[Obin]

I will be getting a pearl 8130 pretty soon (replacing my treo 700p) and I just have one thing that I am a little worried about. How is the typing on something like this? I am a comedian and I type a lot of my jokes on my treo while sitting on the bus or something. I have tried and other then getting use to suretype getting in my way I think I can handle it. How are your experiences. Oh and one more thing: I have been looking around and reading this site for a couple of weeks now and am glad to be here!

[Hazysky]

I was surprised at how quickly I picked up suretype as I used to hate T9/Predictive text. The trick is to not look at the screen when typing.

Welcome to CB!

[garbagefairy1967]

After a little practice, and alot of patience, you will love it!!! Welcome!!

[Erikgreenlee]

There are still some key combinations that form multiple words but for the most part you'll be good to go.

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[enyahs_shayne09]

well it all started
when i saw mah Auntie pearl and was like coooool!! so i picked it up and started textin mah friend on it...
i was like OMG what the H*LL IS THIS???
i felt like throwing that thing up against the wall! I told mah auntie its EVIL!!!
but then it i wanted 1 some months down the road and despite the suretype i wanted it!
so i got it and once again i was fustrated and typed realy slow...
but now im used to it and type like a pro..
i can bearly type on a regular keypad now haha..
it took about a week for mah learning curve but once you get used to it you will love it!
youl hate it for the 1st week or 2 then you once over the learning curve you will love it!!

[chaz_cb]

Very short learning period - then you'll prefer it. And welcome to CB!

[Nosferatuia]

Yep, I would have to agree with dont look at the screen until you finish typing a word thing. It was a bit frustrating in the beginning because I kept trying to go back and change every letter, but now it actually seems to work better than a full Qwerty keyboard and you dont get as many typos either, after a while it "gets to know your vocab" and will mostly likely become your friend, I know it is mine now

[enyahs_shayne09]

Yep, I would have to agree with dont look at the screen until you finish typing a word thing. It was a bit frustrating in the beginning because I kept trying to go back and change every letter, but now it actually seems to work better than a full Qwerty keyboard and you dont get as many typos either, after a while it "gets to know your vocab" and will mostly likely become your friend, I know it is mine now

HAHA YEA ITS MAH BEST FRIEND TOO!!!!!!
it actually learns slang!
and lets not forget auto text thats mah other friend

[ywbyun]

Yep, I would have to agree with dont look at the screen until you finish typing a word thing. It was a bit frustrating in the beginning because I kept trying to go back and change every letter, but now it actually seems to work better than a full Qwerty keyboard and you dont get as many typos either, after a while it "gets to know your vocab" and will mostly likely become your friend, I know it is mine now

Not if you swear helluva lot. It seems I really like ducks!!

[Nosferatuia]

started textin mah friend on it...
i was like OMG what the H*LL IS THIS???
i felt like throwing that thing up against the wall! I told mah auntie its EVIL!!!

Ha Ha! I thought the same thing the first day I tried to use it, I was POed, but now it is soooo worth it. Thank goodness for crackberry.com

Oh yeah and there are alot of neat shortcuts like holding down the space key will generate a period and if you are listening to music 4 is previous and 6 is next, shortcuts make it that much better, you can view the thread on shortcuts here:
http://forums.crackberry.com/f79/tip...-8130-a-11235/

[DearFloyd]

Youre gonna be so ducking upset when you screw up words you didnt mean to type

[Nosferatuia]

Not if you swear helluva lot. It seems I really like ducks!!

Thats so funny, I can imagine my friends being like what the duck?

[Midranger]

It only took me 2 days to master the suretype. I was a long time iPaq user and I didn't think there was anything faster. I was wrong. I have had my Pearl since Feb '08 and I can't imagine going back to anything else.

[enyahs_shayne09]

that why you spell it fuk

[javi]

hah, yes I find it amusing that the type ahead hasnt realized that duck is not my preferred word of choice, like it does it every other word.

[enyahs_shayne09]

thats why i said SLANG is your best friend!!!

[latina berry]

Bienvenido to CB.

[yogi]

Hi and welcome.

[dlgus]

I don't have a problem with suretype--I belong to lots of forums and boards and I have no problem with writing on it. Having said that, I am still planning to get me one of dem dere new fangled bluetooth keyboards-lol

[JazzeeJEF]

I've tried my friends pearl. It takes some practice but i still prefer qwerty pad

[Mike.Ward.Jr]

I love my pearl

[SevereDeceit]

Welcome to the crack. You will love the pearl.

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[gemini_4_life]

Ya gonna hate suretype, but as everyone has stated, after a week or so, you will be typing like a pro!

enyahs_shayne09, ya got me cracking up over here, but I can relate.

[Blacklatino]

Welcome to CrackBerry

[Obin]

I have always wanted a BB since the 7120 I believe. I thought they were for people who actually had a life. I was touring around with this one guy who had a t-mobile pearl and I liked how it looked. A fellow comedian and friend of mine got one in January and I got to get my hands on it. It was so damn sexy, but I was turned off when I tried typing on the keypad. He would send me text messages for like a week or two with all these mistakes, but now he says he has no problems. He used to make fun of my Treo calling it a brick. He was right.