Choosing Touchscreen Or Qwerty

By Author: Caroline Telford
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There is a strong debate on whether it is easy to use the QWERTY keyboard or touch screen, but the answer varies from person to person. It also depends upon the need, for example, if the person is using the mobile phone for business needs then he/she needs a QWERTY keyboard as they regularly need to type messages, sent emails and do other business related works.

Most high end smart phones have sliding full QWERTY keyboard in them. It will be concealed and they look like an ordinary mobile phone. Touch screen phones usually do not have any manual button rather every function has to be done using its touch facility. HTC Wildfire S is of the best mobile phone with touch facility.

Apple iPhone is a popular touch screen mobile and Blackberry is the best example for QWERTY keyboard. Few touch screen mobile phones have track pad and few optional buttons which can be used instead of touch screen if you need to use it. There are few Blackberry mobile phones which come with a combination of both touch screen and QWERTY keyboard. A perfect example for combination of QWERTY and touch keyboard is Blackberry Torch II

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... are few of the advantages of using QWERTY keyboard

(a)You can type faster in QWERTY keyboard than the touch screen, while it is not possible to use the 10 fingers you can at least use few fingers while typing which is not possible in touch screen.

(b)QWERTY keyboard reduces jamming or pressing wrong button when performing different tasks at the same time.

(c) Touch screens are not as accurate as QWERTY keyboard and you can type an email with spelling mistakes or access different button for a function.

Ease of usability is the key benefit of QWERTY keyboard. At the same time touch screen also has its own benefits, you could find them here below.

(a)Any graphical object can be touched at the right place by moving the cursor in mobile phone.

(b)It is ideal for browsing internet and a web page can be zoomed in and out using touch screen facility.

(c) It helps you while watching movies or picture, different controls can be accessed with ease.

(d)Touch screen is user friendly and it has is more intuitive.

QWERTY keyboard is best for business needs and Samsung Galaxy Pro is one of the best mobile phones with this keyboard. You can send and receive emails quickly without any difficulty. On the other side touch screen has its own disadvantage, sense feature of it sometimes get disabled which becomes unresponsive when you are typing fast on the touch keyboard. But QWERTY keyboard does not have this problem rather it is also easy to type on QWERTY keyboard.

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