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After being in the BlackBerry world for awhile now, I’ve seen a few interesting ways different people type on their BlackBerry, from the "normal" two thumb typing method to a crazy index finger/thumb combination. We wanted to poll the vast CrackBerry community and see what method our readers prefer to use. So CrackBerry Nation, get to the polls and see which typing style is the king! If we didn't cover your typing method in the poll make sure you head to the comments on this post and share your style with the CrackBerry community.
Thanks Alex Kinsella for the photo!
Reader comments
CrackBerry Poll: How do you type on your BlackBerry?
Another Pearl 3G (9100) SureType user - I use one and a half thumbs - one thumb (right - I'm right-handed) for the letters and the other (left) thumb to work the shift keys (alt, sym, and caps).
Vlingo is pretty awesome, though, but not ideal for public spaces.
I type on my 9700 w/ my left thumb only. (I've got a medical condition that limits the fine motor skills of my right hand, so I don't have a choice- lol). I would say I'm a pro at it, but I don't know any different! :)
I don't think my left hands ever been used on my Pearl 3G (9100). I'm right handed so just my right thumb.
2 thumbs here. I didn't realize there were so many other ways to type on it.
I like to use my elbows to type, and delete the letters i dont need by throwing a ping pong ball at it.
Vlingo, no typing necessary
If I only used two thumbs it would be safe to say there is not a spell-checker,auto-correcting, word predicting app in the world that could figure out what I was saying.
I type with 2 thumbs without looking at the keyboard
I use all three of my thumbs to type. I thought everyone did that.
two thumbs! (Bold9900)
One thumb for me..
I've got a 9810 and Hate typing on the screen. Two thumbs on a real keypad is sooo much nicer. Think I'll go back to the Bold.
How do you type with thumb and index finger? Can you record it on the video? I'm curious on how to do it. I tried but cannot manage to type :D. Is it faster than using two thumbs?
Really? People use 1 thumb and 1 index finger to type? How do you hold the phone?? The only time I use index finger is when I place the phone flat on the table to type some super short stuffs. 99.999% of the time, I would use both thumb
- Charles
Blackberry770 I use one thumb on touch screen. 1 or 2 thumbs on keyboard. Mostly one thumb. On both.
Blackberry770
BB torch user: on slider keyboard: two thuinbs / on screen keyboard: 1 index finger
2 Thumbs
In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is King!
I want "island" keys on the Bold! The Curve keyboard is better than the Bold, but the Bold is better in every other respect.
Two thumbs! And I'd dust anyone who typed with thumb and index. I type like lightning with my thumbs!!!
It depends if I'm laying down I use the index finger thumb combination. It's easier to hole the bold that way while laying down. Otherwise I use two thumbs or one thumb.
Wow, didn't know there was another way of typing lol. I learned something new today, thanks CrackBerry lol :-)
I use two thumbs when typing on my BlackBerry Torch. It doesn't feel right to me if I type a different way.
Bold 9930 right thumb only with the ocassional left thumb for hitting cetain keys to the left of the space key depending on how fast I want to send out a message. Sometimes I even palm my blackberry with one hand and type with the thumb of that hand getting a one handed BlackBerry experience. Try that on an iphone or android phone.
i do the index finger thumb thing sometimes, not sure why ahha
Two thumbs mostly, but i'd like to know how the other 24 people type that voted that they have their on way. They never told us in the comments. :/
Two thumbs for me. Before I got a berry I used to always wonder how my friends were able to do it. But the keyboard is done in such a way that it just makes it intuitive to do it that way.
I tend to alternate between one or two thumbs .
Of course is there any other way?
My thumb on my left hand with my right index finger... My right thumb is at bottom of Berry to make sure I don't drop it! Exactly opposite to the picture. I'm one of the "weird" 4%er's lol
One of my coworkers has asked me a few times how I can type like that.
Of course if I'm eating or drinking its left thumb only.
2 Thumbs
That's a great photo. I hold my phone the same way, left index finger controls the shift key and most of the left side of the keyboard. I often get funny looks when I do it, but my thumbs are too big to have both of them on the keyboard at the same time. Occasionally, when seated at a table, I will lie my phone down and pin it with my thumbs and ring fingers and attack it with two index fingers and two middle fingers. As for my PB, it's 1 index (right) when holding it, two index fingers when on a table. I have to say though, that my PB keyboard bugs me having to change to sym all the time. Waiting for my real keyboard for it to solve this problem.
One thumb only, so right hand dominant. That two is a waste of time
Who's got 2 thumbs and a Bold 9900? nnnn/ \nnnn THIS GUY!
I use the "cat's cradle" on my Bold 9900, and I find that gratifyingly speedy.
Was impressed how well the SureType keyboard worked on my old 9800 in portrait mode, though...
I am left thumb and right index finger. I had no idea that there were other weirdos out there like me!!! I didn't even know I was different until a friend pointed it out to me. Since then I've been paying attention and have yet to discover another stranger like myself! Love this poll!!!!
i type with one hand i masterd it when i had a pearl 8100 now have mastered it again with a curve 9300
I type with two thumbs, but i never caught on to the method, or my brain and eyes can't make this happen -- the method where you hit the spacebar with the thumb opposite of where the next letter will be. Only sometimes do I [do this] feel my thumbs move in that manner.
Torch 9800 - on the virtual keyboard- portrait one thumb generally, landscape two thumbs. Physical keyboard - two thumbs. Getting more comfortable with physical keyboard.
Same. but when driving and its in a cradle, VLingo's the go and one thumb for corrections. With a BlackBerry,so many great options.
Torch 9800
On my Bold 9900, like on my PC - 10 finger style!
SureType mode - one thumb (the left cause I'm left handed)... however, I type two thumb method on the PlayBook
Depends on the mode I'm in (not mood). In portrait mode, I use my index finger only, but in landscape mode I use my thumbs. 9860 BTW
With my current 9860, it's definitely landscape, two thumbs. With portrait, physical keyboards, it was index/thumb.
On my Bold 9900, 2 thumbs. PlayBook - 8 fingers!
2 thumbs. I wonder if mini me uses his Bold like a full size keyboard. Lol @ tongue for spacebar !
I do a few... if I'm eating something and using my thumb and index, I'll even use my middle finger to type.
LoL. I use two thumbs, but blindly without looking, and sometimes even with my eyes closed.
That's because I use a device where the best keyboard maker on the planet enables me to do so. :)
Torch 9860 in landscape mode using both pointer fingers. There's nothing faster or more accurate.
Typically 1-2 thumbs. But I typed this with 1 thumb, a pinky toe, and used my tongue for the space bar :)
Boldly sent from my 9930
On PlayBook. 10-fingers blind, of course.
(in a godly voice)...with my golden hands of gold!
Two thumbs with index fingers up both sides or one handed with one thunb, index finger up the side and pinky on the bottom as a cradle.
Same here!! :-)
I'm a two thumber in landscape and a one thumber in portrait
I got a torch so i use my thumb surface for virtual keyboard and thumbnail and surface for physical keyboard
Wtf, 14 finger and thumb typers?! Who knew there was even one?!!
Thumbs for me... well more like Thumbnails! lol
Didn't even think it was possible to type any other way
Thinking about forming a BBM group for people who type index and thumb.
That's how I type on my Berry now - seems very convenient for me. :)
I type with 1 thumb mostly. Or 2 thumbs
Same here