- I hear many people say they can type faster on glass than with the true PKB. When people make that statement, there are many variables. I can likely type faster on glass when I am sending a text that says "Meet at Barbs in 5". I truly feel that the PKB brings back two things. Consistent Accuracy, and the desire to type longer more meaningful texts, emails, etc. I am not saying this, because I am an owner of the KEY2, I am saying this because I notice the difference. It's like being at the computer keyboard where your message or emails are much more detailed, and thoughtful.08-23-18 06:38 AMLike 7
- I have always preferred to type out the words in their entirety without the aid of auto-correct or auto-complete. Too often, auto-correct and auto-complete get it wrong and I have to spend time fixing the mistakes. Same with swipe-to-type and flick-to-complete. They are hindrances rather than helps.
Therefore, typing on glass will never be as accurate and consistent for me as typing on a physical keyboard. With a physical keyboard, my thumbs instinctively know what to do without me needing to think about it or even look at the keyboard. With a virtual keyboard, I have to look repeatedly at my thumbs to make sure they are positioned over the correct keys, because the lack of tactile feedback equates to a lack of confidence.jmorgan456 and Mamaluka like this.08-23-18 07:16 AMLike 2 - I have always preferred to type out the words in their entirety without the aid of auto-correct or auto-complete. Too often, auto-correct and auto-complete get it wrong and I have to spend time fixing the mistakes. Same with swipe-to-type and flick-to-complete. They are hindrances rather than helps.
Therefore, typing on glass will never be as accurate and consistent for me as typing on a physical keyboard. With a physical keyboard, my thumbs instinctively know what to do without me needing to think about it or even look at the keyboard. With a virtual keyboard, I have to look repeatedly at my thumbs to make sure they are positioned over the correct keys, because the lack of tactile feedback equates to a lack of confidence.
It's silly as hell. There's a reason most machinery has real buttons/levers and all of that instead of touch interfaces.
Is that so hard for slabbers to understand?Mamaluka and nevilleadaniels like this.08-23-18 07:29 AMLike 2 - I type 50 words per minute on pkb. slightly faster on touch, but less accurate. I can touch type on pkb without looking at it as well which helps.
overall pkb easier with less need to review messages before sending.Tech Idiot likes this.08-23-18 07:32 AMLike 1 - And yet many meanstream smartphone users these days point to the PKB as antiquated tech, perhaps even writing those comments from their computer's PKB.
It's silly as hell. There's a reason most machinery has real buttons/levers and all of that instead of touch interfaces.
Is that so hard for slabbers to understand?j21jam6 likes this.08-23-18 08:05 AMLike 1 -
If all phones had PKB's, I'd say the same thing, that we should have more full screen options.
It's all about having options and variety.
Ideally, when we walk into a smartphone aisle, we should see:
compact slabs, large slabs, compact PKB's, tall PKB's, square phones like Passport, vertical sliders, horizontal sliders, foldable phones, modular phones, and everything in between
Not just slabs that all look almost identical one to another08-23-18 08:41 AMLike 3 - I too can type faster on glass, however the feel and precision of a physical keyboard is unmatched. I usually turn off any typing aids, as I want to have full control over the text I am typing and not rely on any software correcting errors I made on its own. So on a PKB I usually feel and notice when I made a typo vs. on glass I truly have to keep an eye on the text looking for any errors I typed. Plus I can more or less type blinded on the PKB vs. looking at the VKB because the flat glass surface doesn't give any clues where my thumbs are.
Last but not least it really is more satisfying for me hitting those keys at full speed when I am typing any text, feeling the strokes and hearing the clicks vs. the artificial vibration response from a VKB. During cold winter days however, when typing outside in the cold, a VKB can be a blessing because I need much less force for touching keys vs. pressing them.08-23-18 08:46 AMLike 2 - I switched to blackberry because I stopped considering the looks of a phone. I figured that after a while I'll grow tired of the looks anyways and I'll gladly trade that for a feature that will offer me a tangible advantage.
After a day's use, what I noticed is that I'm way less frustrated when typing a message. I didn't even know I was frustrated at all at first!
So on one hand I'm glad, on the other I miss my MIUI interface. Having that said, Google has been ruining that brand for me since two years or so. It's only until recently that the EU fined them 4+ billion for the very business practice that ruined my MIUI. So who knows if Xiaomi can recover at some point.08-23-18 08:58 AMLike 0 - I hear many people say they can type faster on glass than with the true PKB. When people make that statement, there are many variables. I can likely type faster on glass when I am sending a text that says "Meet at Barbs in 5". I truly feel that the PKB brings back two things. Consistent Accuracy, and the desire to type longer more meaningful texts, emails, etc. I am not saying this, because I am an owner of the KEY2, I am saying this because I notice the difference. It's like being at the computer keyboard where your message or emails are much more detailed, and thoughtful.08-23-18 09:11 AMLike 0
- And yet many meanstream smartphone users these days point to the PKB as antiquated tech, perhaps even writing those comments from their computer's PKB.
It's silly as hell. There's a reason most machinery has real buttons/levers and all of that instead of touch interfaces.
Is that so hard for slabbers to understand?the_boon and nevilleadaniels like this.08-23-18 02:00 PMLike 2 - I hear many people say they can type faster on glass than with the true PKB. When people make that statement, there are many variables. I can likely type faster on glass when I am sending a text that says "Meet at Barbs in 5". I truly feel that the PKB brings back two things. Consistent Accuracy, and the desire to type longer more meaningful texts, emails, etc. I am not saying this, because I am an owner of the KEY2, I am saying this because I notice the difference. It's like being at the computer keyboard where your message or emails are much more detailed, and thoughtful.
It's not all about the speed but the accuracy and the comfort to write long messages !08-23-18 02:54 PMLike 0 - I love the pkb! But, then again, I am from the demographic that someone last week kindly referred to as the "vintage citizen group" when deciding what she should charge me for a ticket to a museum.
On second thought, maybe it was just self-serving patter since she was about my age!
Accept the fact that your KEYone or KEY2 looks about a hundred years old to many younger people who have been using a vkb their whole phone-using lives. Accept the fact that if you are still using a BlackBerry 6230 up to a Passport, your device IS about a hundred years old!anon(10321802) likes this.08-23-18 03:19 PMLike 1 - I love the pkb! But, then again, I am from the demographic that someone last week kindly referred to as the "vintage citizen group" when deciding what she should charge me for a ticket to a museum.
On second thought, maybe it was just self-serving patter since she was about my age!
Accept the fact that your KEYone or KEY2 looks about a hundred years old to many younger people who have been using a vkb their whole phone-using lives. Accept the fact that if you are still using a BlackBerry 6230 up to a Passport, your device IS about a hundred years old!08-23-18 03:28 PMLike 5 - Well, explaining the advantages of the modern BB keyboard to someone who hasn't thought about it and is open minded could help make a purchase happen08-23-18 03:53 PMLike 0
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Just like I don't care what kind of gas you put in your tank, it's your car.08-23-18 06:46 PMLike 0 -
For the Key2 though it is pretty close if not the same size keys as most VKBs. But I do understand what you mean, and that is your choice as well, everyone has their preferences08-23-18 07:36 PMLike 0 - I'm surprised that no one so far has mentioned how much of the screen is taken over by a VKB when you are using one. If you're writing anything approaching a paragraph, using a physical keyboard lets you see much more of what you're typing at one time.
I'm also surprised that many posters here don't like the swipe up feature. I've always hated autocorrection, but I find word predictions that you have control over very useful.SteveNoza likes this.08-23-18 10:56 PMLike 1 -
Posted via BlackBerry Passport.Bbnivende likes this.08-23-18 11:33 PMLike 1 - And yet many meanstream smartphone users these days point to the PKB as antiquated tech, perhaps even writing those comments from their computer's PKB.
It's silly as hell. There's a reason most machinery has real buttons/levers and all of that instead of touch interfaces.
Is that so hard for slabbers to understand?08-24-18 03:30 AMLike 0 - Basically, if current computers and tablet accessories still have real mechanical buttons, then there's no reason not to have them on a smartphone or to be "ashamed" of having them08-24-18 03:52 AMLike 0
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