By the way, I did learn after the conversion that much of the additional notes I had within my contacts did not transfer over. So take note.

Tonyb

That is, the iPhone keyboard is great, but not sufficient to all tasks.

The point is that no input format is best – different things work for different people. I have an iPhone and it has great features – and drawbacks. Having to look at the screen to see where you’re typing can be a pain sometimes.

Being able to print directly on the screen, without having to ever look at the screen is neat, and works well in some situations, as does the ‘real’ keyboard on a BB or similar device.

It would be nice if Apple allowed the capabilities of the iPhone (such as BT tethering to external keyboards via a complete BT stack) to be utilized – that way people wouldn’t have to ‘hack’ the system.

And I don’t know where your random crack about my HW abilities comes into the discussion, but…

I’ve never bothered to play with the HW on recent Apple systems, but I’ve spent nearly 30 years (holy crap!) working with computer hardware design and manufacturing – so if I wanted to “patch together deviant hardware form factors” it’d just take a little time to get up to speed on the platform

When I started, you had to write and build damn near everything just to talk to the processor, so ‘patching’ stuff together is no big deal. Over the years, I’ve probably forgotten more about computer systems and hacking than you’ll ever know – or need to know given the current state of development technology.

The point – don’t be a smartass, the person you’re dissin’ just might be smarter than you.

Such as now.

Oh yeah, I had to walk to school, uphill both ways, hip deep in the snow, in bare feet, in the summer, in the ‘olden days’ too.

coop

I don’t have to look, just scribble on the screen and it works.

And yes, for some people, an external keyboard would be a blessing.