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Part I: Getting Started
Figure 1-16: The software keyboard.
For example, if you’re searching for the Seattle Art Museum within Seattle on
Bing Maps, you tap the Search button, and the keyboard in Figure 1-16 will
pop up on the screen, as shown in Figure 1-17.
In this case, a text box pops up in addition to the keyboard. As you tap out
“Seattle Art Museum,” the text appears in the box on the screen as if you had
typed it on a hardware keyboard. When you tap the Search button, the key-
board disappears and the location of the Seattle Art Museum is highlighted
on your phone. The phone is smart enough to know when the keyboard
should appear and disappear.
If you find that your software-only keyboard is frustrating, many cellular car-
riers offer a trade-in program. If you return your phone to the store within a
limited time, such as 30 days, they’ll exchange it for a model with a built-in
hardware keyboard.
If your phone has a hardware keyboard, the software keyboard doesn’t pop
up automatically.
Thumbing on your hardware keyboard
Some Windows Phone models have a slide-out keyboard. The advantage
of a hardware keyboard is that it offers more tactile feedback than a touch
screen. You may prefer this as an alternative to only having the software
keyboard.
If you have a hardware keyboard but find that you are happiest using the
software keyboard, you may be able to take advantage of a trade-in program
and get a Windows Phone without a hardware keyboard.
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