Best Phones For Texting and E-Mailing
The iPhone is certainly the worlds' greatest iPod and portable Web-surfing cell phone we've ever seen, but its keyboard still stinks -- we can't tell you how many typos the touch-sensitive thing has forced us to make while writing text-messages or e-mails over the past eight months. That's why we recommend phones with actual, physical keyboards to anyone who tends to send a lot of text-messages or e-mails. Luckily, most of the smart phones out there feature actual keyboards. To find out the three we like best, check out the above Switched-exclusive video.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jann @ Mar 19th 2008 9:48AM
Yeah... you can email (send and receive) from some cell phones or text to an email address... or even use IM. Just make sure you get one that has the capabilities you need. The capabilities vary widly between phones. They're not all created equal.
Adam @ Mar 19th 2008 1:28PM
I have to disagree on the iPhone being hard to type on. The best advice I can give for typing on the iPhone is to just roll with it. If you can't spell, well you're out of luck, but if you get close to the key you intended (as long as it's the correct spelling of the word), it will auto-correct for you all day long. And use the end of your thumbs, not the pads of them. And if you still have trouble, go on a diet....because you're fingers are just too fat.
Jane Hollier @ Mar 19th 2008 7:59PM
I am deaf. My cochlear implant is not working.
I am in a bind. I can't hear anything. I text all my family on computer, but I can't carry this computer everywhere I go. It is scary that I have to drive and no way to contact anyone if in trouble or need assistance on the road.
Can you text from phone to a computer. Not all people I know have text phones to connect with.
cissie @ Apr 10th 2008 10:52PM
yes i have the same problem you have. my son can send text msg to my computer to my email. also go to the web site captel phones . i have one . its great.
Chris Chadwick @ Mar 19th 2008 8:32PM
Jane: If I had it to buy another keyboard phone right now, I'd look at the Blackjack 2 from AT&T. It's a solid phone with a very usable keypad. You can IM your friends with computers if they have Yahoo, AOL, or Windows Live messenger. The iPhone is not a bad text phone, I did use that and I am a big guy with large hands, but if it goes in the washing machine it does not emerge in working order :-(. BTW, I am a CI user as well. Sorry yours is not helping! The iPhone sucks for CI, though!!!
xoxosamtayxoxo69 @ Mar 25th 2008 4:43PM
i have a sidekick ID. I do agree that they are very big and the internet is very slow. But i dont really use my internet unless im looking up directions or checking my facebook. other than that, it is a WONDERFUL phone! easy to use and it has just about everything you would need!