Thinking about changing my phone for one with a full keyboard and a small landscape screen. Just wondering if anyone else had made this sort of change. How did you find going to a smaller screen and normally using it landscape not portrait style.

yeh went from a an iphone 4 to a blackberry and yes not as good but i got so fed up of the screen on the iphone.

I use both. HTC Wildfire S as personal phone and Blackberry Bold for work. Horses for courses really.

For email, calendar, messages and a phone (yes they still have that use!) the I think the BB takes a lot of beating, but if you want it for taking and displaying photo's, video's, playing games and surfing the net then stick with a touch screen

yeh went from a an iphone 4 to a blackberry and yes not as good but i got so fed up of the screen on the iphone.

You didn't really mind the loss of screen real estate?

I use both. HTC Wildfire S as personal phone and Blackberry Bold for work. Horses for courses really.

For email, calendar, messages and a phone (yes they still have that use!) the I think the BB takes a lot of beating, but if you want it for taking and displaying photo's, video's, playing games and surfing the net then stick with a touch screen

I don't need BB functionality (wouldn't be getting a BB) but fancy going back to a phone with a keyboard for surfing and texting. A bigger touchscreen would help from my existing phone but I'm not convinced by that

I don't need BB functionality (wouldn't be getting a BB) but fancy going back to a phone with a keyboard for surfing and texting. A bigger touchscreen would help from my existing phone but I'm not convinced by that

How about a really cheap nokia that does phone and get an iPad or similar.....

I'll get back in my box.....

How about a really cheap nokia that does phone and get an iPad or similar.....

I'll get back in my box.....

I have an iPad :p

Nokia E90 - bit of a brick, but a proper keyboard (inc numbers, no shifting for them), big enough to use both thumbs to type, big screen and decent battery life too.

Nokia E90 - bit of a brick, but a proper keyboard (inc numbers, no shifting for them), big enough to use both thumbs to type, big screen and decent battery life too.

I don't need anything quite so, well, large.

Fat candy bar with a qwerty kb would be fine.

Palm Treo 650. Edge and a 320x320 (touchscreen), BT (of sorts) thumb keyboard. Still use mine when I need a spare phone.

Best of both worlds.....:lol:

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Palm Treo 650. Edge and a 320x320 (touchscreen), BT (of sorts) thumb keyboard. Still use mine when I need a spare phone.

Best of both worlds.....:lol:

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Pur-lease.

Don't need phone suggestions more trying to get used to the idea of a different format.

My current phone has a 2.8" resistive type touchscreen. It has always been ok I can get on with it and the small size makes it quite discreet. I have used larger screen phones with better quality capacitive screens and not really noticed a vast difference. In fact i like being able to use anything I pick up like a stylus. But recently the screen has become less responsive especially around the edges.

I'm looking at a phone with a 2.6" lansdscape touchscreen and keyboard. I know its going to be a lot bigger in phone size, less discreet but I'm not sure how the smaller screen will affect me. At least the res is 480x320 not my existing 320x240.

I think you will be fine.

Guess it really depends on your use of the phone.

If you want it for a lot of games, web browsing etc then stay with a bigger screen.

If it's just the odd game and browsing the odd web page then go for it.

Look out for the screen resolution. One with 320x240 will leave the screen a bit crammped for space so anything over that and you will be fine.

HTC ChaCha?

Phil

Yes, I like HTC and 'Droid. I think its pretty good for the money.

It would be for me but if my wife likes it she will have it. She wants something like a Desire Z with fold out keyboard but spend much less than that. BB type phone is only other option.

I actually moved the opposite way - LG GW620 to Galaxy S2.

Found that a larger capacative screen by far beats a smaller screen + keyboard. The LG even had a proper 4 line qwerty keyboard.

Also, that was the third resistive screen I have had and all 3 got worse very quickly.

The wife actually uses this phone as it does what she expects which none of the previous did.

Very personal thing really. Played with a few blackberry phones and they are slower to type on for me as the buttons are tiny.

Edited 10 February, 201214 yr by Lemming

I don't need anything quite so, well, large.

Fat candy bar with a qwerty kb would be fine.

Large is a nice way of putting it....it certainly wasn't 'pocket size'

Fat candy: she was a nice giiii.....ah, you mean phone. Fat candy / BB style: I currently have an E71 Nokia, same generation as E90. Works just as well, same battery / battery life. Cheap and dead easy to fix too.

Large is a nice way of putting it....it certainly wasn't 'pocket size'

Fat candy: she was a nice giiii.....ah, you mean phone. Fat candy / BB style: I currently have an E71 Nokia, same generation as E90. Works just as well, same battery / battery life. Cheap and dead easy to fix too.

Would prefer something with current functionality and a decent OS.

I actually moved the opposite way - LG GW620 to Galaxy S2.

Found that a larger capacative screen by far beats a smaller screen + keyboard. The LG even had a proper 4 line qwerty keyboard.

Also, that was the third resistive screen I have had and all 3 got worse very quickly.

The wife actually uses this phone as it does what she expects which none of the previous did.

Very personal thing really. Played with a few blackberry phones and they are slower to type on for me as the buttons are tiny.

I agree, going from touchscreen to keyboard feels like a backward step which is why I'm not sure. But even good phones with big, responsive screens don't do much for me. Have a yearning for the satisfying tactile click of a button. There's no enjoyment in prodding a surface.

Phone hasn't done badly, it was 2 in Novemebr and the screen has only started playing up since xmas.

I agree, going from touchscreen to keyboard feels like a backward step which is why I'm not sure. But even good phones with big, responsive screens don't do much for me. Have a yearning for the satisfying tactile click of a button. There's no enjoyment in prodding a surface.

Phone hasn't done badly, it was 2 in Novemebr and the screen has only started playing up since xmas.

I was always adamant I needed a keyboard - probably would still be tempted in future as tactile feedback adds a lot to typing.

Sounds like the screen did well - mine always had issues around temperature changes.

While I love this phone it is a bit large and always feels a bit fragile when out and about.

Still have my old Nokia 14 day on a charge phone for outdoor use. Silly really if 1 phone can't do it all. Blackberry phones just feel more rugged than the giant screen beasties.

Promise to leave you in peace now after that weird ramble

I was always adamant I needed a keyboard - probably would still be tempted in future as tactile feedback adds a lot to typing.

Sounds like the screen did well - mine always had issues around temperature changes.

While I love this phone it is a bit large and always feels a bit fragile when out and about.

Still have my old Nokia 14 day on a charge phone for outdoor use. Silly really if 1 phone can't do it all. Blackberry phones just feel more rugged than the giant screen beasties.

Promise to leave you in peace now after that weird ramble

Rambling is fine. Never done the 2 phone thing, too much like hard work.

I've got a HTC Desire for personal use but have a Nokia e58 for work, I find it pretty much impossible to use the keyboard on the Nokia, seems so cumbersome. Not used a Blackberry so can't comment on them but couldn't imagine going back to a phone with a traditional keypad.

I used to have an HTC Touch HD which was fine until the digitiser packed up. The cheapest quote to repair it was £160, at which point I started looking for something better.

I got myself a Blackberry 9780 and there is no way I would ever go back. Having a proper keypad is so much easier and quicker to use. Do I miss the larger screen? Not really, the Blackberry screen is good and clear, it is usable on the net so it'll do me for the forseeable future. I can't help feeling that a large touch screen is inherently more vulnerable to damage,

I see that Blackberry have just started advertising phones with a keypad and a touch screen, if you particularly want it that is the best of both worlds.

I'm still mulling over this. My existing handset is nearly 30 months old and battery life is fading as well as touchscreen performance.

I have successfully migrated my wife to a touchscreen only phone from her touch/qwerty device which is a bonus but means I don't need to think about having a KB phone in reserve.

Decisions decisions...

Don't want to spend much and would prefer new than used and abused. Hmmm...