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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 19, 2012 12:23:45 GMT
As many of you will know I have a neuro muscular condition (Charcot Marie Tooth Disease) that effects me. One of the the problems I have is with my co-ordination.....
As phones have got smaller and more advanced I've had to stick to using a Nokia 3310 purely due to the key spacing and layout. My fingers won't handle anything smaller and closer together and it only copes with the kb on those due to the action having bee learnt some while back before I got as bad as I am now.
I don't use my phone for making calls, mainly texting: hence the concern about the keypad.
I'm thinking of upgrading my phone and getting a smartphone but all the ones I've seen have tinsy tiny full key KBs for texting, and I know I'll struggle with those. So...... Is there a smartphone out there (or an app for an iPhone/Android phone) that would allow predictive texting on an old numerical style keypad?
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Post by Bogatan on Sept 19, 2012 12:29:58 GMT
My Sony Xperia minipro has a numerical keypad on screen, because it has a full flip out keyboard. But its called mini for a reason and might not be suitable. One of the other models with a larger screen may also have had the numerical on screen pad too, not sure.
Those models are all a few years old now though. I dont know about anything newer.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 19, 2012 12:59:27 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 19, 2012 13:18:02 GMT
If someone has an android phone could they download the app and see if it does what I said?
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Post by Jim on Sept 19, 2012 14:07:04 GMT
Somebody at work was talking about exactly this the other day for a parent upgrading to an iPhone, I'll ask them what they found out. For the iPhone there is www.multitaptext.com/ which looks quite good, but I have no direct experience. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 19, 2012 17:06:00 GMT
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Post by Stomski on Sept 24, 2012 9:42:54 GMT
One thing to remember is that turning the phone sideways will use a larger keyboard which may be of some help. However, I wonder if touchscreen is the best for you? There are still full size smartphones on the market with full qwerty slide out keyboards on the side. Such as the xperia pro (not a recommendation, just the first one I found) www.sonymobile.com/gb/products/phones/xperia-pro/Another idea may be to go into a shop and try some out. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 24, 2012 11:50:51 GMT
no, the slide out kbs and indeed the sideways full size kbs are both too small for me. I've tried. I can only use my iPad in sideways mode for typring
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 24, 2012 13:26:56 GMT
I only type sideways on the Ipad too. The keys are too small for me to hit accurately in the other mode.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 27, 2012 16:10:58 GMT
I can manage a small keyboard on smartphones myself, I just dislike a lot of the designs now. To be honest Palm ballsed it up big style. The Treo was probably the best of all the smartphones I've used. When they abandoned their own OS to go to Windows and then went back it was too late, by that point the iPhone had such traction and google pulled the finger out.
Andy
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Post by Marc Graham on Sept 27, 2012 20:19:43 GMT
Personally I'm holding on for Windows Phone 8, mostly because it'll be one of the easiest to develop for - Android should in theory be that, but it isn't (doesn't help that I now work in Java and don't find it fun to use in my spare time).
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Post by Marc Graham on Nov 22, 2012 21:17:43 GMT
Thread necromancy! I have purchased the Nokia 820 (pay as you go, I'm not going contract to get the 920, even though I really wanted one). So far, loving it.
Haven't had time to develop anything for it, phone probably needs more apps to compete, but its got everything I need.
For uncle Phil, there may be apps to do what you need on any smart phone, but unsure the touch screen will match the tactile response you get from a proper numberpad.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 22, 2012 21:52:54 GMT
Various folk have been on at me recently to get a smartphone but still I resist. I proved my point at work the other day when my paper A-Z found a location in under a minute after several mins of colleague faffing about on a smartphone map app thingy could not find the place.
-Ralph
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Post by Marc Graham on Nov 23, 2012 11:37:55 GMT
I had some amusement with my cousin trying to use his voice operated search doohickey on his phone compared to my typing it in mine. Phones are of a certain use - but if you do advance preparation there is no real need for a "smartphone" - humans have coped years without them. What I do like is being able to check all my email accounts (3 personal and 1 work) on the go, have a map/gps in my pocket and something I can write software for myself (hopefully in the near future).  |
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