Texting - Numbers vs. QWERTY

[r0tor]

some of the newer phones will leave you send text messages of unlimited length... so now my girlfriend rambles on in a text and my phone gets zapped for 5 messages instead of 1 message 

[TBR]

I have never had my current phone ask me if I want to split a message but my old yet newer phone did so all the time.

[J86]

From typing here on my iPhone so often, my phone has learned that I like to say "fuck", "fucking", "cunt", and "shit"; it's to the point that it even comes up as a possible correction. 

My iPhone recognizes the word "titties" now

[Raza]

True. I don't like leaving voicemail messages. I tend to ramble. A lot.

I usually say "call me back" with "when you get a chance" if it's not urgent, or I spout nonsense.

[93JC]

I spout nonsense in any context.

[NomisR]

Ipod touchpad sucks, QWERTY's too small, and T9's annoying if you're trying to type a name. 

I remember back in the days trying to send msgs with pagers in HS though.. that got old quickly too. 

[the Teuton]

Pagers.  LOL.

How did those work exactly?

[Raza]

I spout nonsense in any context.

Sometimes I'll say names of actors (usually somewhat obscure) or animals, and sometimes I'll tell a story that is completely impossible and in no way true, often involving obscure actors and animals.

[NomisR]

Pagers.  LOL.

How did those work exactly?

Oh, Pagers, you usually just send a number for people to call back, but people started getting creative with the # and create words out of them.. you know, like 4 for H, 3 for E, 1 for L, etc. 

1701771512 12 43123 would be NOMISR IS HERE, that type of thing.  Doesn't look at messed up in a digital font though.  Translating this shit is a headache. 

[S204STi]

Alright, so I tried the T9 thing today and found that it actually works pretty well.  I still don't know how to scroll through results though...

[Laconian]

Alright, so I tried the T9 thing today and found that it actually works pretty well.  I still don't know how to scroll through results though...

What model phone do you have?

[Cookie Monster]

Is T9 standard on all phones, even my $20 Go Phone?

[Minpin]

Is T9 standard on all phones, even my $20 Go Phone?

Why don't you check to see if it has it? How are we supposed to know?




Anyways, yes I do believe it is standard, although it still sucks donkey vomit from a baboons asshole.

[Cookie Monster]

Why don't you check to see if it has it? How are we supposed to know?




Anyways, yes I do believe it is standard, although it still sucks donkey vomit from a baboons asshole.

Because I looked for it once and I couldn't find it.

[Cookie Monster]

Ok, I found it, but typing in my name is really hard and there's no list to scroll from.

[Minpin]

Because I looked for it once and I couldn't find it.

Were you expecting us to tell you exactly what menu it was under on your phone? And exactly what keys to push to get there? Come on man.....

[Lebowski]

My iPhone recognizes the word "titties" now

Oh, I have my iPhone trained for some of the dirtiest words in the English language.

[JWC]

I can see it having its uses -- asking a yes-or-no question or "where are you?" --

I got half way through the first page and saw If's post.  Exactly how I see it.  My texting consists of the K.

Daughter text:  Im at Ryans
Me:  K
Daughter: Home at 10
Me: K
Daughter: K  luv u

That's it.

[Northlands]

Typing?

Well, use a fucking qwerty keyboard, obviously.  What kind of idiot would stand around trying to type out words on a 1-# keypad?

If you're gonna text, get one of these and be done with it. Standing there and striking the same number key several times to find the letter you want seems retarded. Almost as retarded as texting itself.. but fuck.. if I've been sucked into it after almost 10 years from being away from cell phones.. it must really have something.

[Cookie Monster]

Were you expecting us to tell you exactly what menu it was under on your phone? And exactly what keys to push to get there? Come on man.....

Well I found it. It was buried in some menu that I'd never look in had I not used the inter webs.

It's actually so much faster now, though I can't scroll through any menus when it gets the word wrong. I have to go to "Edit Word" and then type it in non-T9. Still, it gets most of the words so I don't mind.

[68_427]

LG Dare, preferably QWERTY.

[Laconian]

If you're gonna text, get one of these and be done with it. Standing there and striking the same number key several times to find the letter you want seems retarded. Almost as retarded as texting itself.. but fuck.. if I've been sucked into it after almost 10 years from being away from cell phones.. it must really have something.

You didn't see my post about how to use T9. Using it, I can type on my 12 key about as fast as you can type on your chiclet QWERTY. The phone is smaller and there aren't any slider mechanisms to break, either.

[Cookie Monster]

I just used my brother's phone and tried T9. It's so much nicer than my POS go phone. The list of words pops up automatically after every word, instead of with my phone where I have to go manually type out everything. Plus my phone doesn't learn words, which his does.

I feel like a total idiot for breaking my phone now.

[Northlands]

You didn't see my post about how to use T9. Using it, I can type on my 12 key about as fast as you can type on your chiclet QWERTY. The phone is smaller and there aren't any slider mechanisms to break, either.

Oh yeah? MY phone has an exotic dancer ring tone! 

[2o6]

I just used my brother's phone and tried T9. It's so much nicer than my POS go phone. The list of words pops up automatically after every word, instead of with my phone where I have to go manually type out everything. Plus my phone doesn't learn words, which his does.

I feel like a total idiot for breaking my phone now.

Pretty much all phones have T9 or something similar. Mines isn't called T9 on my phone, it's simply called "word". FIGURE IT OUT. I'M 90% sure your phone has it.

[Cookie Monster]

Pretty much all phones have T9 or something similar. Mines isn't called T9 on my phone, it's simply called "word". FIGURE IT OUT. I'M 90% sure your phone has it.

No, it has T9, but it doesn't have the feature where it lists out different word possibilities after you type in a word and it doesn't learn new words.

[2o6]

No, it has T9, but it doesn't have the feature where it lists out different word possibilities after you type in a word and it doesn't learn new words.

Click Zero or star. It'll learn new words the more you text. I thought that my phone wouldn't do it, but you have to do it a few times.

[Cookie Monster]

Click Zero or star. It'll learn new words the more you text. I thought that my phone wouldn't do it, but you have to do it a few times.

Hey, thanks!

Star does save it. Still, I need to figure out how it can distinguish between words that have the same keystroke.

[2o6]

Hey, thanks!

Star does save it. Still, I need to figure out how it can distinguish between words that have the same keystroke.

Try Zero or star again......

[Cookie Monster]

Try Zero or star again......

Yet again, sire, you are correct.

I guess star learns words and scrolls through words with the same keystroke.

Zero is space on my phone BTW.