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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Logitech's FabricSkin keyboard folio for iPad will shrug off spills for $149 (video)

Suit Your Style With Logitech's Bold New iPad Folios

The Logitech FabricSkin Keyboard Folio and Logitech Folio Offer On-Trend Design, Sophisticated Colors and Unmatched Function

Features First Bluetooth® Keyboard with Keys Seamlessly Fused into its Interior Fabric

NEWARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today Logitech (SIX: LOGN) (NASDAQ: LOGI) introduced two new products to its tablet accessories lineup with the Logitech® FabricSkin Keyboard Folio for iPad® and the Logitech® Folio for iPad and iPad® mini. Designed to complement both your style and your iPad with contrasting colors and high-end fabrics, these new folios protect the front and back of your tablet wherever you go, while letting you add personality to your iPad.

"We've combined design cues from the world of high fashion with the unbeatable typing experience you expect from Logitech to bring a new level of self-expression to iPad protection," said Mike Culver, vice president of brand development for tablet accessories at Logitech. "The Logitech FabricSkin Keyboard Folio and Logitech Folio give you more than just a protective case for your iPad, they add a distinctive accent to your iPad that reflects your personal style."

Logitech worked with world-class designers to identify chic fabrics and a bold color palette and combined them with a clean design. As a result, both the Logitech FabricSkin Keyboard Folio and Logitech Folio are offered in a range of colors from Electric Blue and Sunflower Yellow to Mars Red Orange, and in an array of on-trend fabrics from matte leather to finely woven cotton.

"By developing color and material options that evoke our senses and speak to our individuality, Logitech has made owning an iPad unique again," said Beatrice Santiccioli, world-renowned color expert and designer. "I brought my knowledge in color and design to Logitech to help inspire the selection of materials and develop a color palette that builds a strong emotional connection to people's lifestyles."

The Logitech FabricSkin Keyboard Folio features the first Bluetooth® keyboard with its keys seamlessly fused into an interior fabric. Its full-size keys give you the tactile feedback you're used to in a traditional keyboard, but in a sleek new look. The keyboard folio's high-end fabrics are treated with a coating that is liquid repellent to help keep your folio looking new for longer. Hidden magnets hold your iPad in two convenient positions, snapping your tablet securely into typing mode and ensuring the folio stays shut when you're moving around.

Designed for the iPad or iPad mini, the Logitech Folio features the same sophisticated style and premium materials on the inside and outside to safeguard your tablet while you're on the go. Magnetic closures minimize the risk of damage to your tablet and its screen while in transit. For an extra measure of convenience, its four-way flip stand allows you to view your tablet from the stand without having to hold it.

Pricing and Availability

The Logitech FabricSkin Keyboard Folio for iPad is expected to be available in the U.S. and Europe in May 2013, for a suggested retail price of $149.99 in the U.S. The Logitech Folio for iPad and iPad mini are expected to be available in the U.S. in May 2013, for a suggested retail price of $69.99 and $59.99. For more information, please visit www.logitech.com or our blog.

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Saturday, April 20, 2013

Inhon Carbon Tablet unfolds for a CPU boost, wields a Surface-style keyboard

Inhon Carbon Tablet unfolds for overclocking, carries a Surfacestyle touch keyboard

Believe it or not, Inhon has a wilder concept up its sleeve than the extra-light Blade 13 Carbon laptop. Its equally new Carbon Tablet at first looks like it could pass for an IdeaPad Yoga, but the non-display half has little to do with input this time around -- besides USB 3.0 and Mini DisplayPort jacks, it's mostly about giving some breathing room to the Core i3, i5 or i7 inside. Keep the Windows 8 PC closed and it runs in a slower but quieter mode for handheld use; unfold it for some serious desk work, however, and a cooling fan inside ramps up to run the processor at TurboBoost speeds. Anyone who wants more traditional interaction has to attach an optional, Touch Cover-like keyboard and trackpad combo. We don't entirely grasp the logic when a convertible laptop might have done the trick, although estimated prices between NT $29,999 and NT $39,999 ($1,007 to $1,343 US) for the eventual launch in Taiwan will make it at least somewhat feasible to try Inhon's latest design experiment.

Source: Engadget Chinese (translated)

Friday, April 12, 2013

Nokia patent application outs Surface-esque 'apparatus cover with keyboard'

Apparently Nokia's interested in Microsoft's tablet cover slash keyboard market, filing a patent application today with the US Patent and Trade Organization for an "apparatus cover with keyboard." The description is what gives us that distinctly Surface feeling, which calls the "apparatus" a "cover" with two sections, one of which "has a keyboard thereon." Said cover is "pivotally connected" to a "display" (read: tablet device).

The concept is a bit different visually -- at least in drawings, as seen above -- than where your brain may be going. It seems to be more of a stand device than just a cover, and it apparently includes a stylus as well. Of course, all of this is still very much in concept-ville, as it's just a patent application and not even the granting thereof. So keep your salt shakers nearby and all that -- this could end up never materializing.

Source: USPTO

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Logitech launches keyboard folios for iPad, iPad Mini (video)

Logitech Keyboard Folio for iPad and iPad mini Combines Comfortable Typing with 360-Degree Protection

Sleek Profiles and Refined Fabrics Upgrade Traditional iPad Keyboard Folios

NEWARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Logitech (SIX: LOGN) (NASDAQ: LOGI) announced the expansion of its tablet accessories lineup with the introduction of its Logitech® Keyboard Folio and Logitech® Keyboard Folio mini, designed to both safeguard your tablet and touch-screen while complementing it with refined fabrics and new colors to match your personal style.

"Our goal with the new Logitech Keyboard Folio was to take the award-winning typing experience from the Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover and add an extra layer of protection"

"Our goal with the new Logitech Keyboard Folio was to take the award-winning typing experience from the Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover and add an extra layer of protection," said Mike Culver, vice president of brand development for tablet accessories at Logitech. "To take the design a step farther, we combined Logitech's expertise and experience in keyboards with high-quality materials to bring a sense of sophistication to the functional protection people want and need for their tablets."

The Logitech Keyboard Folio connects to your iPad through Bluetooth® and delivers the feel of familiar, traditional full-size keys with function shortcuts for the iPad, helping you overcome the limitations of typing with an on-screen keyboard.

Marrying aesthetics and practicality, Logitech combined sophisticated materials with a clean industrial design, to evoke personal style while helping to minimize the risk of damage to your tablet. Taking protection and convenience to the next level, Logitech has included magnetic closures to further help minimize the risk of damage to your tablet while in transit, and a hands-free flip stand offers two comfortable viewing angles so you can enjoy your iPad or iPad mini in the perfect position. The Logitech Keyboard Folio also features instant On/Off functionality that wakes your tablet when you open the cover and puts it to sleep when you close it, helping to preserve your tablet's battery life.

Pricing and Availability

The Logitech Keyboard Folio is expected to be available in the U.S. and Europe in April 2013, for a suggested retail price of $99.99. The Logitech Keyboard Folio mini is expected to be available in the U.S. and Europe in May 2013, for a suggested retail price of $89.99. Both products feature a variety of colors, with availability differing by country. For more information, please visit www.logitech.com or our blog.

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By: Unknown On 9:23 PM

Friday, March 22, 2013

Corsair unveils $130 Vengeance K70 gaming keyboard with backlit keys

Corsair Announces Vengeance K70 Fully Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with Key-by-Key Backlighting

– Corsair Vengeance K70 Fully Mechanical Gaming Keyboard to Debut at PAX East on March 22 –

FREMONT, California - March 21, 2013 - Corsair®, a worldwide designer of high-performance PC gaming peripherals, today announced the Vengeance K70 fully mechanical gaming keyboard.

The new Vengeance K70 gaming keyboard is built on a rugged, brushed, aluminum chassis and features highly responsive Cherry MX Red mechanical switches under every key. The high performance switches combined with the keyboard's 100% anti-ghosted matrix, 20-key rollover and 1000Hz reporting rate provide fast, accurate input for gaming.

The Vengeance K70 gaming keyboards are available in two color schemes: silver aluminum with blue backlighting, and anodized black with deep red backlighting. Overall backlighting can be adjusted to four levels of intensity and each key is individually backlit, enabling the lighting for each key to be independently enabled or disabled. The key-by-key lighting customization allows users to highlight just the keys they need to emphasize and then save the setting directly to the K70's onboard memory. In addition, the Vengeance K70 comes with alternate colored, contoured keycaps for the WASD and 1-6 keycaps to allow additional customization.

"When we launched the Vengeance K60, customers loved the look and quality, but some wanted a backlit version," said Ruben Mookerjee, VP and General Manager of the Peripherals Business Unit at Corsair. "In typical Corsair fashion, we over-delivered and created Vengeance K70 with key-by-key backlighting, mechanical switches on every key, and two color schemes."

The Vengeance K70 also features dedicated multimedia controls to allow users to play, stop, pause, skip tracks and adjust volume. An extra USB connector is provided for attaching to USB devices such as a Vengeance gaming mouse or headset. A removeable soft-touch wrist rest provides comfort for long gaming or typing sessions.

See Vengeance K70 at PAX East from March 22-24

The Vengeance K70 keyboard will make its public debut at Corsair's booth at PAX East in Boston from March 22-24. Corsair is located in booth 1062.

Pricing and Availability

The Corsair Vengeance K70 will be available in April at suggested price of $129.99.

For more information on the Corsair Vengeance K70 gaming keyboard, please visit: http://www.corsair.com/k70

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By: Unknown On 8:01 PM

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Google Hangouts receive sign language interpreter support, keyboard shortcuts

Video chat can be an empowering tool for hard-of-hearing internet citizens for whom sign language is easier than voice. Most chat software doesn't easily bring an interpreter into the equation, however, which spurred Google into adding a Sign Language Interpreter app for Google+ Hangouts. The web component lets chatters invite an interpreter that stays in the background while they verbalize hand gestures. Google is also helping reduce dependencies on the mouse for those who can't (or just won't) use one during chat: there's now keyboard shortcuts to start or stop chats, disable the camera and other basics that would normally demand a click. Both the interpreter app and shortcuts are available today.

Via: The Verge

Source: Anna Cavender (Google+)

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Fleksy predictive keyboard is free for iOS now and forever

We've long been fans of Syntellia's Fleksy for its astonishingly accurate predictive touch keyboard, and were excited to see an Android version finally come out to play at CES 2013. Well now there's news that'll please fans on the iOS side: the company has announced the full version of the app, formerly $4.99, is now available for the unbeatable price of free. This isn't just a special weekend offer either; CEO Kostas Eleftheriou told us in an email that it'll be free forever. Eleftheriou said that this is in the interest of a "more open keyboard space, so that more innovations can happen in the area," but also as a service to the blind community, which was Fleksy's original target audience.

Interestingly, the updated app even includes a direct button to email Apple's CEO Tim Cook so that users can advocate for a more native OS-level integration of Fleksy. It's an audacious goal, but as Eleftheriou stated in the blog post, it's also one that many users have demanded. While we're not sure if such a grass roots campaign will work with Cook and co., you can certainly download the new fully gratis version of Fleksy at the App Store source to give it a go yourself.

Source: Fleksy Blog, Fleksy (App Store)

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

BlackBerry Q10 with physical keyboard given May-June release window for US

If you thought March was far away, be prepared to thumb your calendar to an even further date for the BlackBerry Q10. According to AP, CEO Thorsten Heins has said that the physical keyboard iteration of BlackBerry's new OS will arrive around 8-10 weeks after the Z10 makes its eventual appearance on American shores. Heins added that release dates would vary between the major carriers, but the company maintains that the Q10 will arrive in other markets (likely including parts of Europe) some time in April. Guess we'll hold onto our aging Bold until then.

Source: AP (Mercury News)

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

BlackBerry reveals new Dev Alpha C handset with physical keyboard

Blackberry launches new Dev Alpha C handset with physical keyboard

BlackBerry has just unveiled a new Dev Alpha C program and developer-only handset at its BlackBerry Jam Europe event in Amsterdam to help coders build apps for BB devices with physical keyboards. It also announced the WebWorks SDK, which will support apps for the recently launched Blackberry Q10 handset. The software kit will let physical keyboards work "just as if (input) came from the virtual keyboard on a BlackBerry Z10" touchscreen device, according to the blog, letting devs create applications for both with "very little effort." The new handset will join BlackBerry's Dev Alpha B model for touchscreen smartphones and the freshly announced red Special Edition Z10. Want more info? See the sources below.

Source: Blackberry Developer Blog, Blackberry Dev (Twitter), @paradosky (Twitter)

Logitech's Ultrathin Keyboard Cover mini brings tactile typing to the iPad mini for $80

Logitech Introduces Award-Winning Ultrathin Keyboard Design for the iPad mini
Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard mini, the Other Half to Your iPad mini

NEWARK, Calif. - Feb. 5, 2013 - Logitech (SIX: LOGN) (NASDAQ: LOGI) today introduced the Logitech® Ultrathin Keyboard mini, a slim protective keyboard cover designed to enhance the iPad® mini experience. The Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard mini helps you make the most of everything you do on your iPad mini – from enjoying apps, movies and photos to giving you a comfortable typing experience – while keeping your tablet's thin, light and sleek style.

"We are excited to bring the award-winning Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover design – recognized across the industry as the best mobile keyboard for iPad – to the iPad mini," said Alexis Richard, director of brand development for tablet accessories. "Think of it as the other half of your iPad mini. Its clever seven-inch design fits perfectly with the iPad mini while offering full-size keys for easy typing, saving your screen space for content."

Attaching securely with the click of powerful integrated magnets, the Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard mini has a slim aluminum cover that matches the iPad mini and brings durable protection to it with minimal weight. When you're ready to use it, flip the Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard mini around to reveal its built- in Bluetooth® EasyType keyboard,offering a traditional typing layout in a small seven-inch form factor, plus iPad mini function shortcut keys for the commands you use most often, such as copy and paste. It also doubles as a hands-free view stand so you can use your iPad mini without having to hold it.

The Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard mini has an instant On/Off feature, which means your iPad mini automatically wakes up when you open the cover and switches to standby when you close it. The keyboard itself has a three-month battery life (based on usage of two hours per day) so you can spend more time exploring your new tablet and less time worrying about your keyboard losing power.

Pricing and Availability

Logitech Introduces Award-Winning Ultrathin Keyboard Design to iPad mini – Page 2
The Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard mini is expected to be available in the U.S. and Europe beginning in February 2013, for a suggested retail price of $79.99. For more information please visit www.logitech.com or our blog.

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By: Unknown On 9:48 PM

Friday, February 1, 2013

Google files patent application for touch-based, full-finger keyboard layout

Tapping on glass... it's not the future -- it's the present
. Except software-based touch typing solutions haven't really extended beyond the cramped confines of mobile phones and tablets. But what if there were a touch type experience that mapped to the full extent of your digital reach? Something more akin to a typical two-handed physical keyboard? Well, that's just what Google's proposing in a patent application that's surfaced today. Filed back in September of 2011, the USPTO doc outlines a method for displaying "geometric shapes on a touch-screen display... [that correspond] to a respective finger of a user" and allow for text entry via a "sliding movement." So in layman's terms, if this ever comes to pass, you'd be able to type on glass with all ten fingers by, presumably, flicking upwards. Not sure how we feel about that just yet -- it certainly would require some extra screen real estate. Maybe even something as accommodating as this, but Nexus-flavored.when.eng("eng.perm.init")

By: Dilusha On 10:19 PM

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Nokia Windows RT tablet to feature keyboard cover with battery power?

Will Nokia's first tablet arrive at MWC?

Nokia will launch a Windows RT tablet in early 2013, according to reports on Christmas Eve.

The Verge's sources have claimed that the long-rumoured slate will, like the Microsoft Surface tablet, boast a 10.1-inch display along with USB and HDMI connectivity.

The report also revealed that Nokia will aim to stand out from the ground with an innovative keyboard cover that, according to the source, will "envelop the tablet like a book."

The keyboard cover, which is said to clip onto the tablet and act as a kickstand, could also feature a battery pack to give the tablet a boost when power is low and two USB ports for extra connectivity.

Beyond the purported case, the report claims that Nokia's device will also have a ten hour battery with fast charging tech that will return the tablet to a 50 per cent charge in a short space of time.

With Windows RT on-board, that means an ARM chipset. However, sources have claimed that Nokia will be producing a limited run of its first tablet, with a view to launching a Windows 8 version also.

Nokia has refused to comment on the report, which also claims the device will launch at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February.

Via The Verge

Nokia Windows RT tablet rumored to pack a battery-equipped keyboard cover

The murmurs surrounding a 10-inch Nokia tablet are growing louder, and they suggest that the company won't just follow the herd. Tipsters for The Verge claim that the Windows RT slate would center on a Surface-style keyboard cover with its own twists. While the add-on would shelter the screen, it would also include a battery to supplement the 10-hour lifespan of the tablet proper. Not enough? It could carry a pair of USB ports and serve as a kickstand. There may be a chance of a US release, as well: Nokia's tablet would supposedly include cellular access and head to AT&T in the US, much like its Booklet 3G ancestor. We're not surprised that the Finnish firm won't comment on the rumor, but we might not have long to wait for verification if the early 2013 release proves real.

Filed under: Tablets, Nokia

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Review: Das Keyboard Model S Professional for Mac is a solid mechanical-switch keyboard

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Mechanical keyboards, which have hardware switches underneath the keys, cater to computer users who prefer a stronger tactile key response than they can get with today’s membrane keyboards, including Apple’s current keyboards. The actual switches hidden under each key produce a solid “clack” in response to each key press.

Das Keyboard is a premium brand of mechanical keyboards, but before 2012 the company produced models only for PC users. That changed with Das Keyboard’s $133 Model S Professional For Mac, which finally offers some mechanical-keyboard competition for Matias’s popular Tactile Pro 3 ( 4.5-mouse rating ).

The Model S Professional is a big, solid slab of glossy-black plastic that weighs about 3 pounds. It’s tapered from top to bottom to produce a contoured shape; and pop-out feet under the back edge let you raise the rear of the keyboard if you like.

The Model S Professional connects to your Mac via a 6-foot USB cable that terminates in two USB plugs. One plug is for the keyboard itself; the other offers power (250mA) and connectivity to the two USB 2.0 ports located on the keyboard’s right side. Most other keyboards, including Apple’s wired model, divide power between what the keyboard itself needs and what the keyboard’s built-in USB ports can provide; 250mA is sufficient for syncing and charging iPhones and iPods, though most iPads will need a separate AC adapter. (If you don’t plan to use the keyboard’s USB ports, you can leave its second cable unplugged to avoid needlessly occupying a USB port on your Mac.)

The Model S’s sculpted, black plastic keys have a matte finish, and its gold-plated MX keyswitches from Cherry Corp. give them a pleasant, solid feel. You can easily and safely remove most of the key caps in order to clean the dust, crumbs, and other detritus that gets underneath. Das Keyboard provides removal instructions and a video, and it also sells a special key-removal tool for users who dislike the idea of prying off key caps with whatever tool thay have on hand.

Like Matias’s keyboards, the Model S has a solid, recognizable, mechanical feel, but they differ in their key travel and switch sensation. Matias’s ALPS-made keyswitches produce a hollow “clunk” sound, while Das Keyboard’s Cherry MX switches offer a crisp “click.” But the sensation in each case is precise, highly tactile, and quite physical—nothing like the soft, mushy, indistinct key presses you experience with a membrane keyboard.

Like many other typists who prefer mechanical keyboards, I find them more accurate and easier to type on than membrane keyboards. To increase precision, Das Keyboard equipped the Model S Professional with circuitry that permits five-key rollover: You can press up to five keys simultaneously, and the keyboard will still detect the discrete presses and accurately generate the appropriate characters. As Das Keyboard notes, the feature benefits not just fast typists but also gamers, who frequently mash multiple keys at once.

Mechanical keyboards are considerably louder than membrane keyboards, so if you work in a shared office environment or need a quiet keyboard for dictation or for typing while you’re on the phone, the clicky-clack sound of the Model S Professional may be a drawback. The Model S’s keys aren’t as quiet as those of Matias’s Quiet Pro [ 4.5-mouse rating ], but they do beat the Matias Tactile Pro 3's keys.

(Das Keyboard offers a $135 Soft Pressure Point version of the Model S Professional that, like the Quiet Pro, delivers the feel of a mechanical-keyboard without the noise. Though the Soft version is available only in a Windows PC model, you can buy a $14 Mac Key Cap Set to swap out the Windows-specific keys for Mac versions.)

Mac-focused accouterments of the Model S Professional for Mac include a bottom row hosting Control, Option, and Command keys. F6 through F11 are media-control keys that handle back, play/pause, forward, volume mute, volume down, and volume up, respectively; F1 is mapped to a handy sleep function. You don't need any special software to get these keys to work with OS X—or to use the keyboard with a Mac.

The keyboard’s 104-key layout is standard, with F-keys properly separated from the main key area and grouped into pods of four, so touch-typists can easily find the keys by feel (Apple’s keyboards, in contrast, position F-keys in an uninterrupted, half-height row adjacent to the number keys). Whereas Matias’s Mac keyboards include three additional F-keys and an Eject key above the number pad, the Model S does not.

Unfortunately, the Model S Professional doesn’t provide other Mac-focused F-key special functions, such as Mission Control and Dashboard, though you can use the Keyboard pane of System Preferences to assign these functions to other F-keys. The Model S does have display-brightness controls, but they’re assigned to unorthodox keys, F14 and F15. Also, inexplicably, the Model S's fn key doesn’t function as a Mac-keyboard fn key, so you’ll have to remap Mountain Lion’s dictation-activation shortcut to another key via the Dictation & Speech pane of System Preferences.

The Model S Professional For Mac represents a good Mac-specific start for Das Keyboard. It provides a solid and reassuringly physical mechanical-keyboard experience, and its keyswitch technology and physical design differentiate it from the popular Matias offerings, providing a crisp, clicky sensation. However, I hope the next version of the Model S will offer standard Mac function keys, instead of just media-control keys.

Updated 12/4/12, 12:40pm, to correct error about display-brightness controls.

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By: Dilusha On 3:06 PM

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Unknown Bluetooth Matias keyboard pops up at the FCC, is probably the quiet type

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We're always keen to peek at Matias peripherals when it's got new ones to share, but this time the introduction comes via the FCC, which appears to have tested and deconstructed an as-yet unannounced keyboard. This reduced model lacks a numpad -- apart from the page up and down keys -- and if the color scheme and command / option keys weren't clear enough hints, the draft user manual within the filing confirms it's meant for Macs. While it connects via Bluetooth, there's a trio of USB ports around the top edge for plugging in a mouse, charging the internal battery, or juicing other hardware. Matias' Quiet Pro mechanical offering bears the model number FK302Q, so we have good reason to assume this new keyboard is a mini variant, given it's known as the FK303QBT in the FCC's docs (Q for Quiet, BT for Bluetooth). As it's been OK'd by the US regulators, we expect an official reveal of the keyboard, alongside a PC-targeted sibling, pretty soon.

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Source: FCC

Tags: BluetoothKeyboard, FCC, FederalCommunicationsCommission, FK303QBT, keyboard, mac, matias, MatiasQuietPro, MechanicalKeyboard

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BlackBerry 10 keyboard features edge-to-edge keys, predictive spacing

BlackBerry 10 keyboard innovations

The BlackBerry 10 release date is less than two months from today, so smartphone developer Research In Motion is demoing how its touchscreen keyboard is going to make fans feel right at home.

"We've really played close attention to make it look and feel like a BlackBerry keyboard," said RIM Head of Software Portfolio Vivek Bhardwaj in a video interview on the company's official blog.

The visual design of the BB10 keyboard is complete with familiar white letters on top of black keys and BlackBerry's famous white frets between the keys.

"You have a look at each key," said Bhardwaj. "It's kind of maximized edge-to-edge."

RIM also has new predictive typing features in the BlackBerry 10 OS that may help the company remain known for its stellar smartphone keyboard and achieve its goal of becoming the No. 3 mobile OS.

"When it comes to next-word suggestions," said Bhardwaj, "they're personalized with your own vocabulary."

Next-word suggestions appear right on the keys, and a simple swipe-to-type gesture adds the predicted word. There's no tiny little X button to deal with like on the iPhone 5.

The BlackBerry 10 keyboard takes typing convenience a step further with innovative predictive spacing.

"When rushing out and typing a lot of words, and you miss that space key, with BlackBerry 10 we recognize that," said Bhardwaj.

The phone will infer that space and drop one in automatically. No word on how this predictive spacing function will treat hashtags, however.

Bhardwaj calls this his favorite BlackBerry keyboard feature, saying, "the largest key on the keyboard is space, but [on touch] it's something that we miss very often just because of the speed we're typing at."

"When you type two, three, even four words, and you've missed the space, you don't stop, you don't need to look back. We'll correct all of that for you and you just continue typing."

Check out the full video below: