When I handled the iPhone in the store for the first time, I was surprised and a little bit disappointed at my “typing” on the iPhone’s keyboard; my fingers didn’t know whether they were supposed to thumb or solely use the index. I must have hit a wrong letter at least 3 times. And maybe this will take some getting use to, but will it?

I’m just trying to weigh out the factors. I own an iPod so I don’t necessarily need those features…Tom if you are still around I would like to know what you think, or anyone else for that matter. For talk, texting, notes, and occasional web use, is the iPhone keyboard worth getting comfortable with, when my fingers are already used to the clicky-click of actual buttons? I’m not a business mogul, I am a young mom who enjoys a good piece of technology, and so far the Blackberries have been great for me (had an older BB prior to the Curve.) But Apple is such a great company that I’m sure that I will love the device–only question is the keyboard.

so really, is the iPhone keyboard truly as easy to use as the QWERTY? honestly?

For example: Apple was sued for “their visual-voicemail idea” when the iPhone first came out.

This will also happen with price: one company lowers the price, than the the other company has to do the same too.

Also, Apple never said how many native Apps they’d have. I mean, they demo’d a few at WWDC, but who knows how long it could take Apple to sort through thousands of native App submissions, and pick out the one’s that are real.

So, I don’t think we can make any assumptions until the 3G and 2.0 are out and available for everyone to try. I mean, a company can say anything they want–but you can’t trust until you have proof. Like in your article: about how the price is really $40 more expensive than the first-generation iPhone: Jobs never mentioned that in his keynote!

The number one feature of both is that they are phones and should take care of this first. The BB has louder volumes and a better speaker phone which is good for old guys like me who are slowly loosing hearing. Also true speaker independent voice dialing is a must. I am an MD traveling from hospital to hospital and I get paged to a ton of different hospitals while I am in my car. It is great to use bluetooth and say “call 555-5555.” I cannot imagine trying to make a call on the expressway without a keyboard.

Other features swaying me toward the BB are the user replacable battery and the easy access memory card slot that will be able to recognize 128Gb if and when they become available.

I do have a phone with stereo bluetooth and a set of wireless headphones. The sound is good plus you can answer calls. The music is paused when a call comes in. These are points for the BB.

I would like the larger iphone screen since it is getting harder to read small print the older I get. however, I am worried about the durability of the glass iphone screen. I take care of my stuff but one oops and glass breaks.

My hospital is converting to electronic medical records. There is talk of allowing support for lab results through the BB but not iphone.

As I said, I would love the get the iphone and could tolerate many of the issues above except one. The deal breaker is the lack of good speaker independent voice dialing. I am looking for a 3rd party application that would work. The only one I see is one that uses voice tags.

It’s a tough decision, but I’m going to do it!

I’ve been checking this site every single day to see what’s new, and every time I see something new published, I get more excited!