Ben wrote:
Of course, the advantage of OpenMoko is that we wouldn't have to choose :-)
I think I'd phrase it a bit differently: the advantage to me of OpenMoko is that we *get* to choose, rather than the manufacturer choosing for us!

To drag the conversation back to text input briefly (downside of having been away is that I have to revive long-dead threads!), there's one suggestion I'd like to make to improve the dictionary function (as used for T9 and some of the alternatives).

Would it be useful to add 'temporary words' to the T9 dictionary, which would include, among other possibilities, (a) all names in the address book, and (b) all words in the text/email to which I am replying.

Use case: Say I've received a text from a friend along the lines of "You coming to Borat tonight?" And I want to reply with "Been meaning to see Borat: have you asked Bertie and Aesop?" Borat, Bertie and Aesop are all words which aren't in my phone's dictionary, so I have to type them in manually - but Borat is in the text I'm replying to, and the other two are in my address book. Adding them to a 'temporary' extra dictionary would make my life a lot easier.

This might already have been done in some phones - it seems obvious enough to me that I'm surprised it hasn't been done in mine.

Cheers,

Ben

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