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App Showdown: Tappable Keyboard Alternatives

Posted 01/31/2012 at 10:15am | by J Keirn-Swanson

A long time ago, typewriter keyboards were laid out alphabetically, but typists got so good and so fast they jammed the keys. The invention of the QWERTY keyboard was designed to slow them down. It's what we all learn in typing classes, but in the age of touch screens does it really make sense anymore? Some app developers are banking on you being interested in something new.

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Typing Special Symbols in OS X and iOS

Posted 09/13/2010 at 8:46am | by Scott Rose

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I’m a university law professor, and apparently I’m the only person who has ever wanted to type the © and ® and ™ symbols. I can’t find them on my iPhone, and I can’t find them on my Mac. I need to type these symbols regularly.

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Video: Draw! Fastest Typing on the iPhone After All?

Posted 08/25/2010 at 5:07am | by J.R. Bookwalter

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One of the earliest complaints about the iPhone among heavy users of SMS text messaging was the lack of a hardware keyboard -- but it appears that lightning-fast typing is indeed possible on a software keyboard after all.

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iPad vs. Keyboard - The Typing Challenge

Posted 04/30/2010 at 2:32pm | by Florence Ion

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Associate Online Editor Flo tests her typing skills on the iPad, a MacBook Pro's keyboard, and the standard Apple keyboard to see how iPad stacks up against a standard keyboard. The results actually surprised us.

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Touch-Typing for Newbs

Posted 12/29/2009 at 1:41am | by jamor

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I just got a new iPod touch, and I love it so far, but I’m still getting used to a few things, including typing on the touchscreen. Any tips to speed up my acclimation a little?

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Typey Typey -- Become a Better Typist

Posted 09/02/2009 at 1:04am | by jamor

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I am not the fastest typist. Any tips for how to improve, or is there any software that can help me work around this?

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