This Lumia 900 I have is probably the first time I find vertical orientation typing to be actually fun. Probably because there's enough space on the keys this time around.

What about you guys?

In Portrait, typing on a keyboard can be pretty hard for me. My thumbs are huge, but with Swype, things are a lot easier, if I want to put up with the constant word errors. In Landscape, I can put up with pretty much any keyboard. With my Xperia Play, I prefer to use the Android Keyboard over the Swype keyboard, even thought it doubles some letters there are a lot less mistakes in my typing, AND it's fast.

With my iPod Touch, it took a while to get used to it, but I actually prefer portrait to landscape when typing. Or browsing for that matter. Relying on autocorrect, I can still type at a decent speed. It's just that typing "I'm" is a big pain.

I personally dislike virtual keyboards and prefer something tactile. Then again, I haven't been forced to use one unless using someone else's phone.

I'm actually okay with both kinds of keyboards. When I had a texting phone, my speed was the same as with my Xperia Play and comfortable, too. However, my favorite will always be the large enough one I have sitting safely under my desk.

Touch screen phones are my specialty. I can type faster on them, without looking (which is impressive, considering there isn't anything on my screen to use as a landmark for where my fingers are), than I can on my laptop. And I don't mind actual keys, it just takes about 5 seconds to adjust and I'm off typing at my regular lightning speed.

I'm okay with either orientations, the auto correct kills me though.

I've noticed that Windows Phone autocorrect is awkwardly passive compared to iPhone and SwiftKey autocorrection. It seems to want to be really, really sure that it's really a typo before doing something to it. That might have something to do with me liking my new phone.

With the iPhone I bought yesterday, I got to experience its virtual keyboard. Needless to say, a laptop's materialistic keyboard is way more convenient, but the iPhone's is still manageable. I remember having a Nokia Xpress Music with a virtual keyboard and that was a true pain.

I prefer laptop keyboards > my windows 7 phone keyboard.. But still, I like the perks of the smilies on the phone keyboard

oh no mine has a smilie button and it changes the keyboard map. But still, its still helpful. My most used one is probably the <3 xD

When I was playing around with my iPod, I noticed all the different things each key would activate when pressed down, so I started playing with those. And that's why I never type the word "Pokemon." I always use "Pokémon."

I myself prefer the actual physical keyboard, but there are a few third-party software keyboards that work really well. I use Swiftkey X myself and it has some really smart auto-completion, so it's at least livable.

I can only speak for an iPhone, and the keyboard for that seriously is bad. It is completely glitchy. It sometimes pops up on the main screen, which is utterly annoying. Sometimes (which I call sticky keys) the keys pop up to show that I pressed it and then stays. That is one thing that is annoying. So that is why I don't like it. But I do like how you can download other keyboard to make symbols and such.

I can't stand virtual keyboards unless I have to.

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My old smartphone, a Palm Pre Plus, had tactile buttons that were hard to press. You had to really squash your thumbs against the knobby keys to get them to click and it made me sore. Typing was a workout. I'll take the iPhone's autocorrecting virtual keys any day.