BlackBerry Pearl 8130
SureType
Could not get "The Quick brown fox jumped..." on this thing without multiple errors and frustrations. The letters don't seem to be where I expect them. Versus, took me no 1 minute to type on a qwerty 8820. Too bad because the store rep showed me a non-working model and it was super-slick. (Tried suretype on another model.) Should I just give up and go qwerty? I obviously like the smaller size, won't be typing that much. How has everyone gotten so use to it?
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I haven't tried one of these yet, but from what I've been told, it takes about a week to get used to suretype. If you can text on a regular cell, suretype shouldn't be too hard.
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thats my biggest dilema!!! at first i was looking into the voyager, but does not have outlook, and then i was looking at the 6800, but that doesnt have the vznav, which is a must for me, and then i was lookin at the pearl which pretty much has everything i need!!!, but then again doesnt have the full qwerty keyboard!!! but after playing with it for a lil bit, it seems to take full advantage of the predictive texting!!! its actually not bad. I think i just might jump on it, cause overall its a really nice phone!!! and on top of it all. it has the blackberry reliabilty we have all learned to love!!!
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SureType actually isn't so bad. I was expecting it to take FOREVER for me to send texts and emails. I got my pearl last friday and by saturday night I was able to text without a problem at all!
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I got my Pearl on Friday, coming from a Moto Q, and its taken a bit of adaptation but its growing on me. It also took me a few days to get used to the Q when switching from a Treo, so its to be expected. I'm satisfied so far with the way Suretype learns words, and it has a good dictionary built in.
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I tried both the 6800 and Samsung i760 in the last 2 months. The 8130 has them (and all others I have looked at) beat hands down. This phone just works right and doesn't have the huge overhead that Windows imposes. I can't stand touch screens either - can't be used single handed. The suretype took me about 2 days to get used to and the list of often used words makes it easier as you go along. And VZNavigator is something to behold IMHO. Email: it just works great.
You couldn't pry this phone out of my hands. Period.
You couldn't pry this phone out of my hands. Period.
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I received my Pearl Tuesday and dove right into the SyreType. At first I was becoming extremely frustrated with it ... in fact to the point of returning the phone.
However, later in the day I kind of forgot about SureType while in a long text session with a friend ... I realized that I wasn't having any problems with SureType at all.
With that said it will take people a day or even a few to get comfortable with SureType and the Pearl's keyboard.
However, later in the day I kind of forgot about SureType while in a long text session with a friend ... I realized that I wasn't having any problems with SureType at all.
With that said it will take people a day or even a few to get comfortable with SureType and the Pearl's keyboard.
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