thinking of moving from X2 to Droid 3 for the keyboard

[IdaBoy]

I am thinking of moving from X2 to Droid 3 for the keyboard, and was hoping for any input on what to look out for. The touch screen keyboard is my main pain because of my big hands and fingers, and I think the physical keyboard will help.

[GoCliffGo05]

A physical keyboard may help, sure. Have you ever though about just going with a larger phone? Like the Note 2?

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[IdaBoy]

No I haven't. I have seen but never held a Note ii in my hand. The Droid X2 is getting a bit large for the shirt pocket and I know the Droid 3 is a bit heavier, which I think will be a good thng also.

[Lyndylulu]

I've always had a phone with a physical keyboard, but recently I don't use it much. Swype is pretty nifty, and a stylus pen helps with fat finger syndrome. I am not going to get the physical keyboard with my next phone, just one with a bigger screen.

[IdaBoy]

I will check into the stylus pen but to be honest if it's just another thing to get lost it may not work out for me. So far I actually like the phone and I think the extra weight helps. Good responce from screen but the home keys lack the responce to my touch.

[PIMKO]

Best physical keyboard phone out there, IMO.

[Gary_D]

I got a Droid 3 thinking the same thing about the keyboard and I've never used it, I found Swype to be what I needed and also the speech to text works real good too, and i'm a big guy and it hasn't been a problem using Swype, in my opinion once you have the keyboard memorized you barely have to look at it to text

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[themib]

I like the d3 keyboard,
but the best reason to switch from dx2 to D3 is that there is a compatible safestrap 3

[IdaBoy]

I am still a bit hesitant in installing or changing my phone. I am dependent on my phone daily for work, so I can't afford a screw up and a bricked phone. Although I have 2 stand by phones from my days with Verizon, I still like my Droid.

[themib]

the great thing about safestrap 3, is you can leave your stock rom, the custom roms install on the internal memory card
I have flashed several roms on my d3, and haven't had to wipe my stock rom or recover with a sbf flash
main issue from switching back and forth, is keeping call log/texts synced. I use sms backup + which automatically backs them up to my gmail, then just need to restore when I switch roms, or just read them in gmail/sms folder