Sholes began to redesign his keyboard by commissioning a study to determine the most common letters or letter combinations in English texts, then he scattered those common letters as widely as
possible over the keyboard.
Not exact matches
That means it's
possible to crunch the
keyboard over to one side of the screen, making it easier to reach across the entirety of the
keyboard when you have only one hand free.
It takes some getting used to, but the Swype software makes rapid - fire typing
possible by — you guessed it — swiping your finger
over the soft keys rather than tapping them, and I like the
keyboard's vibration feedback when typing.
However, the magnets holding it in place are again not that strong and it is
possible to slide the
keyboard over the screen and of the device.
Replacing other parts that commonly wear out
over time, like the
keyboard and the hinge, is also usually
possible.
It has been previously
possible to use smartphones as a proxy for
keyboards and mice via apps like Unified Remote that operate
over a common Wi - Fi connection, but achieving the same with Bluetooth hasn't been
possible without rooting your device.