Do you use 1 hand or 2 hands to Text Messages?
By poohgal
@poohgal (6845)
Singapore
June 26, 2008 10:52am CST
Today I was in a public bus and I noticed a girl in front of me using 2 hands to text her message.
I remember when I received my first mobile phone years ago, I also texted using 2 hands. Over time, due to familiarity with the mobile phone key pad and functions, now I text using only 1 hand.
How about you? Do you Text using 1 hand or 2 hands?
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19 responses
@padu19 (1441)
• India
26 Jun 08
Initially i used both my hands to type messages.. But then after a course of time i started typing with one hand...
In fact i don't even look at the keypad these days.. I have got familiar with the position of keys and thus type blindly. Also i type very fast these days...
@manoj1502 (854)
• India
27 Jun 08
Ya i too used to type with two hands but i use only one hand as i got used to it
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@anujain75 (1059)
• India
26 Jun 08
I also noticed people using their both hands for typing text messages.I am none of them.I tried it seeing other people but I fail.In this way we can type fast than with a single hand.
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@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
27 Jun 08
Haha.. I'm different from u.. I started out using just 1 hand.. But as i keep changing my phone, my texting method also changes and i begin to text with 2 hands.. lol ^_^ BUt sometimes i will find it troublesome to text it with 2 hands, so i will revert back to one again.. ANd my patten keep changing till now, i can text using either my right or left hand, as well as both hands together.. lol
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@Desierra1004 (1213)
• Malaysia
27 Jun 08
Hie Poohgal, I used to initially but have picked up the multitask skills over the years..most of the time the other hand will be doing something else.
I have seen some who uses one finger ( index finger )to press the key pads with full concentration I guess the thumb is too big and I wonder...first of all, why get such a small size cell phone!!!!
Cheers and happy posting!
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@Desierra1004 (1213)
• Malaysia
27 Jun 08
Well! Some old folks do that, not so user friendly for them. But yet they want to get the smaller and 'lighter' cellphones
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
28 Jun 08
I use both hands usually.
I am a relatively fast sms texter (I think) though I don't really send many text messages.
@valerie37 (1002)
• Christiansburg, Virginia
27 Jun 08
I use two. I always have. I've just never tried using only one.
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@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
27 Jun 08
I don't send out text messages but when I dial someone's phone number I use only one hand. I use my left hand to hold the phone, and my left thumb to dial it. I watch my daughter when she is text messaging and she uses just her left hand and left thumb. She is so fast I am always amazed at it. I just can't get used to text messaging so I just don't do it.
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@sk66rc (4250)
• United States
1 Jul 08
I'm a 2 hander now... My previous phone was a slider & I used to use only 1 hand but now I have blackberry, I use both hands... I just type faster that way with this phone... I use this phone for both simple text messages & regular e-mail as well & I just find it easier if I use both hands...
@teardrops1188 (16)
• Philippines
27 Jun 08
using 2 hands in texting is just a part of familiarizing the keypad.
i am like that when i had my 1st cellphone but then after a week i'm starting to get used of using 1 hand in texting.
i think everyone had their own way of texting, if they're used of using 2 hands maybe its a lot more easier and quicker, especially if you're not doing anything else aside from texting. (*o*)
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@moveadlung76 (671)
• Malaysia
28 Jun 08
For me if i using my phone to sms, i normally using only 1 hands to made or reply sms. This habbit is i practise already since i got my first handphone in couple years back. I think the reason i using 1 hands when i sms is because i also using 1 hands to write with my pencil.
@ajesh_pullad (2251)
• India
27 Jun 08
Hi friend, i type on mobile for text messaging and browsing. I believe i have a good typing speed in mobile. Even now i am typing with my two hands. Sometimes i used my mobile for browsing Mylot. Thanks.
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@pinklilly (3443)
• Australia
27 Jun 08
I use One hand to text, I find it quicker for some reason... My thumb does all the work... I never really think about it though but now that you brought this question up I will take more notice of other people texting now.....
@squaretile (3778)
• Singapore
27 Jun 08
I message with two hands cos i think it's faster. sometimes if one hand is busy i can message with just one hand.
overall, the best part is that i am so used to messaging with a phone pad that i can do so without looking at the numbers. i'm sure lots of people do that as well. it's like typing on a laptop keyboard without looking at the keypad or the screen.
@Emma30587 (402)
•
26 Jun 08
I only use one hand. I think I was the same as you, when I 1st got a phone and everything was new I used two hands, but now i only use one. I dont think I would be able to use two hands now!!!!
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