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One thing that is lacking from the Palm Pre is an on-screen keyboard, while I am no huge fans of virtual keyboards, they do come in handy when you just cannot find the time to slide out that physical keyboard just for some basic texting or whatever. Here's a video showcasing the Palm Pre with virtual keyboard, everything is a bit buggy as this thing is not from Palm themselves, hopefully it will get better.
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TouchPal is an innovative software keyboard powered by T+ input technology, which significantly improves the inputting experience on touchscreen handheld devices.

With TouchPal, the input speed on touchscreen can be 40 – 80 Words per Minute (WPM) without a stylus. This is even faster than the input with a hardware keyboard. TouchPal is also a winning product of the Best Software Award 2008 of Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine, the Best Utilities Award of Orange App Store, and etc.

TouchPal v4.0 is the latest release with better performance and enhanced user experience. It still supports both predictive and precise input, with THREE layouts on one keyboard: T+, Full QWERTY, 9-key PhonePad. Below is a brief list of the new features of TouchPal v4.0.




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Teksoft FingerTouch Pro is one of the coolest and maybe most useful keyboards released for windows mobile platform. It is a replacement for the default WM5 or WM6 keyboard you have preinstalled. Teksoft just sent me the registration key and the first thing I need to do is to register the program, I need to go to start/settings/input, select Fingertouch Pro from the dropdown menu and select options/register and input my registration code. Now it's a full-featured program and it is ready for testing.



From the Fingertouch options menu you may set up the program with various options. They include customization of your theme (Fonts, Size, Skins and Color of the text), the layout (it can be used for resizing you keyboard or drag&drop keys wherever you want). You have also options to use the magnifier for easier text input, the fT9, a replacement of T9 text inputing method with own dicionary, or control the keyboard with gestures. Next in the options menu is Ultra Kb. It gives you the option to set up a predefind action and trigger for it, with which you can dial numbers, execute files, rotate screen, etc in just a moment. The last options are about the keyboard speed and the default input keyboard and language for it.


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What is that? Palm could display a mobile phone at CES running on NOVA, which is their new OS? We all know that coming up to the beginning of CES, rumors tend to run rampant so let's take this with a teaspoon of salt
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The next-generation Shadow smartphone from T-Mobile will be released on Jan. 28 in red and white colors.
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Yes folks, the reported "Cupcake" update for Android is real and we got solid proof that tastes like Strawberry Vanilla with cherry on top, yummy.
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The good fellow guys from PocketNow.com has announced a great new tip on how to move/drag around the onscreen keyboard. That includes Phone Keypad, Compact QWERTY, Full QWERTY, Block recognition etc.

Edit your registry at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\SIP and change the value of Dragstyle from 0 to 1, followed by a soft reset. And you are done !



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You can now play Quake III Arena on Nokia phones N95 8GB, N82 and the E90.
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My friend Chris talked you about the Spb Keyboard 4.0 few days ago. Today i got my hand on it and want to show you some pictures and a demo video. Take a look at the them after the jump


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Looking at the picture I can't help but wonder if that would actually be useful to me. What I mean is that I am so used to a QWERTY keyboard that I'd have a hard time adjusting to any other kind. However it seems a cool idea and it might be just the next thing for certain mobile applications. Imagine switching back and forth from portrait to landscape. Wouldn't a vertical keyboard suit your needs? Sure it might slow you down at first but once you get used to it, it will be just another clever idea.


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