Think you need an actual keyboard to type fast? Think again. Researchers have found that people can now type almost as fast on a smartphone as they can on a traditional keyboard, The Guardian reports.

Simple premise: Measure your typing speed on a keyboard and your tablet. Part of the contention is that tablet text entry is much slower than keyboard and that a tablet with a keyboard cover would be ...

iPhone users obviously spend tons of time typing on the screen, and some are probably looking for all the help they can get to type faster. Apple's built-in predictive text tool and the slide-to-type ...

Ever find yourself wrestling with your smartphone, desperately trying to type at the speed of thought? You’re not alone! Brace yourself for a tech revolution as we spill the beans on four secret ...

A new keyboard called KALQ, created by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, University of Montana, and the University of St. Andrews, enables users to thumb-type on touchscreen ...

Now I can't type without them ...

Swiss startup Wrio has launched a new keyboard app for iOS which claims to speed up typing by between 20 and 70 percent compared to standard Qwerty layouts. The developers of Wrio say they achieved ...

A funny thing happened after I stopped using Clicks, the keyboard case that effectively turns an iPhone into an oversized Blackberry: The phone by itself suddenly seemed punier. I mean that in terms ...

The iPhone has been around for 17 years now, but it still surprises me with little-known tricks. For example, this keyboard tweak I'm going to share with you makes typing numbers so much faster that ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The keyboard could be the most frequently used tool on our phones. We use it to write emails, ...