and email, it works very well.
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I was typing in URLs so it was difficult to type them in. But after a while most things would be bookmarks.
If they used HSPDA, I would have bought one today. But then again that is one of the more important features for me-not necessarily for other people.
Thanks
Patty