to consume digital content but prefer to use the computer when it comes to typing a lengthy blog post or document rather than typing it on the iPad using the virtual keyboard.
You can always use Apple ’s wireless keyboard to connect and type on your iPad but Cliff Thier has other ideas. He has developed an iPad accessory to address this issue.
Hunt-and-peck typing “hijacks” the thinking part of your brain, making it unavailable for more important (more…)

With BlindType, users can type on the touch screen the way they are used to, but without the traditional need to constantly focus on the keyboard. Although this would typically lead to countless spelling mistakes that would be impossible to autocorrect, BlindType predicts what the user intended to write with a success rate not previously seen on any other system.
Just type the way you are used to – no gestures, nothing new to learn!
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If you remember, iTwinge was designed for users who find it difficult to write messages with the iPhone touch screen. By tugging a
on to the iPhone , it helped them relive their Blackberry experience. While some of our readers did like the idea, a lot many of you thought it was a bad idea to go for a touch screen phone and then tug a physical keyboard on to it.
Now with 4iThumbs, there is no physical keyboard to tug. Instead, it offers a transparent (more…)

So how is it different from typing on a QWERTY keyboard? Well, the letters of the alphabet are aligned in pretty much the same way as in a QWERTY keyboard. But instead of pressing the letters one by one while typing a message, swyping lets you to simply touch and drag your finger across the screen to the various letters to input the text.
This new technology has been developed by Cliff Kushler who is also well known for developing the T9 predictive (more…)