Thread: Glad there is no universal portrait support
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2009-09-28 , 09:55
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Originally Posted by ragnar View Post
Data entry with one hand in portrait is definitely tricky.
HUH? Its the oldest trick in the book, and biillions of portrait devices shipped with qwerty and T9. You lost me there.

Originally Posted by ragnar View Post
Data entry, if talking about text input, is also problematic. (And even more problematic with one hand.) You could do a T9 design, but then again, T9 is just far slower than the HW qwerty.
Not true again. Check the real tests. The fastest texter in the world uses T9, and couldn't get 40% of the speed in qwerty. Where do you get the idea qwerty is faster?
check these links:

http://www.symbian-freak.com/news/00..._or_qwerty.htm
http://jace.livejournal.com/446536.html

I'd love to do another speed test shootout to prove a point...
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