Hmm, I think I will go to YouTube and watch a video of Swype in action.

I do have a ? about virtual keyboards. When your using the on screen keyboard, it takes up like 2/3 of the screen right? Well I am well aware of how frinkin anal some people are on Phone Scoop about spelling, so I like to read what I'm typing as I type, and if I type a certain amount using an on screen keyboard wouldn't some of what I typed start to dissapear? I like to reread what I type before submitting. Whereas on a smartphone with a slideout keyboard there would be more screen real estate to read what I'm typing as I'm typing it.

In portrait mode, the keyboard takes up less than half of the screen. In landscape, it takes up roughley half of the screen. I'm useing a Moto Droid which has a 3.7" screen so I'm going to assume that the smaller the screen, the more room the keyboard will take up.

You can always scroll through what you have typed, with keyboard still visable, before sending.

Thanks for your input. Even though I currently lack a lot of practical experience with virtual keyboards, I think I will favor landscape over portrait for typing.

And whichever Android smartphone I end up getting, likely it will have a 3.7in screen.

Btw, if I do end up getting one that has Sense UI, that means that it will take longer to be updated to newer versions of Android, right?

Not necessarily. Sense UI is pretty much just a theme that HTC uses on some of their devices and is just an overlay for the Android home screen. It's pretty much what Touchflo is on their Window's Mobile devices.

I suppose it may take slightly longer for an update to come out because they may have to re-code Sense UI a bit but it shouldn't take an excessive amount of time to do that.

Thanks for your input. Even though I currently lack a lot of practical experience with virtual keyboards, I think I will favor landscape over portrait for typing.

I used to think the same thing. But let's put it this way, landscape=2 hands where as portrait =1 hand messaging.

Portrait + Swype keyboard = Easy, fast and minimal errors

Ok, I'll keep that in mind. I am so, so, so ready for a *NEW* phone!!!! I really am!!!!

The web browser on my N95 takes too damn long to load pages. I have no patience for it, plus it drains my battery faster.

Android has a free Browser that you can download called Dolphin Browser. It is extremely quick at loading a website and even allows for Pinch/Zoom. Xscope is another good choice and is great for one-handed, wb navigation. Just my two cents.

Can you make folders of favorie websites using either of these browsers? I like using folders, it keeps things nice and neat, like a folder for Tech, Movies, News, Porn, and so on.
Rather than an endless list of bookmarks.

i like the ability to alter or modify these phones. ex. update with modified roms. with the ability to modify these phones, its like having a new phone all the time. i recommend going to the
http://www.xda-developers.com/ »
web site and check out what they have to say in those forums. there is way more knowledge in there. be careful, it's very easy to get lost there. with out that site not sure i would enjoy my phone as much as i do. i have an htc pure, but i dumped the att rom almost immediately and upgraded to a cooked rom. to answer your question about sense ui. it just lays over windows, has nothing to do with updates. you can disable it from the get-go if you want to. sense is just a different type of theme for the phone, again does n...
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buy the phone and then upload new rom from xda, most cooked roms gets rid of bloat. did you happen to check out their site?

No, is it really that easy to load a new rom? If I did that would it make it harder to update to newer versions of Android?

it's very easy to load new roms. just check out the site and see how easy it is. if you can download a file to your computer and sync your phone via usb. actually you can even load via micro-sd card. that's about all you need for skills wise to upload a new rom. not hard at all. just go look and see. each different model has it's own sub-forum and each will have step-by-step instructions on how to load cooked roms. i even have loaded android on my windows phone. some things are not fuctional, like gps and some others. i have not used it for some time. i think by now some models work very well. that is windows mobile running android. they are quite a talented group at xda. just check it out. lots of phone geeks like ourselves, well me at lea...
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Nope, what would I be doing on Phone Scoop if I weren't a phone geek? My favorite phone that I've used is the Nokia N95, that tells you how much of a geek I am. And I've been coming to Phone Scoop for over 4 and a half yrs, so heck yeah I'm a phone geek.

i figured. have you looked any the sony ericsson's. i like this one
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=2081&c=sony_er ... »
it's pretty cool, not sure any network will pick this up, but if not, should work just fine on at&t..

Yeah, way back on Feb 16 Chromemember posted about the SE X10 coming to ATT in the ATT forum.