>What about the Droid's software keyboards are different that makes them more usable?
You know, I hate to say it, but I don't actually know. I don't have large fingers, but I've always had trouble with software keyboards, from the iPhone to the Blackberry Storm family. Just today I was getting a Blackberry activated and found the experience of addressing a PIN message absolutely excruciating.
The Droid just seems to know what letter I'm going for, and almost always picks the right one. I'm not sure if this is a byproduct of better resolution on the touchscreen, more intelligent software in the background, or some quirk of my fingers and the Droid's particular implementation, but I simply don't experience trouble hitting keys anymore.
I suppose its possible that the change is me, not the Droid, but to this day I find most other platforms difficult to use, and pine for my Droid's keyboard whenever I'm on another software device.
You know, I hate to say it, but I don't actually know. I don't have large fingers, but I've always had trouble with software keyboards, from the iPhone to the Blackberry Storm family. Just today I was getting a Blackberry activated and found the experience of addressing a PIN message absolutely excruciating.
The Droid just seems to know what letter I'm going for, and almost always picks the right one. I'm not sure if this is a byproduct of better resolution on the touchscreen, more intelligent software in the background, or some quirk of my fingers and the Droid's particular implementation, but I simply don't experience trouble hitting keys anymore.
I suppose its possible that the change is me, not the Droid, but to this day I find most other platforms difficult to use, and pine for my Droid's keyboard whenever I'm on another software device.