Originally Posted By: Dignan
I'm a little confused. I've used a Blackberry and a G1 in the last couple years, and both have their different ways of telling you which mode you're in. After that, knowing what character is going to appear is a matter of simply looking at the keyboard. What's so confusing about that?

It gets confusing when you need a symbol not printed on the keyboard.

Looking at the keyboard and knowing if I'm in symbol or orange mode doesn't help to find the ~ \ [ } < or |. I could make some guesses, but I honestly have no idea where they would be. I'm also puzzled by the separate orange and symbol keys, when none of those seem to overlap.

I've always known what character I'll be typing on a virtual keyboard, be it the one on my iPaq, or the iPhone.