Samsung's offering does give you continuous input (the Korean firm's answer to Swype) and we were also impressed with the ability to swipe the entire keyboard to the side in order to switch between
different keyboard inputs - it's a slightly easier option than finding the tiny button in the corner.
Not exact matches
Although programmers writing Android apps generally use a Java - like interface, a Google - customized version of Linux handles underlying details such as
keyboard input, multitasking among
different chores, and keeping needed data readily at hand in memory.
In this month's Scientific American I took a big - picture look at all the
different ways people have invented to
input text on phones that don't have
keyboards.
There are a few
different keyboards that are preinstalled on the Archos 70b: English (US), English Voice, OpenWnn (like an old telephone
input) and Japanese.
Support for multiple
input methods: Digital publication should work with
different input methods e.g.
keyboard, mouse and touch.
«With today's arrival of Windows 8, use of laptops, tablets and mobile devices will change, leading to a
different demand from customers for advanced touch functionality, but still maintaining some traditional common
input methods such as
keyboard and mouse,» said Craig McLennan, VP Consumer Electronics, Samsung Canada.
They can also be used for
different functions as users can watch a video on one screen and
input commands on the other, or check email on one screen and use the other as a soft
keyboard.
Console games are designed for physical controllers and so touchscreen controls need to be taken into consideration, and desktop games are typically designed for mouse and
keyboard inputs (many times in addition to phsycial controllers) and so care must be given in terms of the interface as well as the controls as our big clunky fingertips are much
different than the precise nature of a cursor.
You can pick up your girlfriend's lost items for bonus points and grab a hammer to smash barrels and fireballs thrown at you by Kong.The «Champ» mode is an upgraded version of the classic game, featuring
different levels and more bonuses.Finally, the game features a variety of options — one or two player modes, three difficulty settings, adjustable game speed,
input by
keyboard, mouse or joystick (Champ even released a «Champ cable» that allowed you to play the game with digital joysticks), and a high score table to round it all off.
Such experimental features are usually found on Android first — you can find a wide variety of
different keyboards, all with their own ideas of how to make text
input faster and more efficient.
There are four
different types of
input options: Motion controllers, an Xbox controller,
keyboard and mouse, or voice commands through Cortana.
It has four
different types of
keyboard built into the app and supports other
keyboards like Minuum and can accept voice
input, too.
Multi Window lets you easily run two
different apps side by side, and the SwiftKey - powered
keyboard adds swipe - based
input and an extra number row.