I was thinking of switching from Blackberry to either the Iphone 5 or Sumsung Galaxy but I do a lot of email and text messaging. I just can't type nearly as fast on those two devices with the touch screen vs the actual keyboard on the Blackberry. Is anyone else who changed had difficulty adjusting to typing on a screen vs the keyboard?
Switching from Blackberry
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I got my first smartphone last December...a Samsung Galaxy S2X from Telus...LOVE IT!!!
Different carriers have the same phone, and I don't know what the Galaxy S3 offers, but I prefer the android vs apple.
Again, I am new to these phones, and this is just my opinion (Apple lovers...flame here....) but I am very happy with the camera, video, keyboard, and just general feel of the Galaxy.
Different carriers have the same phone, and I don't know what the Galaxy S3 offers, but I prefer the android vs apple.
Again, I am new to these phones, and this is just my opinion (Apple lovers...flame here....) but I am very happy with the camera, video, keyboard, and just general feel of the Galaxy.
Yeah I upgraded to a Galaxy S III from my several years old Samsung cell phone a couple of months ago when the new Galaxy came out. So far I have been happy with it. Does take a bit of getting used to with the touch screen but no problem to do short texts or emails. Simply not as fast as a full keyboard on my laptop but ok when you are out of the house. Plus the array of features on the phone is amazing. That's the advantage of only upgrading every five or six years....the features have really increased since my old Samsung flipphone. Never really looked at the Apple iPhones but they are introducing the new "5" model this week so you may want to wait for a week or two so you can compare the new model with the Samsung....which seem to be the two leaders in the market right now.
Blackberry is probably the best for business. When you travel, data roaming charges are high and iPhone are something like 24 times the data overhead of a blackberry.
Nice to sync all of your apple devices in the cloud though, just more expensive.
Nice to sync all of your apple devices in the cloud though, just more expensive.
For those with Samsung phones, learn to use Swype or the voice recogntion. It is fast, easy and way better than typing on a touch screen
Galaxy Note user here. The size takes NO getting used to. Fits into all my pockets no problem. The big screen is a huge advantage in so many ways. I'll never go back to a smaller phone size. I gave up a real full keyboard going from my Nokia N900 thinking it was going to be hard, but actually took no time getting used to it. I type as fast using the Swype input method, which is great because it is one handed typing - freeing my other hand. Also, Google integrates all services to it, so that's fantastic - especially great is google voice, which is a free Washington state phone number so it costs me nothing to call long distance in North America - and I can receive calls on that number too.
Yes I got my first smart phone only 6 months ago, a Galaxy S2 X also and love it too for being able to most of the things i do on my lap top ,on my phone when i am out and a bout ,,
i miss a key pad for typing ,I got big fingers ,, But is so compact itis all i need It has the 8 mg camera , that could be better ..
Over all love it and can't wait to see what eclipses it in the next year
I want to see what new i phone has to blow us a way they say they have 80 million orders before it is even out ,
i miss a key pad for typing ,I got big fingers ,, But is so compact itis all i need It has the 8 mg camera , that could be better ..
Over all love it and can't wait to see what eclipses it in the next year
I want to see what new i phone has to blow us a way they say they have 80 million orders before it is even out ,
All I know is that 90% of the people who have switched away from blackberry want to come back.I was thinking of switching from Blackberry to either the Iphone 5 or Sumsung Galaxy but I do a lot of email and text messaging. I just can't type nearly as fast on those two devices with the touch screen vs the actual keyboard on the Blackberry. Is anyone else who changed had difficulty adjusting to typing on a screen vs the keyboard?
In my experience the people I know that have switched to Android phones love them and would never go back to the Berry. I have a couple year old HTC and I still love it. My buddy just got a new Galaxy and a tab after much prodding to ditch his old flip phone. He can’t stop gushing over them.
You get used to the on screen keyboard pretty quick and if you don’t like the stock keyboard there are several replacement options to change it available for download.
Go ahead take plunge, you won’t believe what these things can do.
You get used to the on screen keyboard pretty quick and if you don’t like the stock keyboard there are several replacement options to change it available for download.
Go ahead take plunge, you won’t believe what these things can do.
