One thing that is bothering me quite bit is the lack of auto-correction that seems to exist on every other modern mobile platform out there (BlackBerry, webOS, Android, iPhone). Typing out words that have contraction do not auto-correct, double space does not insert a period, typing the letter "i" doesn't automatically capitalize it, nor does using the spacebar fix/complete for you. To make matters worse, auto word completion makes you reach for the right arrow key to complete the word. I've filed a bug on bugzilla, if you feel the same about it, please vote for it.
Agreed. The n810 used to have auto word prompt as a bar in the lower part of the screen. IT was very easy to reach. The arrow keys are very hard to reach in the n900. I wish the word would complete if we touched the orange part of the prompt. It used to be like that in the n810 for the thumb keypad
However, for some reason it's listed there as "invalid" -- I don't know what is meant by that, and I'm finding Brainstorm takes forever to load. Anyone else able to shed some light?
I think this is a great functionality for the N900 to have (heck, I wish Diablo had it!) and is worth fighting for. If you have doubts, read the above-mentioned thread, especially posts #1 and #14 by zkyevolved.
That "bug" is stated in an awfully narrow fashion. For "autotext," one of the features would be that it is implemented device-wide, not just for SMS; that it can, for example, replace a several-character character string with a full paragraph, etc.
i totally agree that the n900 needs an auto correction thing going on, similar to the iphone which means you dont look like a fool when u send a finished (with errors) text or email to someone.
especially necessary because of the keyboards hard use and the n900 is such a good device in other fields minus the battery life
this auto correction software should also have an option to be turned on or off.
