Windows Phone phones such as the Lumia 930 (which I have) have a Swype-like feature built in if that helps. I’ve been using WP phones since the start of WP7 (Windows Mobile before that), they’re very stable. There’s a coming update that’s supposed to add Bluetooth keyboard support. If you can hold off a few months, new Windows 10 phones will be coming out with Continuum which is basically a feature to connect your phone to an external monitor and Bluetooth input devices to use it as a pseudo-desktop with universal apps (such as the Office Suite).
Freddy From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sean Martin Sent: Saturday, 2 May 2015 2:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] OT: selecting a new mobile device I'm in iPhone user and I admit, using the touch screen keyboard can be aggrevating at times. My siwtched from an iPhone to a Galaxy S5 and is quite proficient with the Swype keyboard, although it did take a moderate amount of time for her to get used to it. - Sean On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 5:04 AM, Manuel Santos <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: For all that stuff, I would recommend Lumia 930 cellphone. It has no physical keyboard, but it's not that dificult to adapt, it's just a question of use. As for the cost/quality, I think it's probably the best cellphone on the market. And there is also the OS question, as WP10 integrates quite well with windows operating system. Cheers 2015-05-01 10:19 GMT+01:00 James Rankin <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>: OK, so I’ve finally moved to an Exchange email account so I can now get shot of my Blackberry (no laughing at the back). So I’m in the market for a new mobile device, ideally with a physical keyboard, as typing long-ish emails on a touchscreen keyboard is very difficult for me (I’ve tried on my wife’s iPhone many times, I just can’t hack it). However, I quite like having a touchscreen for interaction with everything except the keyboard. Getting my email on time without having to interact with the phone (i.e. I don’t need to go and open “Email” before I see what’s arrived) is my primary requirement. Good calendar integration obviously goes alongside this. I also need to run LinkedIn, Twitter, RSS and Citrix Receiver apps. OneNote, Lync and DropBox would be nice too. All other stuff is extraneous. So rather than try and Google-fu up a new device with all these requirements, I was just wondering if anyone out there has any recommendations that might possibly narrow things down for me? I’ve been a Blackberry user for a very long time now, but it’s struggling really with newer stuff like the Lync client (all you can get on BB is the old OCS app). If any of you techies out there have any recommendations that might fit these requirements, it might help me along. I will now go and start Googling, but as I said, I respect the advice of those on this list a lot higher than website reviews ☺ Cheers, James Rankin Director | TaloSys | 07809 668579 | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
