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By default, the T-Mobile Galaxy Note uses Swype as its keyboard, which is a rather perplexing decision, seeing as how Samsung's own keyboard is vastly superior -- save for the ability to trace words, anyway.
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For those looking for even greater flexibility and control of their Smart TV experience, Samsung's new Smart Wireless Keyboard (sold separately) features a standard-sized keyboard along with touch pad.
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Jon Reynolds, chief executive of smartphone keyboard-technology maker SwiftKey, said Samsung's success with the Galaxy S III is a double-edged sword, building interest in the new product while also heightening expectations and the chances of disappointment.
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The Samsung combination of the stylus and their Swype-esque keyboard (or your finger) makes writing a big email a lot more pleasant and accurate than poking the awkward fringes of the slim iPhone 5.
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In addition to Swype, you've got access to the stock Android 2.1 keyboard (which some folks prefer) in addition to a Samsung one, which is further configurable as full QWERTY, XT9, or -- on the Captivate only -- a handwriting mode, though it's more trouble than it's worth.
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The TouchWiz UI is plenty speedy, the browser was about as good as you could expect a Samsung dumbphone browser to be, we had an easy time adapting to the landscape QWERTY keyboard (and the numeric one, for that matter), and -- this is a biggie -- the screen felt really good.
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