Smartphone keyboard shootout: Gear Diary

ThumbboardsWe’ve highlighted text entry options for UMPCs and small notebooks before; shame on us for overlooking smartphone data entry! Over at Gear Diary, Jenneth puts her phone collection to the test. I was more surprised by the collection than the actual results; Jenneth rivals Matt Miller with her choice of smartphone for every day of the week…and then some! She practiced a standard sentence on each keyboard three times and then timed a fourth entry using the following devices:

  • Sony Ericsson P1i
  • BlackBerry Curve
  • BlackBerry 8800
  • Nokia E61i
  • HTC Dash
  • i-mate JASJAR
  • Dopod838Pro
  • Nokia N95 (the only phone tested without an alpha-numeric keyboard)

Can you pick the winner before you read the article? Check out the full results and ratings of each keyboard over at Gear Diary.

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