I had the Touch at work for the first time yesterday. It was really nice to go out at lunch and do some web browsing with a decent browser for a change. I just wish I could have that all day – oh well, maybe when the Palm Pre comes out. It was also nice to be able to compose a blog entry while off line like I’m doing now.
I’m getting more used to the predictive text. For instance, I don’t bother going to the number and symbol keyboard to find the apostrophe when I’m typing contractions – I just type the letters and hit space. I also like the double space to get a period-space at the end of sentences. I don’t know why, but I’m having far less trouble with the keyboard than I did with Vicki’s, possibly because I’ve given up trying to use two thumbs like I do with my Treo.
Yesterday I was a little perturbed to see the low battery warning when I still had three hours to work. I got through the rest of the day by hitting the off button as soon as I finish interacting with it instead of admiring the album art as I had been before. Maybe I should bring a charger to work so I can continue to look at them.
I use two thumbs on my iPhone and I have reached the point where I am pretty fast. The trick is to just keep typing and let the system correct the mistakes. I don’t know whether it is getting smarter, or I am getting more accurate, but I now get very few mistakes.
A nifty trick I found in a review: tap-and-hold on the .?123 key, then drag your finger up to the apostrophe. That’s a big time-saver over tapping on the .?123, then the ‘, then back to ABC.
I’m with Laurie, two thumb typing works well once you get used to it. A healthy trust in the autocorrect is necessary, and having to fix the occasional spelling mistake is inevitable, but it works surprisingly well.
It also learns to some extent. For example, it’s learned “oshawapilot” for me, making inadvertent autocorrection of such rare.
I use two thumbs, and it’s gotten better with practice. Still, I’d rather have Graffiti.