Comments on: Head to head video: T9 vs iPhone keyboard

By: Jay Fenton

Jay Fenton — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:07:28 +0000

I’m thinking we start the cocktails early, and then Whatley can pick up the tab at the end

By: James Whatley

James Whatley — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:52:58 +0000

@Dan Lane – a ‘sober’ rematch?!

PAH!

By: Jay Fenton

Jay Fenton — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:43:54 +0000

You let me down Nokia.

I used to carry the N95 everywhere, but your shoddy overly-sensitive plastic buttons have ridiculed me in the mobile world, and made a mockery of my typing skillz.

I’m gonna get me one of those Future Of Mobile phones I saw… what was it.. the t39m? Yes, that was it.. from the future! I think I have one in my “phones from the future” bucket.

James has agreed to a re-match of sorts, this time T9 vs QWERTY so stay tuned.

Maybe Dan should donate his Daas keyboard for the challenge

By: HeavyLight

HeavyLight — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:56:24 +0000

Perhaps you guys could hang on a few days and add Adaptxt to the line-up? There's a decent preview on Symbian in Motion.

By: Dan Lane

Dan Lane — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:11:20 +0000

Like GeekYouUp said it TOTALLY wasn’t scientific and we’d been drinking lots of mojitos beforehand… notice how I skillfully avoided being in the competition by volunteering to video it

I understand a sober rematch is being arranged

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:42:11 +0000

them’s fightin’ T9 words! OS showdown at the Geek Bar. Your 10 years of T9 practice against my pathetic Apple-fondling mitts any day buddy …you bring the beer, I’ll happily loose anytime, anywhere.

By: James 'thumbs' Whatley

James 'thumbs' Whatley — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:31:14 +0000

For the record “Pretty much tied” also stands for “Still lost”.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:36:59 +0000

I’d like to point out that there was a rematch off-screen, where the novice iPhone user (me) pretty much tied with James ‘thumbs’ Whatley. Viva le iPhone keyboard and predictive typing!

By: GeekYouUp

GeekYouUp — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:31:10 +0000

it’s not exactly a scientific experiment…

take 4 uber-geeks, 8 beers, 12 mojitos, a coke and 4 mobiles, then see which one can text fastest when none of them are sober enough to see the screens.

funny tho