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Single Handed Input method?

I am looking for a better way of one handed use. I would wonder pretty much if not someone else has thought about that as well...
Isn't there an input method that works by just using the jog dial? I mean something like:
UP - change current letter to next one (so change from "a" to "b", "c", ...)
DOWN - just vice-versa
RIGHT - add one character
LEFT delete one character
FITE - enter
Why I want that? To have a method to select a contact for a call by just using one hand in the car...
Any suggestions?

O god no
Better would be :
Keyboard on-screen, use the jog-button to move a 'cursor' over the screen. for example a key on the keyboard turns blue if the cursor is on top. Press the jog-button to select...
then you can move around on the keyboard and 'tap' key's onehanded..

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jpiek said:
Better would be :
Keyboard on-screen, use the jog-button to move a 'cursor' over the screen. for example a key on the keyboard turns blue if the cursor is on top. Press the jog-button to select...
then you can move around on the keyboard and 'tap' key's onehanded..
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Mate, I like your thinking, but how would you i.e. delete a digit if you tyoed the wrong key then?

farnold said:
jpiek said:
Better would be :
Keyboard on-screen, use the jog-button to move a 'cursor' over the screen. for example a key on the keyboard turns blue if the cursor is on top. Press the jog-button to select...
then you can move around on the keyboard and 'tap' key's onehanded..
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Mate, I like your thinking, but how would you i.e. delete a digit if you tyoed the wrong key then?
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Like you normally do with the stylus on the keyboard: With the backspace key
It's just alike typeing on the keyboard with the stylus, the only thing you cant't do is tap 'start' or 'ok'

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jpiek said:
farnold said:
jpiek said:
Better would be :
Keyboard on-screen, use the jog-button to move a 'cursor' over the screen. for example a key on the keyboard turns blue if the cursor is on top. Press the jog-button to select...
then you can move around on the keyboard and 'tap' key's onehanded..
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Mate, I like your thinking, but how would you i.e. delete a digit if you tyoed the wrong key then?
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Like you normally do with the stylus on the keyboard: With the backspace key
It's just alike typeing on the keyboard with the stylus, the only thing you cant't do is tap 'start' or 'ok'
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Hehe, Johan, I think you missed my point, mate I want to use only my left hand while driving or walking... no stylus possible then...
I find it surprising that I seem to identify this as a problem while you all seem to be pretty happy the way you do it... am I missing something there?

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Thanks, Jargon. I saw that and I have to admit it's probably the one coming closest to what I am looking for.
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Might require some waiting for the XDA II version though

farnold said:
jpiek said:
farnold said:
Mate, I like your thinking, but how would you i.e. delete a digit if you tyoed the wrong key then?
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Like you normally do with the stylus on the keyboard: With the backspace key
It's just alike typeing on the keyboard with the stylus, the only thing you cant't do is tap 'start' or 'ok'
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Hehe, Johan, I think you missed my point, mate I want to use only my left hand while driving or walking... no stylus possible then...
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Read again... just go with the jog-button to the backspace key and press the jog-button...

OK, Johan, you're right there, mate! I installed it and played a bit with it. Yes, I can use it with just one hand, but puh... that browsing through contacts is not really a solution for me. I've got around 3,000 contacts in Outlook and they only way to use T9 is - again - either the fingers on the screen or the pen which both require more than just one hand. I was hoping I could actuallu select the keys via d-pad...

Blackberry/Treo-like numbers in Wizard keyboard

I'm sure the question has been asked 10,000,000 times already, but neither the search function nor a general Google are returning a solution.
I love my 8125, really I do, all except for numeric entry, which I do just often enough to hate the horizontal number arrangement.
Someone somewhere has to have written a little hack to add a numbers mode. Does anybody here happen to know who and where?

I dont have a Wizard but let me guess..
The easier way is to use your on screen keypad input. Im not sure how you are using your phone, probably landscape, but if you were to use potrait mode, the on screen keypad is really good.

That really isn't very practical in my case. I need to use the hardware buttons. I bought a Wizard because it had a real keyboard, it just isn't very good for numbers.

Is this really something that cannot be done? I guess the TyTn does it right from the pictures, but my Wizard is like three weeks old, and I really am having a very hard time entering numbers here.
You can't enter numbers on the onscreen keypad if you can't see it. The assumption made by MobileSpeak Pocket is that if you have a lot of data entry to do that you will buy a Bluetooth keyboard. I bought my Wizard so I wouldn't need to carry one.

i been tryin to find this as well.. similar to the hermes numeric layout. i would like the fact that i can answer and end phone calls by using the sliding keyboard. but that not happening on our wizard yet.
anyway i kinda hav a partial solution to what you want which i hav implemented at the moment.
you need both software vito quick contact (latest) and pqzII wizard version. first use the code menu in pqzII to map ur alt + Y U I as 1 2 3 and H J K as 4 5 6 and so on. and alt+space as return.
now to dial normal numeric number jus open up vito quick contact hold ur alt button to toggle alt button and press those buttons above and press space twice to dial.
it may not be convenient but once u get the hang of it you can even dial with your eyes close literaly. well say like when you are driving you can dial it and use bluetooth headset or handsfree speaker. i know you all gonna say voice dial is better. but i dreaded voicedial and physical button never fails me.
just hopes some one will come out with the sliding answering method.

Okay, I am a little confused here (and maybe this is just PQII and maybe it's not..)
The keyboard has a shift and a dot. In addition to these, Mobile Speak Pocket remaps hardware buttons as Control, Alt, Shift, and Tab. I wonder if these are the same buttons that PQII uses. In the event that they are, PQII will do exactly what I want sinze Alt is sticky in MSP.
Ideally though, I want to basically change the layout of the symbols when you press the dot, and just use double-dot to put my phone into the appropriate mode.

uummm i uses caps/shift for my alt button in pqzII, i dun use control. maybe thats why it didnt work. u can try the windows key or the ok key if other software remaps your cap/shift and dot button.
remember this can only work in vito quick contact as the our normal dialer cant detect those other symbols button. basically after i play around with the wizard too much =P, i found out that it is in the double dot format when you are in dialer but pressing the symbols wont work other than the normal numbers and * and #. so thats why you need vito quick contact

Smartdial delay possible?

I currently have over 200 contacts and I notice the smartdial search is getting slow and I have to wait 1-2sec before pressing another key (as soon as no contacts are found its quite fast).
Is there a way to force a delay so that:
wait 200milisec. if no other key was pressed, search the contacts as usual. if other key is pressed, print it and reset the timer.
This would allow me to write the number or initials fast and then wait a few seconds for the search instead of waiting a few seconds for each button I press.

paulo_andre said:
I currently have over 200 contacts and I notice the smartdial search is getting slow and I have to wait 1-2sec before pressing another key (as soon as no contacts are found its quite fast).
Is there a way to force a delay so that:
wait 200milisec. if no other key was pressed, search the contacts as usual. if other key is pressed, print it and reset the timer.
This would allow me to write the number or initials fast and then wait a few seconds for the search instead of waiting a few seconds for each button I press.
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With that many contacts, I'd recommend voice dialing them. Use your phone's built-in recorder. It's not magical or anything, but it's adequate, and much faster than typing half the phone number in by hand, and you're one button click from activating it. Just be sure to use a consistent method for recording, such as "first name, last name" for all your dials, and as long as you know the name, you've got it licked.

the problem is with these many contacts I don't remember the name, I have to start typing what I remember and then choose from the list. And usually what I remember is similar to 5-6 contacts so I can't use voice dialing

What about a scrolling directory, like PocketCM?

again, that would be fine if I remembered the first name, but sometimes I remember the first, other times the middle, even others the last... I really need a full search like the native smardial but that search should only be made after I stop typing and not after every key

Good luck, then. Sorry.

Actually, pocketCM DOES allow you to search by first name, last name (probably middle name too), or phone number. Try it and see if it's any faster. It might be, since it caches all contacts, and doesn't have to connect to outlook's database. Caching also has a downside - it will take some time when you start the program before you see any contacts. But when you keep the program running in the background and don't close it, only minimize, it's not a big problem.
To start searching, bring up the pocketCM's dialpad (phone button in default skin), and start typing.

I tried it and it's actually slower than the native smartdial. This because I have to write the name in the keyboard instead of just using the phone buttons to enter text.

paulo_andre said:
I tried it and it's actually slower than the native smartdial. This because I have to write the name in the keyboard instead of just using the phone buttons to enter text.
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If you're in PocketCM, you can click the phone icon to call up a dial pad. Start entering the desired number, and the directory will start narrowing the list of numbers that match until you have the one you want.
You really should give this program a chance, instead of dismissing it without actually using it as it was intended (which is to have many ways to get to the desired phone number as quickly as possible). Your patience will be rewarded.

SMS - how to call back sender?

So I did a little searching and couldn't find my answer. This should be an easy one for you guys.
I am new to Windows Mobile and when I receive an SMS from someone whose number I don't have stored it shows up in my conversation window with just the senders number.
example:
12131234567
"how r u?"
Now when I click the number to call the person back it won't let me. It says the number is not in your contacts, would you like to add it?
Here is the deal. What if I don't want to add it, I just want to call the sender to find out who the hell they are first. Can this be done? If so, how?

Highlight the number with the dpad and hit the call hard button?

callmemoe said:
Highlight the number with the dpad and hit the call hard button?
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that method does not work on my english x1i.
when i do that: highlight the number then hit the call button, when i hit the call button it just opens up the dialer and shows me the last call that i made.

You have to highlight it with dpad, not with touch screen. It is working without any problem on my UK X1.

ell82 said:
You have to highlight it with dpad, not with touch screen. It is working without any problem on my UK X1.
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thanks, wow. didn't know there was a difference between highlighting with touch vs with the d pad, but obviously so. thanks, that one was killing me though i still think its rather inconvenient to do it. i wish you could just tap the number and it gives you options with what to do with the number instead of having you do different actions to execute different tasks.

On my X1i Uk generic...
From the in-box just highlight(select) the message from the list with the D-Pad. If you use the touchscreen, the problem it will open it!!!
Then just hit the call button. it will open a window to verify number to dial and at the bottom of the screen it has a "Call " or "menu" soft button ....
Stuart

methodz said:
thanks, wow. didn't know there was a difference between highlighting with touch vs with the d pad, but obviously so. thanks, that one was killing me though i still think its rather inconvenient to do it. i wish you could just tap the number and it gives you options with what to do with the number instead of having you do different actions to execute different tasks.
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To call even faster you can just use call button on unopend sms (for ex. you can read it, then close it fast with ok button and next hit call button to call this person).

[Q] Quick way to switch between keyboards...?

Is there a quick way of changing the keyboard? I find I use QWERTY for some apps, Phone Pad in other apps....

long press (3 secs or so) on the screen where you are typing, then release, you should get a pop up displaying, "input method" or something like it, click it and select they keyboard you want from the list.
that's it

paulus_01 said:
long press (3 secs or so) on the screen where you are typing, then release, you should get a pop up displaying, "input method" or something like it, click it and select they keyboard you want from the list.
that's it
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Thanks for the quick reply.... however that doesn't work for me. When I long-press I get text select/copy/paste options.

paulus_01 said:
long press (3 secs or so) on the screen where you are typing, then release, you should get a pop up displaying, "input method" or something like it, click it and select they keyboard you want from the list.
that's it
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Thats for changing the version of keypad youre using. Think the op still wants the HTC keypad just a quick option from moving between phone keypad and qwerty.
Id also like a quick way of swapping. Used to have it on my other HTCs with a settings key on bottom left but isnt there on this one.
Only 2 options i can think of. 1) install the HTC_IME keypad mod from another phone or 2) quickest way is to turn phone to landscape mode.

Keyboard Manager
I think this is what you are looking for, but you need to be rooted. http://www.droid-life.com/2010/11/1...oose-keyboard-depending-on-phone-orientation/

skimminstones said:
Thats for changing the version of keypad youre using. Think the op still wants the HTC keypad just a quick option from moving between phone keypad and qwerty.
Id also like a quick way of swapping. Used to have it on my other HTCs with a settings key on bottom left but isnt there on this one.
Only 2 options i can think of. 1) install the HTC_IME keypad mod from another phone or 2) quickest way is to turn phone to landscape mode.
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Hmm, if so, the question posted is really unclear
so to test my understanding, if I use the keyboard that came with the phone, on the bottom right (in portrait mode) there is this button [12#], if I press this, I get a keyboard for symbols & numbers, this is not what you mean?
Or do you really want a keypad, like your keyboard has or the phone option shows?