New iPhone Might be a BlackBerry Killer

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I agree. I'm 6'4" and my hands are like bricks. I have no problem typing on my iPhone. It's just different and one has to get used to it. It's not different than getting used to a blackberry or any other smartphone.
I love it.

Paul of OH 7:35AM September 26, 2009

so when will the iphone with the slide out keyboard cum out? i=will it b out by june er what? omg if they really built this EVERYONE would buy 1.....omg omg omg !!!! XDXDXDXDXD

MMansonFan08 of MI 12:30PM February 20, 2009

the storm didnt really strike at the iphone and was no where close althought this is a good idea i dont see the hassle with a virtual keyboard as i own as iphone me self...
also there was talk about an iphone nano but i think that is a bunch of BS
what ever apple does it better be big and make some improvements or the customers arnt going to be happy.

of TX 6:02PM January 06, 2009

I think that the people complaining about the lack of a keyboard on the iphone have never even used an iphone. I have big fingers and i have no problem typing with my iphone. Why don't they just give it a rest. A physical keyboard would ruin a perfectly good phone. If you need a physical keyboard that bad then buy a blackberry and stop whining about the iphone.

Ken 5:12PM January 01, 2009

Even the quickest of study of Apple's history will show that "buttons" are not something that they want more of. Follow the history of the iPod and how year after year they have condensed the controls until they have hit the balance point of what needs to be there and what does not.
This could also be shown by Apple's new wireless keyboard. There is not even a number pad.
There is no way that Apple would let a design out that resembles a competitors design. Have we ever seen Apple strive to be like anyone else?
Added functionality would be the farthest stretch that you would see towards expanding the iPhone to being used as a computer for students. The possibility of a bluetooth keyboard is even a stretch but possible.
Look for better battery life, signal strength, speed and memory increases. Those will be the issues that engineers have been working on.

Tom of AZ 8:03AM December 31, 2008

I am gonna wait for new iphone coming out next year, brother.

Do Pham of FL 12:03AM December 31, 2008

> A $99 model did show up this week at AT&T stores.
> But those are refurbished iPhones. Hardly a big deal
The iPhone that I paid $500, for $99 today.
No big deal?
Who writes this stuff????

Susan of MN 8:02PM December 30, 2008

Arthritis is no fun.

SkateNY of NY 6:30PM December 30, 2008

Apple's already demonstrated this in a big way.
Big in front rarely means that you can't bo back to the future in order to pull away.
Does Apple innovate? Yes. And sometimes no. They more often than not make good products better.
Strike while the keyboard is hot.

SkateNY of NY 6:29PM December 30, 2008

Prize to the iPhone 3G or original iPhone user huffing and puffing most expressively at the demeaning thought of ruining the world class design of their iPhones with a real pushbutton keyboard.

steven of NJ 5:32PM December 30, 2008