Day 9: Getting more familiar

Been having problems posting at blogger. Hence was not able the update the blog as often as I wished.

Texting/SMS:
One of the issues I always have with texting/sms on a touchscreen, is the lack of physical button pushing feel which. And most notably, errors with composing my message.

The Milestone have allows you to type either via the QWERT keypad or by its on screen keyboard.

Qwerty:
My previous phone was a Nokia E71, I thoroughly enjoyed texting on it even though the keypad looks small, but it's actually quite finger friendly that you can feel and type your message with great speed. It didn't take me long to master typing on the E71.

However, the Qwerty keypad on the Milestone, might be too wide for me as I constantly needa stretch my fingers to hit a particular button. After using for 9 days, I have yet to comfortably master it yet, in fact I felt like a pianist with outstretched fingers.

Another small issue is when you slide the phone up, some people may feel a space restriction when they are hitting keys on the top row (qwertyuiop, del row).

On-screen keyboard:
The buttons are rather close to each other. Hence, some with fat fingers like me may have issues with accuracy. Not to fear though, because of the intelligence of the phone, it will auto correct the words for you. Almost 99% of the time, the words which I keyed in wrongly, are being replaced correctly with my actual intended words.


Why the lip on the phone?
You may have noticed there's a lip below the 4 buttons on the phone from the image on http://moto-milestone.blogspot.com/2010/03/motorola-milestone.html.

I read some Motorola Milestone reviews, and they were questioning the reason for the lips.

I think I understand why it was designed that way. Because the 4 buttons are actually touch button, not your normal push buttons. Hence, without the lip, you may accidentally touch on those buttons when you are holding the phone.


That's it for today. Will review more in the next few days.