Touch Vs Physical keyboard

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V4NT0M

V4NT0M

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I know a lot of you have iPhones and other touch only devices, it seems to be the way the market is moving. I'm looking at getting a newer sleeker android phone than my current G1 and am pondering whether I will miss the physical keyboard too much...

What are your experiences with touch keyboards especially on android, do you miss physical keyboards? Does the on-screen keyboard block out too much when you're typing?
 
I've been trying it out on my G1 actually, probably not the best screen out there but it does actually work pretty well. The worst part about the android on screen keyboard is that it seems to take you away from what you're doing and just shows a text field and the keyboard, is there a way to change that on Android so you still see a portion of the screen?

The reason why I'm asking is that I want to move away from my G1, I do love the G1 form factor but it's creaky, has ageing hardware and is quite chunky. Wish there was a G1 that was slimmer and more sturdy.
 
Thanks for all the replies people, I tried the swype app and I just didn't get it, how am I supposed to know exactly where keys are when they're under my finger?

I had a go with the normal keyboards but downloaded the Smart Keyboard app, this greatly improved portrait mode for me using the T9 keypad is really fast and easy to type one handed too, one handed being difficult with a full qwerty or the G1's physical keyboard. After a little tweaking and again using the Smart Keyboard I find it almost as easy to type on the on screen keyboard as with the physical one and probably as fast.

So all in all I think I'm pretty much ready to cast off the shackles of the physical keyboard and go for a full touch device.
 
Probably getting a Samsung Galaxy Portal, not quite got the money to get anything better and my contract with t-mobile isn't up until October.
 
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