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BTW, if anyone cares to count words, I still have about 10 minutes left of lunch hr. Lunch mostly consumed. Right hand never touched 99. Coworkers are wanting to measure my "single thumb" wpm. I'm the slowest in our office!! Lol. One smartaaa coworker just started Jagger singing "Under My Thumb"... Lol.
I mean Option - Typing and Language - Typing - Style -------> Predictive or Direct?
Sometimes I try to write using one hand if I have to, but speed and efficiency is not satisfying for me. But the feeling is still good.06-19-16 01:49 AMLike 0 - Hey Steve, I'm wondering - what option you use In your BB writing options?
I mean Option - Typing and Language - Typing - Style -------> Predictive or Direct?
Sometimes I try to write using one hand if I have to, but speed and efficiency is not satisfying for me. But the feeling is still good.
Like anything, just takes practice. I grasp 99 very securely, in all positions, between first finger on top edge and fourth finger on bottom edge. That frees thumb for full access of 99's keyboard & toolbelt while finger tips readily reach accessory key & volume keys with a little rocking of the device itself. Which is one reason I prefer 99 in left hand.
I don't use the fleshy part of my thumb pad. I use thumb nail itself. Greater precision & speed, for me. Something I started doing without realizing it at least back to 9650 days, afaik. Requires special attention when trimming thumb nails. As a guitarist, I'm already used to special trimming anyway.
I also rarely lift thumb from keyboard but mostly slide across, key to key. The fastest "speed demon" in our office also has the smallest hands and the longest fingernails! Go figure. Her technique differs from mine in that she fully lifts and hits the keys without sliding. You can hear her distinctive "tapclick". She considers us relatively slower "sliders" to have sloppy technique. Lol. She's faster with her 99 than I am with my IBM "M" desktop keyboard! She's remarkably fast on ANYthing, including iPhone, but 99's her fave. Some brains are just "wired" that way.
I rarely press 99's keys to their bottom of travel but usually just past click over. Classic keys, for example, wind up getting bottomed out more often because of very slightly softer tactile feedback. Fwiw.
So much of our work uses 4, 5 or 6 digit numbers in spreadsheets that typing long posts here in the forums is a great break from monotony while letting me practice longer words. Just like speed typing, i don't type the letters. I type the word! Muscle memory will choreograph thumb movements as you learn new words.
Like old fashioned typing class, start out with simple two letter words like "to", "or", "it", etc and learn the "feel" of the letter combination. Then graduate to three, then four, etc.
Practicing that in these forums is part of why I frequently use longer words than really needed. I'm really practicing typing on you guys! Lol. And, 9900 makes that practice irresistibly enjoyable!
BUT, there is no right or wrong way. Only your way. 9900 provides a superb platform for discovering the typist in us all!Last edited by idssteve; 06-19-16 at 04:39 AM.
06-19-16 04:08 AMLike 0 - When I told my kids I was getting a 9900 in black then found another in white, they both said "So Dad, does that make this what - 14 Blackberries or something like that?"
I'm not sure if that's accurate or not, but my reply was that I "blame it on Ralph."
Actually, thanks Ralph and all for this - great stuff.
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Sent from my BlackBerry 9900 using Tapatalk06-19-16 09:47 AMLike 0 - When I told my kids I was getting a 9900 in black then found another in white, they both said "So Dad, does that make this what - 14 Blackberries or something like that?"
I'm not sure if that's accurate or not, but my reply was that I "blame it on Ralph."
Actually, thanks Ralph and all for this - great stuff.
Posted via CB1006-19-16 09:48 AMLike 0 - When I told my kids I was getting a 9900 in black then found another in white, they both said "So Dad, does that make this what - 14 Blackberries or something like that?"
I'm not sure if that's accurate or not, but my reply was that I "blame it on Ralph."
Actually, thanks Ralph and all for this - great stuff.
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Sent from my BlackBerry 9900 using Tapatalk06-19-16 10:01 AMLike 0 -
- OK you guys got me all worked up over the Bold 9900 so I just bought a 9981 on Amazon. I know crazy.
I almost bought a 9983 a year ago, but after having a Q5 for a week. I decided I could not live without a tool belt. So I canceled my 9983 purchase.
Lots of money for a dinosaur.
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- Well, you might then build on a more enigmatic "who is John Galt?" theme with my boss' question: "Who is Ralph?".
Market opportunities! Lol.David Tyler likes this.06-19-16 11:44 AMLike 1 -
Most in my office find simple spreadsheet work to be easier and quicker on our 99s than on our desktops. 9900 is a spreadsheet BEAST!06-19-16 12:01 PMLike 0 - My company has set up a couple dozen unregistered 99s as wifi only data entry handsets for a specific, but frequent, task. Barring something really catastrophic, we plan to keep them in service for simple data entry well past 2020. Maybe 2030, if no one makes anything truly better before then.
So I find myself not using that official Blackberry soft gel because it's always in the pod charger. It's a great case, but I noticed its a little sharp on the edges after you have been using it for extended periods. Not a biggie tho by any means.
Sent from my BlackBerry 9900 using Tapatalk06-19-16 12:08 PMLike 0 - 06-19-16 12:44 PMLike 1
- 06-19-16 01:56 PMLike 0
- Guys, guys guys! I just closed a deal with a lad to sell me his Bold 9900 for 60 euros (only phone,charger and pouch though.No box). From pictures, it's in excellent condition. If everything goes as planned I'll have it by Thursday. I'll just have to be careful with the sim card reader. Don't want to break the thing. :P
06-19-16 05:31 PMLike 4 - Guys, guys guys! I just closed a deal with a lad to sell me his Bold 9900 for 60 euros (only phone,charger and pouch though.No box). From pictures, it's in excellent condition. If everything goes as planned I'll have it by Thursday. I'll just have to be careful with the sim card reader. Don't want to break the thing. :P
Sent from my BlackBerry 9900 using Tapatalk06-19-16 06:16 PMLike 0 - Not knowing a bloody thing about the topic at hand has -- as you WELL KNOW -- never stopped ANYone on CB from debating anyTHING as though the fate of the free world hung in the balance.06-19-16 06:39 PMLike 0
- ok something interesting that I observed today and I wonder if anyone else has experienced this...
I was walking and had the 99 in my right front pocket, screen toward me and I got a phone call, it only rang half a ring and then stopped, as I was pulling it out of my pocket the caller was already saying "hello hello RJ?"
So when we get a call we know the screen turns on, even if the phone is locked, but during this time any contact with the device screen against your clothing can contact the options on the touchscreen as we walk? I have heard of "pocket dialing" but never "pocket answering"
I am just trying to remember when someone calls, what are the touch options on the screen? I didn't think there were any, so perhaps the answer button got pressed (physical key) but I can't imagine how. This isn't a big deal but it has happened more than once and I thought nothing of it.
As I was drawing the phone from my pocket I could also hear the scroll sound that I allow, you know, with the track pad.....so I knew that it answered the call as I drew it from my pocket because I could hear the sound.
PS: the scroll sound can be turned off, and it is much louder than on the 9780 where you can barely hear a thing when using the track pad.
Anyone else experience this? Has anyone ever noticed the phone answering during a call while in your pocket?
Sent from my BlackBerry 9900 using TapatalkUrsus Rufus likes this.06-19-16 06:57 PMLike 1 - also.....I wouth have thought the Proximity sensor on the glass screen would not allow the screen to come on, just like when the device is against your face while on a call.
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