I’ve borrowed an iPhone for the week, to try a work out if it’svworth getting one: after watching some presentations on oz-ia, I’m convinced that it’s a good platform for a lot of people, but I like to do a lot of typing on a mobile device, so it might not be the best choice for me.
As far as the application launching process goes, it does a great job: it’s been easy to set up. A twitter client, my gmail access and a feed reader: better than my old k-jam in that regard. For writing slabs of text, though, it isn’t great.
Perhaps I don’t yet know how to make the most of the keyboard – it seems to have a lot of hidden enhancements, but the predictive text isn’t working for me in every case.
Overall, I’m enjoying the experience, but I don’t know if I want to make it a permanent move.
Worth noting too is that when you swap sim cards on an iphone, it doesn’t remember your SMS history.
Have you tried text entry in landscape mode? The slightly bigger keyboard helps there. I also find it easier to type away and trust the keyboard to get 90% of the stuff right before going back and editing the inevitable typos at the end.