Logitech’s Easy-Switch Keyboard is similar, though I haven’t tested it.
TYPE2PHONE ALTERNATIVE MAC
(If you’re in the market for a new keyboard anyway, Matias’s One Keyboard - available in Standard, Slim, and Tactile models - lets you switch between typing on your Mac and your iPhone with a single key press and works well. It has been around for a while, it turns out, but I learned of it when version 2.0 appeared in For people like me, Houdah Software’s Type2Phone utility is just the ticket. In my case, it’s because I’ve started using a diary-like app to record some daily events, but while I want it on the iPhone so I can access it at any time, I generally tap out only a few notes on the iPhone and fill in the details later. These people - and I’m one of them - need to type significant amounts on the iPhone only occasionally.
TYPE2PHONE ALTERNATIVE BLUETOOTH
There’s a third group, though, that falls in between the people who can rely entirely on the virtual keyboard and those who always have a Bluetooth keyboard in their bags. For those people who, for instance, take notes on an iPhone in class using something like Pear Note 3.1, a separate Bluetooth keyboard is a worthwhile investment. Of course, since iOS 4, the iPhone has allowed Bluetooth keyboards to take over for the virtual keyboard. But overall, typing on the iPhone is far, far harder than on a decent computer keyboard. Yes, Apple’s virtual keyboard is generally well-designed, and auto-correct often helps with missed keys, so if there’s no alternative, you can tap out enough text to carry on an understandable Messages or Twitter conversation, or reply tersely to an email message. #1659: Exposure notifications shut down, cookbook subscription service, alarm notification type proposal, Explain XKCDįor most people, typing significant amounts of text on an iOS device, particularly an iPhone or iPod touch, is difficult, slow, and error-prone, and that’s on a good day, with practice and a tailwind.#1660: OS updates for sports and security, Drobo in bankruptcy, why TidBITS doesn't cover rumors.#1661: Mimestream app for Gmail, auto-post WordPress headlines to Twitter and Mastodon, My Photo Stream shutting down.#1662: New Macs, 12 top OS features for 2023, vertical tabs in Web browsers, watchOS 9.5.1.#1663: Exploring the Apple Vision Pro, 12 more OS features coming in 2023, new Apple service features, Apollo shuts down.
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