I really believe that the majority of those mistakes were due to the automatic word-complete choosing the wrong word for the person typing. That happens a lot. Every time I type "Ooops" on my iPhone, it changes it to "Poop". I have sent business email messages that said "Poop" when I didn't want them to. Then of course I had to write back and apologize and say "Ooops, I didn't mean to type Poop", but that "Ooops" was converted to "Poop" too!

So what do you all think, were most of the mistakes in the report due to mis-typing or due to the auto-completion?

'kito

I find that my typos come from trying to use texting jargon or contractions such as "bcs" for "because"; the dictionary kicks in and turns it into something else entirely. If I'm tapping it in using proper English, then I have no problems.

Sounds to me this is just another one of the "to order" surveys aiming to ramp up a virtual support to smart phones which are being pushed out by a new and superior platform - iPhone. All you have to do is have a "study" show up claiming "this or that", based on debatable premises, unstandardized testing and dubious statistical processing/accuracy. And - PRESTO, iPhone suddenly doesn't look so good, does it?

This is the main reason I went back to MotoQ9h...texting on iPhone sux! Among other things, still no batch texting for text forwarding. iPhone is for entertainment, not for business.

Agree with Markito. I have become quite reliant upon the auto-word complete feature... however, more often than not, MY mistakes are corrected. HATE it when I have to text on my non-iPhone but am more diligent when doing so.

I feel that the iPhone has improved my texting skills. But I do agree that the auto-completion is culprit here. Texting with my old phone made me abbreviate everything. Now I can crank out full sentences, quickly and have someone on the other end understand my message. They don't have to take out a text messaging dictionary to relate.

I just use my index finger to type and I make sure my spelling and puntuation is correct before I hit send.

I'm old.

I have problems texting when I can't look at the phone for obvious reasons. On other phones you can feel it out without looking at the keypad. But if I'm doing nothing but typing and looking at my phone I type much faster (and w/o typos) than the old style except when I have problems with the auto-completion feature like Kito.

The biggest problem is that if the phone kicks in and suggests a wrong correction, unless you manually reject it, when you hit the space bar it will change your word. It's hard to get used to because 95% of the time the phone is correct but at those few times (like when you try and type oops!) you will have a false sense of security because you have typed out your whole word and the phone just doesn't know it. If you are in a hurry you might find yourself quite embarrassed. Dismissing the wrong correction just doesn't come naturally for some reason. Maybe because the neccessity to do so happens so rarely.

I find accidentally hitting the space bar to be pretty annoying because it prevents the auto-completion from kicking in. I have encountered problems with incorrect auto-completion, but that's usually searching for something in imdb or google. My first day with my iPhone I typed an email survey response and was amazed at how quickly I was typing.

That said, the auto-completion seems to have a huge problem. My focus is on the keys, so when it suggests something, I don't always notice. This means I don't get to take advantage when it gets the correct word or notice when it changes what I've typed.

@Markito, there are only two O's in oops. If you didn't insist on the third O, your iPhone wouldn't change it to poop.

I don't buy it. I'm much more accurate on my iPhone than I was on my old Blackberry Pearl.

I like to respond HA when's something funny or ironic! iPhone won't let me, so, it's HA! to me.

I have found that the key to typing on the iPhone is be sure to hit the space bar to get the auto correct working for me. I found that when I go too fast, I hit a C, V or B instead. When this happens, I have big problems and especially lose the ability to type a period by a double tap space bar.

How to type on the iPhone.....

In general, the typos that occur on the iPhone can be easily resolved by looking at the keyboard differently.

In general most people accidentally press the key the right of the one intended. This is because you are inclined to be cautious, since the keys are so tiny, this is how the typos occur.

More Cautious = More Typos

Don't Aim for just the letter, treat the key and the grey spaces on either side as the whole size of the key and I guarantee you will eliminate your typos.

And Use the bottom of your finger NOT the tip. See for yourself

I'm with Dave-O. Biggest culprit seems to be the typing-assist. Focus is watching your finger and keyboard and I don't see the suggestions. I know its intentional in the design, but it seems awkward to tap an incorrect suggestion to avoid it.

As long as you spell out complete words, it is reasonable. But if I type shorthand such as mtg for meeting, mktg for marketing and kbd for keyboard... the typing assist really botches it up.

All I can say is "poops"

Jim

I actually think I've gotten pretty good at watching the auto-correct feature. After I got the wrong word a couple times, I consciously made myself focus on both the keys and the text being entered. Now it's just normal, and I don't have to worry about it.

Still, I the auto-correct on the iPhone is not as helpful as it is when using a traditional number pad phone. My thumb (I use the single-hand typing method) is constantly hitting the wrong keys, so I usually need to type out most or all of the word before it can guess what I meant. With number keys, you can type just one or two letters and then scroll (if necessary) the finished word. That method is even better when I don't know exactly how to spell said word.

There was also an adjustment period when I kept trying to shorten everything, but to be honest, I was so glad to get rid of that habit. In my opinion, the iPhone isn't bad for texting... but it isn't as fast as my regular cellphone was.

Also, it's strangely exciting to see real words and sentences spring out of my total gibberish :)

I have to say that is uncomfortable to text or type with the iPhone.

i'm waiting for them to add a "Cancel" button. I always see my mistakes as the progress bar is sending my message :-(

Allow text message and e-mail typing in landscape mode and the typos will reduce dramatically. Are you listening Apple?

I haven't had many problems with texting. The only thing I find some what annoying is accidentally hitting send when going for a " P ".

I totally disagree with this survey. I am way more accurate and quicker on my iPhone than any other phone I have had! While the autocorrect annoys me sometimes, it helps me on a lot of words too!

Just another thing trying to hate on my iPhone!

I think the Treo was faster. The large horizontal keyboard for the iPhone will help. External BT keyboards for the iPhone will also help. It should also have a "spoken spelling" feature.

Love the iphone, hate the texting on iphone! Don't mind the keyboard, your brain adapts to it, but not being able to send batch emails, forward emails or send or receive text pictures is archaic! Come on Apple, you are better than that! Address these issues! These same complaints are all over the web!

I have the iphone and I cannot believe that you cannot receive and send pictures through a text it's retarded. I also hate that you can't forward a text message onto people from one you received. The iphone is a great machine but it also needs alot of updates still.