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Joshua – How fast can you type on it?

BG – How would you compare your typing speed on the iphone to the BB Curve, or any BlackBerry for that matter.

Enquiring minds want to know.

CB

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Um, that should be “…bear exploration…”, as in “support”.

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It looks like you write in English, but people actually trained in the language say, issues “bear exploration” — not “bare,” as in the issues expose the exploration of them (bass ackwards).

In contrast, the “2X slower” claim is only correct if the speed on a perfect keyboard were infinitely fast, the QWERTY that people were using took 30 seconds, and the iPhone, at 90 seconds, had twice as much _additional_ delay.

You could say, “people inexperienced in the iPhone took twice as long to type as when they used a QWERTY keyboard that they now use.” That’d convey both the very narrow insight of the statistic as well as show that you understand math claims in general.

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I would love to challenge BG in a iPhone type off. I am a BEAST with typing on this thing. I previously had a BlackJack and I definitely type faster and much more efficiently with my iPhone…

Holla At Me BG…we can put money on the line.

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signature: if you thought rollover was a gimmick try just calling 5 people and not being able to call the same people in your network unless you pay an additional 10 bucks and more than likely those 5 people you pick will be on at&t. ;D

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An aside to Hoax Meister: This is going to sound weird, but try not thinking about where your fingers land too much. In a strange way this is a lot like true touch typing, where you develop a “feel” for where the keys are without thinking about where they’re physically located. Apple’s software does adapt to your style after awhile if you stick with it.

That said, I agree with your take about keyboard alternatives: while I like the current virtual keys, I’ll be the first to eschew a “one size fits all” mentality. As my ex-boss likes to say, “let a thousand ideas bloom!”.

As to this “study” — I liken it to seeing video of Shawn Whites (gold medal Olympic skate boarder) first time on a skate board — He fell flat on his butt a few times, I’m sure. But it doesn’t mean skate boarding was a useless endeavor for him! As with all new things, practice is key. I know it was actually hard for me, a long time 10 finger typist, to switch to what is more of a “hunt and peck” style (without the hunt, actually), particularly when using my thumbs.

Does anybody here know if anyone has gotten that laser generated bluetooth keyboard to work with the iPhone? I think that would go a long way to helping people who have trouble with the virtual keyboard on the iPhone for anything other than ultra-short messages.

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The whole trick to typing fast and accurately on the iPhone keyboard is not to sweat over placing your finger exactly on the letter you want. I can now get 25-30 words per minute at 99% accuracy typing with just a single finger.

That’s at least as good, if not significantly better, than many Blackberry or Treo users. Plus, I don’t have to worry about Blackberry thumbitis, which is a serious health/ergonomic issue with many users.

In the end, to make the claim that the iPhone’s keyboard is “significantly slower” when one is able to type at 25-30 wpm after just a few days is ridiculous, and just amounts to nothing but FUD on the part of iPhone detractors.

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that = than?

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