Well, if you guys do mean T9, then the reason I heard for not using it was wear on the screen. For T9, it is assumed you would us the keypad. The keypad is actually just a bunch of little styluses, and if they are pressing down in the same location over and over again, this could create wear on the screen. Frankly, I think they should have designed the flip better, so that it had nothing to do with the screen when it is closed, but that probably would have been more difficult.

So yeah, that was the reason someone posted on the Howard Chui forums. Sounds reasonable to me. If you are using the virtual keyboard, there's more of a variation of screen taps than if the same 9 buttons are hitting the same 9 places over and over again.

All of this is why I want them to create/support something like this. That is the best solution I can think of.


And thanks for your impressions of the phone. Some of those things don't bother me, but others might. I'll be thinking about it. Thanks again.