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January 8th, 2010, 19:50
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Attention iPhone (http://engadget.com/tag/iPhone) owners that have been praying for a physical keyboard forever: your prayers have been answers... kind of. Ion Audio has debuted its iType iPhone keyboard at CES (http://www.dcemu.co.uk//scribefire/content/editor/engadget.com/ces), and we can confirm that it does indeed work as advertised. Once you pop your iPhone or iPod touch into the dock at the top of the board, you're free to type away to your heart's content -- if you're in the iType app, of course. Unfortunately, because of the closed nature of most of the iPhone platform, you can't just start typing in any iPhone app; you have to type in the iType app and then copy and paste to the app you want. It's surely an annoyance, but if you're sick of the soft keyboard and need some relief, it's your best option for now.
Gallery: Ion Audio iType hands-on (http://www.engadget.com/photos/ion-audio-itype-hands-on/)
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iType keyboard brings a physical keyboard to the iPhone, but there's a catch (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/itype-keyboard-brings-a-physical-keyboard-to-the-iphone-but-the/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Attention iPhone (http://engadget.com/tag/iPhone) owners that have been praying for a physical keyboard forever: your prayers have been answers... kind of. Ion Audio has debuted its iType iPhone keyboard at CES (http://www.dcemu.co.uk//scribefire/content/editor/engadget.com/ces), and we can confirm that it does indeed work as advertised. Once you pop your iPhone or iPod touch into the dock at the top of the board, you're free to type away to your heart's content -- if you're in the iType app, of course. Unfortunately, because of the closed nature of most of the iPhone platform, you can't just start typing in any iPhone app; you have to type in the iType app and then copy and paste to the app you want. It's surely an annoyance, but if you're sick of the soft keyboard and need some relief, it's your best option for now.
Gallery: Ion Audio iType hands-on (http://www.engadget.com/photos/ion-audio-itype-hands-on/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/2010-01-08-itype-1_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/ion-audio-itype-hands-on/2599359/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/2010-01-08-itype-2_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/ion-audio-itype-hands-on/2599360/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/2010-01-08-itype-3_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/ion-audio-itype-hands-on/2599361/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/2010-01-08-itype-4_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/ion-audio-itype-hands-on/2599362/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/2010-01-08-itype-5_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/ion-audio-itype-hands-on/2599363/)
iType keyboard brings a physical keyboard to the iPhone, but there's a catch (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/itype-keyboard-brings-a-physical-keyboard-to-the-iphone-but-the/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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