Full Touch Screen vs. Full Qwerty

Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro.

I love the full qwerty. I do like the sleek appearance of pure touchscreen phones, I’ve used them exclusively since 2003 with the P800, but when optional qwerty was available on the P910 and P1, I was thankful for the addition.

The problem with pure touchscreen vs qwerty thumb boards is that touch screens require you to look at where you’re typing. Thumbboards remove some (not all) visual interaction since your fingers can feel their positions. Less errors on a full qwerty, less need for spell check that automatically replaces words that wouldn’t have been misspelled in the first place.

I’m currently on my iPad, and I still type faster on my X10 mini pro. I don’t type particularly fast, but bypassing the spellcheck really slows me down.

I tried living with an iPhone… Couldn’t stand it. I had to look at my phone just to text, incredibly inefficient way to text, not to mention always having to watch out for the spell check and bypass it.

T9 touch on the android phones is great as well, a pseudo compromise. Having only 10 keys makes typing a lot easier on a touchscreen. Less looking at the phone vs virtual qwerty. Allows for one handed use of your smartphone.

For me personally, I prefer full qwerty and I like the feel of a physical keyboard rather than a virtual one. I always make mistakes when using touch screen keyboards when composing emails or texts.

get a Desire and an E72 para wala problema hehehe…

with my e63 and bold 9700 syempre full qwerty keypad ako….

question: full touchscreen o full qwerty?

My answer is: full touchscreen kht na may kalakihan thumb ko bibili na lng ako ng stylus haha

but for me both, im a web addict kya importante sa akin ang malaking screen. pero pag mag type na ako gusto nakatingin n lng ako sa screen “they called it TOUCH TYPIST” Kasi mas mabilis mag type. Sbhn na nating sanayan lng ang paggamit importante ay kung san k komportable. kaya i love nokia n900…

Well for the past week since I got my Galaxy S (jumped from nokia 6300 :p)and comparing it with my brother’s phone (Nokia E72),I would like to point out 3 things about this:
1. Physical vs. Virtual – As of now the physical keyboard is still king as compared to the virtual keypad, but with the rise of Swype it virtually removes the boundary of typing with big fingers (I too have big fingers)the only qualm in Swype is that pagtagalog ang gusto ko sabihin kelangan ko pa imanually type it for the first time so that maadd sa swype database ang tagalog word (hope some dev there who would like to incorporate Taglish as a Swype language :D).

2. Interactivity – In this department, for me the Touchscreen phones rule here because of the gestures, and multitouch features, etc. opens up new things to experiment on the capabilities of touchscreen phones.

3. “Full touchscreen phones enjoy bigger real estate screen since the virtual keyboard is included into the screen. Bigger screens are always better.” – it is true that touchscreen phones have bigger real estate, this statement should not be taken from the virtual keyboard itself but instead look at the other features it would provide (Increased viewing screen when watching movies, viewing websites and blogs are also a breeze since it also increases viewing size), another point is that touchscreens are also attract (brings the naiigno factor since people are curious to try it for the first time)

But in the end it all comes down to preference, even though my brother likes my phone, he still prefers the BlackBerry Bold instead.

parehas may advantage and disadvantage pra saken. s qwerty, ms mbilis mgtype, kc nkakapa mu yun mga letters,at malaki p ang screen, yun lng maliit ang keypad, mabigat pa ang phone, s touch nman, hndi pwde kapain mga letters, kya minsan sumasablay s pagta-type,lumiliit p ang screen, pero magaan at manipis ang phone. samsung wave phone ko, hanggang ngaun nahihirapan p dn ako mgtxt, nagkakamali kc ng letters. anyways, sanayan lng nman dn cguro…

For better results, I’d get a Motorola Droid nlng. You can either go full touch or full qwerty depending on your mood.

@wavy it doesn’t really matter if Qwerty is last decade’s technology. It’s like Mouse vs. Touchpad. The mouse has been the technology for like four decades, and yet it’s more ergonomic.

The disadvantage of a touchscreen phone for me is that you can’t type when you’re not looking at the screen. It’s ironic that you can do “touch” typing on a qwerty rather than a touch phone, if you know what I mean.

Nonetheless, I adore the screen of a touchscreen. The input interface only appears when you have the need for it.

But that’s just me.

lagi akong nagkakawrong send sa full touch, minsan confidential message nasend ko sa ibang tao hehe… and sometimes nag-lalag ung full touch,experience ko lang ha ewan ko sa iba, and nagpalit narin ako ng lcd screen protector kasi gasgas na sa kalyo kung daliri hehe.

ako i would go for full touch… i get used with iphone’s full touch and besides hanap ko talaga yung multimedia functionality ng fulltouch

If you asked me this a few months ago I would say QWERTY all the way! Now though, I am itching to buy the Samsung Galaxy Tab or an iPhone 4. Qwerty for work and avid texters BUT Touch Screen for enjoying life.

touch nalang nu. :)

swype FTW!

been using my 1st touchscreen phone 4 almost a year and 3 mos. and got im used typing to it.

ok ang qwerty keyboard than full touchscreen,mas relax mag type
also you can type easily kahit ilang page pa na di mangangawit ang fingers mo

touch with full qwerty.. the main disadvantage ng touch, pag nasira, wala kanang means of interaction sa phone mo.. lalo na pag sa occasional lags.. but touch opens many opportunities sa user interaction eh, like gesture controls, games, browsing etc

iPhone touchscreen for me. i use it since it was first generation. I just have to adapt and get used to it and now enjoying the advantage of a large screen. Looking forward to acquire the iPhone 4 via globe loyalty program.

After using 2 touchscreen phones, the nokia 5800 and later iphone 3g, I now prefer touchscreen phones.

I just love my iPhone.

My hands are sweaty so I prefer to have a physical QWERTY than a full touch screen, it saves the device from smudges. :P

Get booth in one phone :D

Check it out -> http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/06/nuu-mini-key-adds-a-bulky-physical-keyboard-to-the-iphone-4/

For someone who owns a Nokia 5800 — a touchscreen that has already changed its expensive LCD screen and is on the brink for another LCD repair in a span of a year and 3 months — I’m already having second thoughts on getting a new full touchscreen.

But to be fair, touch phones have more features and boast of bigger memory compared to most qwerty phones. And I’m not discounting the fact that Nokia 5800 really isn’t a top choice for a touch