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Should I choose Palm or Windows Mobile 2003?

Reviews To input letters and numbers, Palm uses Graffiti 2.0, an updated version of its original handwriting recognition system, where you write in block characters that are similar to traditional letters, but easier for the handheld to recognise.

14 May 2005, 18:20

Nokia 7380 review

Reviews As you can see from the images, there isn't a keypad, which means you have to scroll through letters and numbers to input data (see Features). In an attempt to make things easier, the first five letters are A, T, S, I and O, which are supposedly...

Editor's rating   6.3

Tags: nokia, dedicated, section, letters

21 March 2006, 17:31

Navman S70 review

Reviews The standard methods of inputting destinations are all here, with navigation via address, city or postcode, but the S70 does support eight-digit postcodes, a Qwerty keyboard option and it can even speak back the letters or numbers you enter.

Editor's rating   8.2

Tags: navman, navigation, letters, maps

2 November 2007, 14:37

Phones with Qwerty keypads

Reviews Some Qwerty keypads have two letters per key, whereas others give you a full set of individual keys. A full set of keys is easier to adapt to if you're a keyboard veteran, but the two-letters-per-key system can speed up your typing using predictive...

27 October 2006, 13:22

Sony Ericsson P1i review

Reviews The latter is a tad limited, though -- it can only recognise individual letters and even then it doesn't do a very good job. Instead, two letters share the same key, but unlike on the Blackberry Pearl where a shift button is used to access the...

Editor's rating   6.5

Tags: sony ericsson, scanner, letters, letter

21 August 2007, 15:20

RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8100 review

Reviews The individual keys are wide, though, as the SureType system is used for text entry, and this means most keys house two Qwerty letters and a number. Two letters share a single key and, as you type, software in the Pearl has a guess at the word you...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: rim, silver, letters, edge

23 October 2006, 18:39

Acer p610 Portable Navigator review

Reviews The software narrows down available options as you enter characters, so if you're lucky the first three or four letters will cause a street name to pop up ready for you to tap and confirm it's correct.

Editor's rating   7

Tags: acer, listening, street, road

7 March 2007, 16:35

Apple iPod (80GB, video) review

Reviews It's a little more sophisticated than the search features found in the Creative Zen Vision:M (and other players that first implemented search-by-letters), but because you have to select Done to browse your results, it's a tad more tedious to use.

Editor's rating   8.3

Tags: apple, titles, watching, brightness

26 September 2006, 17:13

Nokia 7280 review

Reviews Speaking of letters, texting is painful. Picking out letters is even slower than choosing numbers. In place of the predictive text used on keypad phones, Nokia has created a system that brings the five most likely next letters to the beginning of...

Editor's rating   7

Tags: nokia, spell, wheel, scroll

8 May 2005, 18:31

Which new iPod is the one for me?

Reviews Your options are thankfully straightforward -- Apple has anticipated the average consumer's aversion to obscure letters and numbers and simply calls its ranges the iPod, the iPod nano and the iPod Shuffle.

13 October 2006, 18:22

Lenovo ThinkPad X41 review

Reviews Editors' note: Lenovo completed its purchase of IBM's PC division on April 2, 2005, so you will no longer see the familiar letters IBM on the front of ThinkPad laptops -- they are now known as simply ThinkPad products.

Editor's rating   6.7

Tags: lenovo, wi fi, slot, battery life

19 May 2005, 22:50

Lenovo ThinkPad X32 review

Reviews Editors' note: Lenovo completed its purchase of IBM's PC division on 2 April, 2005, so you will no longer see the familiar letters IBM in front of ThinkPad laptops -- they are now known as simply ThinkPad products.

Editor's rating   6.2

Tags: thinkpad, hp, battery life, dell

25 May 2005, 23:45

Motorola Pebl review

Reviews You might also see this handset referred to as the V6, but in a world of meaningless letters and numbers we're sticking to its more descriptive name. Think organic. Think of a bar of soap. Think, as Motorola clearly has, of pebbles on a beach.

Editor's rating   7.4

Tags: motorola, edge, pixels, handset

24 January 2006, 16:20

Orange SPV E650 review

Reviews The E650 solves this problem by having two keypads: a standard numbers and letters keypad on top and a full Qwerty keypad hidden beneath the slide. The Orange SPV E650 is a rebranded HTC S710 -- a great device if you want an email-centric device...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: orange, emails, wi fi, high speed

5 July 2007, 11:45

Harman Kardon Guide + Play GPS-500 review

Reviews Type M, for example, and letters such as B, D and F dim, as there are no places beginning MB, MD or MF. Harman Kardon may be better known for its audio equipment, but the US company is dipping its toe in the GPS market with the Guide + Play -- a...

Editor's rating   6.1

Tags: harman kardon, guide, navigation, frames

31 July 2007, 16:43