[09-15-2004] Time.com - Gadget of the week: BlackBerry 7100t
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Nice! I just changed your post around a bit so it would flow well on blackberrycenter.com (the portal page)
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A RIM rep today told me that the software BB uses to interpret what words you want to type with the 7100 keyboard was developed by a 19yr old kid I think. But is VERY impressive. He's an avid blackberry user and says typing for him on the 7100 was actually just as easy, if not easier, than the 62xx/72xx/77xx devices.
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Thanks for the contribution, emale. Isn't Blackberry great? It's the single most useful handheld device I've ever seen. It is easy to use but brings all the features I need to have right to my hip. 8)
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Well what I've heard most about it over the cell phone type of automatic handling...
When trying to type a word on a cell phone, I'm repeatedly hitting the backspace key to undo the words the cell phone was trying to figure out for me.... With the 7100, it will supposedly finish the word, but you can continue typing and if you're trying to type best and the phone thinks you want been, you can continue typing over the word to get the one you want. Make sense? |
I'm not sure -- doesn't T9 on the cell phone work the same way? You keep typing and it keeps guessing? I've never used it myself, so I don't know for sure. The key difference, as far as I understand it, is far fewer characters per key, and far more words in the "dictionary" -- combined with better software.
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Thanks!
Dont forget it's still based on qwerty so your instinct to move your left hand/thumb to the left to press the Q key and move to the right with your right hand/thumb to press the P key will still apply, which makes for a much easier learning curve. Those other T9 keyboards have more keys but they mess the layout up, requiring you to have to learn how to type again. From the looks of the new keyboard the L and M keys are alone on a button which will make the predictive text smarter because they are more common letters to type. Try this, practice on your Blackberry by trying to type with your thumb pressing the two keys next to each other together when you want one of those keys (Q W, E R, T Y ect.) I desperatly want to get my hands on one of these!! I hope we dont have to wait too long in Canada to get one! (cmon rogers....) |
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