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SureType is the the typing style RIM had developed way back for the BlackBerry Pearl; functionally, it was the same ol’ predictive text you might use on a standard T9 keyboard, only instead of three letters per key, you’ve got two. There are a few handsets that have adopted a similar style, the real power is in the more precise prediction that happens with two letters per key, but as you can see from the video, it looks like RIM will be moving the feature to their traditional full-QWERTY BlackBerrys in the next big operating system update. It seems a little backwards to me, since the big selling point of a full, real keyboard is that you don’t have to put your faith in software prediction (which can regularly get things wrong, especially if you make an innocent typo), but as an added option, it could never hurt, and maybe even crank up your typing speed with practice.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
