<p>Welcome to the world of the cellular. <br>
First - there are various keyboards available for the device. Their key size might differ, layout might differ, and ease of use, for you in person, would differ as well. <br>
About stylus - you will need a device designed for capacitive screen. Although I am not familiar with your device in particular, most devices today are capacitive, meaning they react to the human electrical charge, our something like that. You can purchase such a device for very cheap at deal extreme, or for very expensive in Israel. </p>
<p>Service quality differ depending on many factors. Usually, passing cars are not part of them. It could be that your friend's land line phone was a wireless one, and it's all his "fault". Could be that you are in the area of overlapping cellular antennas, and your call switched between cells. Try to wait before judging the system just a little while. Most people do not feel that land lines are superior compared to cellular communication. This could be because, from the perspective of the caller - it is not. </p>
<p>Good luck and enjoy your new device. </p>
<p>Ez</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 4, 2011 11:28 PM, "Stan Goodman" <<a href="mailto:stan.goodman@hashkedim.com">stan.goodman@hashkedim.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> As per Subject, this is my first smart phone, and I am engaged in trying <br>
> to discover if I myself as smart as it is; the outlook is bleak. More <br>> than it should be because the documentation seems to be written for a <br>> reader who already knows the score and needs only a bit of memory <br>
> nudging to recall the drill. As OT as this is, I hope I can ask here for <br>> answers to a few questions.<br>> <br>> The instrument is HTC Aria. The two questions that are bugging me at the <br>> moment are:<br>
> <br>> 1) The on-screen keyboard for writing messages defeats me, because the <br>> "keys" are absurdly narrow, certainly more so than my fingers, and there <br>> is absolutely no chance that I would ever be able to peck out even a <br>
> short coherent message with them. This suggests that there must be a way <br>> to type with a stylus, rather then directly with fingers. I have tried <br>> to use objects made of various materials, but so far nothing works. How <br>
> do people type on these things?<br>> <br>> 2) I succeeded in telphoning to a friend this evening, to his land-line <br>> phone. For a while, the sound I got was quite good and distinct, but <br>> after a bit, it began to fade in and out, so that cconversation became <br>
> intermittent and impossible. There is a cell-phone tower less than a <br>> kilometer away from my home. Is this the level of service that I have to <br>> look forward too? The fading suggests that the communication may be <br>
> affected by passing vehiles; is this possiblle over such a short <br>> distance?<br>> -- <br>> Stan Goodman<br>> Qiryat Tiv'on<br>> Israel<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>
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