by Simon Ng on January 10, 2010
Earlier, we covered a cydia hack called BTStack that lets you connect a bluetooth keyboard with jailbroken iPhone. Compared with those physical keyboard solutions such as iTwinge and iType, the hack offers the best way to pair a physicial keyboard with iPhone (of course, for jailbroken one only).
The developers of BTStack have further tweaked [...]
by Simon Ng on January 9, 2010
Probably companies still think iPhone users are sick of the virtual keyboard of iPhone and continue to develop physical solution for it. Earlier, we have iTwinge, developed by Mobile Mechatronic, which is a lightweight keyboard sleeve that attaches to the bottom of the iPhone. Yesterday, Ion Audio debuted another physical keyboard named iType for your [...]
by Simon Ng on November 29, 2009
On Monday, Techcrunch has posted a video that showed a side-by-side comparison of typing on the Omnia II versus on an iPhone. Omnia II from Samsung is the first touch-screen phone integrated with Swype technology.
For starter, Swype is a faster and easier way of typing for on-screen keyboard. The patented technology can apply on various [...]
by Simon Ng on November 20, 2009
NumPad, an iPhone app from Edovia Inc, targets to turn your iPhone into wireless numeric pad. For most laptop keyboards, they do not come with a numeric keypad. Or you have purchased Apple’s wireless keyboard, which does not include the numeric keypad. Then this iPhone app will be a great companion for you.
NumPad connects your [...]
by Simon Ng on September 21, 2009
Last Fri, I covered the world’s first commercial keyboard for iPhone – The iTwinge. At that time, I do not have any video to demonstrate the hand-on experience of iTwinge. Now, the company has published a video to show you how iTwinge works and how fast you can type with the physical keyboard.
After checking out [...]
by Simon Ng on September 18, 2009
When iPhone was first debut in Jun 2007, some users criticized the lack of physical keyboard is a big drawback. Personally, I do not find any problem with the virtual keyboard. I already get used to it and can type quite fast. If you’re not using iPhone for typing your thesis or lengthy article, the [...]
by Simon Ng on May 2, 2009
Guys from Crave TV had put both iPhone and Netbook into an extreme challenge – Typing test in a rally car going at 80mph:
Our challenge was pretty simple: hop into the passenger seat alongside 14-time European Rallycross champion Kenneth Hansen, hurtle around Lydden race track in Dover, and attempt to type, ‘The quick brown fox [...]
by Simon Ng on April 20, 2009
You probably have voiced out or heard similar complaints from other iPhone users:
“The keys are too small for my big finger!”
“The keys are closed to each other. There is not enough room between them and contribute typos.”
“How can I type faster on iPhone?”
A new iPhone app called iTypeFastR targets to let you type faster with [...]
by Simon Ng on March 26, 2009
Do you need an external iPhone Keyboard? This may be a cheap solution.
Earlier, an iPhone hacker has posted a very cool video in his blog that shows an iPhone is paired with an Apple Bluetooth keyboard. Though it’s just a prototype, undoubtedly, that solution will only work on jailbroken iPhone.
This time, PerceptDev engineers Zack [...]