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hey guys it's brandon minimun from pocket now calm and in this video we're going to take a look at which of these nine devices has the best keyboard basically I have these devices arranged by keyboard type so we start with the devices with the slide out keyboards like the touch pro and the Titan 2 and then going down the line we have the devices with on-screen keyboards and finally devices that have keyboards built right into them so we're going to start at the top and go to the bottom and here are the rules on each device i will type the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog spelling doesn't have to be perfect it just has to be comprehensible because we're trying to simulate you know sending a text message you're sending an email I will be timing how long it takes to type that phrase so that at the end we have a winner okay we're going to start with the HTC touch pro now what I like about this particular keyboard is that it has five rows so that you can get the dedicated number row here at the top I'm going to start off by going into office mobile and opening upward ready set go that was 12 seconds 12 seconds on the touch pro okay now we're going to do the Titan two or the 18 detailed as many people know it what I like about this device is it has the tilting screen so it makes it a little easier to position the device for optimum keyboard typing the keys are also bigger than they are on the touch pro because it has not as many rows of keys so let's go into word ready set go that was about 13 seconds okay so now we're on to the devices with the on-screen keyboard and I'm going to start off with the HTC touch this is the touch on the verizon network and i'm going to go into office mobile and i'm going to use the suretype keyboard that comes on the device set go that was 16 seconds okay now we have the samsung omnia which like the touch has a shirt type like keyboards i'm going to go into office mobile ready set go that was 13 seconds now we'll do the iphone the last device that i have here with a keyboard on the screen so i'm just going to go into the notes application set go that was 11 seconds the fastest yet okay next up we have the motorola q 9h ready set go stop that was eight seconds absolutely the fastest yet okay next up we have the palm treo pro which has a pretty small keyboard but we'll see how how how we do on the test here go into word set go stop that was nine seconds pretty fast now we have the old vintage treo 700w it actually has the same keyboard as the modern-day treo 750 they changed the keyboard on the treo pro to be a little bit smaller and to have this kind of horizontal layout instead of the curved ones so let's see how this does set go stop that was nine seconds and finally we have the blackjack two and this is an important test because this same keyboard is going to be used on the upcoming samsung epix which some people thought was going to be the blackjack three but it's really not going to be called that so let's see how this keyboard does set go that was that was 11 seconds what I like about this keyboard is that it's spaced out quite nicely but the problem with it is that the keys are kind of hard to press compared to like the q9h where they have just enough feedback so in conclusion of the devices that we tested the motorola q9 each came on top here I just wish Motorola would continue using this keyboard but with a touchscreen configuration I think a lot of people would agree with me on that in second place we have both of the trio's and I'm actually a little bit surprised that the treo pro is able to keep up with the bigger keyboard of the treo 700w but I think what really helps the treo pro is the fact that the keys are so close together that you hardly have to move your fingers when you're your thumbs when you're trying to type a message and of the devices with the on-screen keyboards the iphone one and the touch the verizon XV 6900 came in last place I've always found it very difficult to type on this device perhaps it's just how small the devices and the responsiveness of the touchscreen and finally if we look at the devices that have the slide out keyboards touch pro and the 18t tilt we find that the touch pro is a slightly better keyboard in terms of being able to type fast and I think that's because although the letters are smaller the keys are smaller they're spaced closer together and as we saw with the treo pro closer together often means less finger travel which means you can type faster for people that have large sized hands this may be a problem but for the person with the average-sized hand or small size 10 smaller keyboards actually seem to to be conducive to faster typing so that's it for this 9 way keyboard comparison if you want to follow us be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel pocketnow video and also follow us on twitter at twitter.com slash pocket nail tweets that's it for now