Comments on: Trooper Typing, Delete It…or PLAY IT

By: Kelly Carter

Kelly Carter — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:52:59 +0000

estela,
¿está eso un juego verdadero?
Kelly

By: estela

estela — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:08:38 +0000

Quiero el juego de el topo porfa

By: Kelly Carter

Kelly Carter — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 09:53:48 +0000

luv my bbpearl,
You’re welcome.
Kelly

By: luv my bbpearl

luv my bbpearl — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:29:23 +0000

Just found this place and to the author. Thank u for taking the time to share ur wisdom

By: Kelly Carter

Kelly Carter — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:30:21 +0000

BB addict in NY,
I, too, am a blazingly fast typer on a conventional computer keyboard (or, back in the day–a typewriter). I think a good typist can quickly adapt to SureType, but it helps a lot to follow the advice I’ve given (not my original ideas) in my articles on typing on the Pearl. I think people’s misunderstanding about SureType almost doomed the Pearl from a sales/return point of view. That and–even worse–the Pearl’s too-small device memory. But I still see a lot of people packing Pearls to this day.
Kelly

By: BB addict in NY

BB addict in NY — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:37:48 +0000

I just wanted to also comment on the use of the SureType on the BB 8130.

When I purchased my first Pearl, the 8100, I too returned it the next day because of SureType. I was concentrating too much on the box of suggestions coming up and not enough on what I was actually trying to type.

The Pearl is the first phone I have owned in which I have a texting plan, and what lured me in, besides it being a BB, was the fact that its a qwerty style keyboard. I average 70 wpm on a computer keyboard and I am familiar with the location of all the keys. So after deciding to give the Pearl another swing I fell in love!

I can see this being extremely difficult to learn if you’re coming from a basic phone, say using miltitap, but like I said, just concentrate on what you’re trying to type and less on the box of suggestions and you may just get the hang of it!

By: Kelly Carter

Kelly Carter — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:20:49 +0000

Tiffany,
Yes, it is kinda fun to play.
Kelly

By: tiffany

tiffany — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:28:40 +0000

I think they should come out with this 4 the sidekicks its fun to play

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:19:15 +0000

I just got a VZW Pearl and I was wondering what Trooper Typing was so when I googled it, I ended up here. Great post, btw. I was a little skeptical about the Pearl’s mini QWERTY and using SureType. I have always used SureType when I texted on a regular cell phone, but I sort of felt like it was pointless to have a BBerry if I still have to use SureType. Yet, I didn’t want a full sized BBerry, b/c I already have to carry one of those around for work. Anyway, I decided to get the Pearl since it is small and cute and pink (at least mine is). So far SureType hasn’t been that bad. There are times when it is frustrating, like where I am typing a proper name that has a weird combo of letters. The good news is that it remembers those names for later use. I have found that you can pretty easily switch b/w Multi and Sure on the menu in most apps. The one thing that I haven’t gotten used yet to is using SureType on a condensed QWERTY as opposed to a standard phone pad which is what I have been used to for so many years. Maybe I will give Trooper a try to practice. Thanks again for the info.

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:35:15 +0000

Hi Kelly, at first I just wanted to get rid of the icon too. However, while I still find it an annoying practice on verizon’s part, the game is actually pretty fun and has greatly improved my typing with the suretype keyboard! Just my 2 cents. Love the new site.