- Uh... how is the keyboard (the primary interface with which a user enters text into their communication device)... 'a gimmick'?
A gimmick is something like the 3d touch, or the edge notifications, maybe even voice assistants,.. but a keyboard is certainly not a gimmick.
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First of all. If you're a experienced user, Physical keyboard allows you to text without even looking at the phone, you can text with your hands under a table. A physical keyboard even allows you to easly type whule walking or even slow running. So gimmick my ***...
3D touch? Isn't 3D touch a way of trying to get the Vkb to feel like a Pkb? So what do you prefer? an emulation or the real deal?
I use the touch enabled keyabord features on my passport to improve the ease of use of the phone.
Scrolling throught pages is a lot more effortless scrolling on the keyboard, because it's more sensitive, you don't have to move your thumb as much to scroll the same content, and you never block content with your finger.
I use the "swipe down" on the keybard all the time to input numbers and symbols while texting, so I don't have to go to the touch screen to add special characters. This way, I learn so muscle memory, so without even looking at the phone I've learned some character imputs that would me impossible to do with touch only.david7saad likes this.09-18-15 05:18 PMLike 1 -
To the Phone: The OS is so stuttery when he scrolls. Android needs the "killer specs" so it runs alright, but it stutters like crazy.
Strangely, BlackBerry10 runs really smooth with "out to date specs".
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And the guy that did the video confirmed that it HAS the curved edges.
The theory of Curved glass, but not curved screen, makes no sense, it would have to create a huge gap between glass and display and make the display (and phone) thicker for NO reason, Just to make it uglier and low tech like a phone from 2005Last edited by Joao Oliveira; 09-18-15 at 05:46 PM.
09-18-15 05:27 PMLike 0 - Interesting that XDA already has a subforum for this device. They seem confident that it will be an Android device they can play with.
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Posted via CB1009-18-15 05:29 PMLike 0 - All the android based forums that have featured the Venice have had hugely positive comments that I've seen09-18-15 05:37 PMLike 5
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Posted via CB1009-18-15 05:49 PMLike 0 - FALSE. Did you even bother watching the video?... leaks of the screen showed up this week, the OLED panel sits flush with the screen. The screen is curved, but just a little. The Samsung S6 edge is only curved a little bit aswell, not as much as the Galaxy Note Edge, that one has a Huge edge
And the guy that did the video confirmed that it HAS the curved edges.
The theory of Curved glass, but not curved screen, makes no sense, it would have to create a huge gap between glass and display and make the display (and phone) thicker for NO reason, Just to make it uglier and low tech like a phone from 2005
It's hard to tell whether the thin sliver of displayed image that shows up on the curved edges is simply a result of the bent glass diffraction, or whether there are actual curved active emitting elements behind it. I guess it doesn't really matter (because the effect is the same).
The real question is whether you can interact with the UI elements displayed on the curved edge sections.
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- The screen is curved but i think the point is the actual display (whats is seen on the screen) doesnt use the curves really. It doesnt look like you would get much use of the edges other that limited notifications. Its not as drastic and userful as with the sammy edge where you can display messages on the side even09-18-15 06:00 PMLike 0
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yes, the usefullness is not much. who knows if blackberry is going to implement some features like samsung. The owner of the video OP posted said the edged screen made it confortable to use. Probabily it's a design feature aswell to make the device look thinner that waht it actually is. The S6 edge looks thiner than the normal S6, but it's actually a tiny bit thicker.
09-18-15 06:11 PMLike 0 - The screen is curved but i think the point is the actual display (whats is seen on the screen) doesnt use the curves really. It doesnt look like you would get much use of the edges other that limited notifications. Its not as drastic and userful as with the sammy edge where you can display messages on the side even09-18-15 06:13 PMLike 0
- The usefulness of the edged screen would be if the device is faced down as samsung demosntrated, makes the phone being able to show you information, like if a call is being received with the phone being faced down. The trouble is that I don't think anybody would want to put an expensive screen like this facing down09-18-15 06:15 PMLike 0
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Quit hating, Start appreciating! Android is good and BlackBerry10 is good! 그만 싸웁시다09-18-15 06:23 PMLike 4 -
- The usefulness of the edged screen would be if the device is faced down as samsung demosntrated, makes the phone being able to show you information, like if a call is being received with the phone being faced down. The trouble is that I don't think anybody would want to put an expensive screen like this facing downJoao Oliveira and 00stryder like this.09-18-15 06:26 PMLike 2
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The usefulness of the edged screen would be if the device is faced down as samsung demosntrated, makes the phone being able to show you information, like if a call is being received with the phone being faced down. The trouble is that I don't think anybody would want to put an expensive screen like this facing down09-18-15 06:37 PMLike 0 - I am feeling exactly opposite. I am likely going to buy the Android-powered BlackBerry Venice... but if it was just another BB10 device, I'd pass.kbz1960 and nonamenomore like this.09-18-15 06:39 PMLike 2
- I was also thinking that the curved edges of the screen give the screen a firm back BUT also give the illusion of thinness... if the screen wasn't curved, there'd need to be some side bezel that would increase the width of the screen or just give the appearance that the device is thicker than it actually is. Effectively, the screen "wraps around" the tracks that the screen slides in, and the perception is that the device is thinner: you don't see the sides of the "slider mechanism" you see "the screen" when you look at the edge.
So knowing the slider will have to be a bit thicker due to sliding mechanism, the curved screen might be a smart way to make it look and feel slim.... and it's very eye catching at the stores wich might help too09-18-15 06:50 PMLike 0 - If you go to a store a pick a Galaxy S6 "normal" vs a Galaxy S6 edge, the Edge feels thinner. But the S6 is 6.8 mm thick, the S6 edge is 7.1mm thick
So knowing the slider will have to be a bit thicker due to sliding mechanism, the curved screen might be a smart way to make it look and feel slim.... and it's very eye catching at the stores wich might help too09-18-15 07:06 PMLike 0 - the rounded edges give it that glassy jelly like look that everybody... loves... and... HEY, didn't iOS, Android and BB just ditch that shiny rounded glass look? Uh oh... better go back and put the jellyglass effects back in, quick!09-18-15 07:28 PMLike 0
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