Damn you, autocorrect! School gets locked down after teen texts "gunman" instead of "gunna"

7. iwebdroidberry7 posted on 01 Mar 2012, 03:14 13

Where did it say it was a iPhone that sent the message, dumbass?

11. frydaexiii posted on 01 Mar 2012, 04:24 11

Because only iPhones have auto-correct (android has word suggestions)...and only an idiot would send something "autocorrected" without checking it first, an idiot who's probably to dumb to use android anyway

16. ibap posted on 01 Mar 2012, 06:20 6

Android does have autocorrrect, depending on what keyboard you are using. But the reason you need suggestion or autocorrect is the on-screen keyboard. I'm looking forward to going back to a physical keyboard on my next phone. That is one reason people love their Blackberry phones, and the touch-screen-only Storm didn't make it.

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18. jaytai0106 posted on 01 Mar 2012, 08:08 1

I still wonder what phone this person used. But I have to say Blackberry has the best auto correct out there. You can even use "text replace" (I can't remember what is it called) depends on your texting habit. I still remember I could type in "wayd" and it would be replaced by "what are you doing" on screen :D Loved it so much!!!!

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24. N.Reynolds posted on 01 Mar 2012, 09:47 2

Must of been an HTC phone. Just tried it on my Thunderbolt and it switched it from gunna to gunman once I pressed space.

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31. danny_a2005 posted on 01 Mar 2012, 17:03 0

this is true, it happens with my desire z too

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36. Triton posted on 02 Mar 2012, 22:59 0

It was not an iPhone. I typed gunna and it auto corrects to Gunna on my iPhone. The iphone chat interface on this article was used to get you haters to post.

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23. Sniggly posted on 01 Mar 2012, 09:14 0

It's more likely. Android's autocorrect is much more visible than the iPhone's, so it's a lot harder to miss if it's making your text say "gunman." It's possible it was another device, and I blame the idiot who didn't check his message or the number it went to, but it's definitely more likely an iPhone that was involved.

35. Triton posted on 02 Mar 2012, 22:57 0

It was not an iPhone. I typed gunna and it auto corrects to Gunna on my iPhone. The iphone chat interface on this article was used to get you haters to post.

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17. messiah posted on 01 Mar 2012, 07:51 3

I blame the school.... for teaching the kid to accept slack writting skills. Gunna, seriously? There was a time where t9 texting was counter intuitive and a pain in the ass, so everything became shortened, eg: txt, lmafo, lol.... but now typing is faster than on a laptop.
Stop being lazy.

22. clevername posted on 01 Mar 2012, 09:10 0

Android has autocorrect too. In fact I find the autocorrect on my s2 to be terrible. From both the android stock keyboard and the samsung one. As a matter of fact I had to download the iphone emulator keyboard just to have a decent keyboard. But even that has a downside(no mic button for speach to text).

5. drahmad posted on 01 Mar 2012, 02:55 2

*mad* *after reading the message*

10. abdane posted on 01 Mar 2012, 04:16 0

uhm... maghrib is an arabic word... not english, u dont want autocorrect, just disable it or add the word to dictionary... and iPhone will also autocorrect the word to smthn else...

13. drahmad posted on 01 Mar 2012, 04:47 0

i know.

28. AhmadAlsayegh posted on 01 Mar 2012, 11:22 1

"Maghrib" is evening, afternoon is "dohor" or as some say "zohor"

29. LoneShaolin posted on 01 Mar 2012, 13:35 0

You are correct sir. I do believe drahmad is a troll

25. asimo posted on 01 Mar 2012, 10:11 0

Swiftkey on Android allows 3 languages simultaneously, and has the best almost mind-reading prediction algorithm. I barely type words anymore

21. Virile posted on 01 Mar 2012, 08:37 0

Just tried it and it auto corrected to gunnar

19. Daniel.P posted on 01 Mar 2012, 08:29 0

Corrected, thanks

26. McFrost69 posted on 01 Mar 2012, 10:14 0

There. Their. They're not the same.