A feminine problem with the 8800

[TeritaM]

I had been using my curve, but my 8800 was looking all sad and neglected so I took him out of the box. after about 15 minutes of use I realize that my nails are WAY too long to type effectively and I will have to cut them down. never noticed this with the curve. I guess the keyboard layout is more spacious. dang.

[ezrunner]

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That is true the keys are more spread out on the curve

[aiharkness]

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The big question, though, What is your backup behavior now?

[hdawg]

The #1 reason I stayed away from the 8800 series was the keyboard layout ... I have no nails (I clip em, don't bite em), and I don't have big sausage fingers either ... and the lack of spacing killed me whenever I use an 8800 series for testing. Go back to the curve

[TeritaM]

aiharkness I have gone back on my schedule. I back up every night before bed. so far so good. I even managed to type my passwords in properly.

hdawg I'm probably going to continue to go back and forth because I have serious mental issues, but today when I go for my manicure my nails will be cut down.

edit: and just like that, my man hands are typing away again.

[TroyDBrown]

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Maybe you should tell us al your password in case you forget. Man hands I love it! "BlackBerry, stripping femininity one women at a time!"

[TeritaM]

Originally Posted by troydbrown

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Maybe you should tell us al your password in case you forget. Man hands I love it! "BlackBerry, stripping femininity one women at a time!"

ha! I'm still very feminine, just with shorter nails. I know the password, I probably couldn't type it properly because my nails were too long...

[AlwaysOn607]

I hear you! My warcry at my nail appts is always "cut these babies down so I feel human again" (and can type on my bb).

[red_jude]

Oh no, not cut nails!! Mine are long and I don't have a problem with the 8800, infact I use my nails on the keyboard instead of fingers...........works for me.

[TeritaM]

alwayson I had to do that on thursday too. I will keep them short from now on since I relaize I like the 8800 better as a phone and will probably keep using it.

red_jude that made me feel strange, do you keep your nails square or rounded? just wondering if shape makes any type of difference.

[TBOLTRAM]

When I got my 8830 I found that by growing my thumb nails a little and filing them to a slight point improved use of keyboard. A humble suggestion for 2008.

[AlwaysOn607]

My nails are squarish and that is working decently for me. Even "cut down" they are slightly longer than the end of my finger; then they grow for a couple of weeks.

I will never give up my BB so my nails will just have to stay at a workable length!

[TeritaM]

I usually do the "squoval" shape and have no problem until they get to a certain length. I've gone back to my curve so I should be fine until I have claws.

[red_jude]

Originally Posted by TeritaM

red_jude that made me feel strange, do you keep your nails square or rounded? just wondering if shape makes any type of difference.

Always rounded and they can get a bit long sometimes. Have tried the square look but don't like it, I use a computer key board every day and have no problems so the BB isn't going to beat me.

Nails are actually better than fingers, you don't hit the wrong keys then.