POLL: Touchscreen vs. Hardware Keyboard

Which do you prefer on your smartphone?

  • Touchscreen Keyboard

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Hardware Keyboard - Slide-out -- Droid, Epic 4G, G1, etc.

    Votes: 2 33.3%
  • Hardware Keyboard - Fixed -- Blackberry-style

    Votes: 1 16.7%
  • No preference

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Apple iPhone iOS-- I don't have a choice!

    Votes: 2 33.3%
  • You'll pry my dumbphone/flip-phone from my cold, dead hands!

    Votes: 1 16.7%

  • Total voters
    6

bonezy

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I noticed I have a tendency towards hardware keyboards on my phones (must be my tactile-happy gamer side). My girlfriend has an iPhone, and though she can type like maniac on her touchscreen, my Android 2.2 and/or keyboard confuses her. I'm currently trying to bring her back from the dark side :kaola:

What does everyone else prefer?
 
I've been using Blackberries for a few years now and in comparison to the previous touchscreens I've had in the past, I am loving the physical keyboard. However, I wouldn't mind a slideout keyboard as seen on droids and such though.
 

bonezy

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I missed out on the beginnings of the smart(er) phones when the blackberry was introduced years ago. My first smartphone is my Droid, and I'll never go back.

I will not, however, buy an Apple product. First, I love the hardware keyboards too much to go to a touch-screen only device. Second, I don't like someone telling me what I can and cannot do with my property. And lastly, Apple stuff is overpriced.