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Get The Ice Cream Sandwich Keyboard On Any Android Phone

2:30AM November 22, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

Android: Ice Cream Sandwich is bringing a lot of awesome new features to Android, one of which is a new and improved keyboard. If you can’t wait to get your hands on it, you can download the Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard in the Android Market right now, no root required. More »

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CopyPasteCharacter Makes Special Characters Easy On iPhone

12:30AM November 4, 2011 | Melanie Pinola

Web/iPhone: CopyPasteCharacter, a handy site we’ve mentioned previously for easily copying and pasting special characters, has added a whole new bunch of dingbats and characters, and you can now save your favourites as well as easily access special characters on the iPhone. More »

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The Best Text Expansion App For Android

3:30AM September 30, 2011 | Alan Henry

There’s a real lack of text expansion apps for Android, but we found that Textspansion for Android gets the job done nicely, especially if you’re not willing to install an entire keyboard replacement just to get text expansion. More »

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The Best Text Expansion App For iPhone

3:30AM September 29, 2011 | Adam Dachis

There aren’t many text expansion options for the iPhone, and none of them are perfect, but our top choice is TextExpander as it’s available for everyone and has pretty decent support across iPhone applications. More »

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The Best Text Expansion App For Windows

3:30AM September 28, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

Windows has a number of text expansion apps, but none of them are perfect. PhraseExpress is the best option we’ve found, though, due to its high configurability and low price. More »

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The Best Text Expansion App For Mac

3:30AM September 27, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Strangely, Mac OS X has a wide variety of great text expansion apps and every one does the job well. That said, TypeIt4Me is our favourite thanks to its comprehensive feature set, great performance and reasonable price. More »

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DashExpander Is An Amazing Free Text Expansion Tool For Mac

6:00AM September 13, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Mac: Text Expansion can save you hours of typing by typing common phrases and text snippets for you, but most Mac text expansion software is pretty costly. DashExpander is not only free but it’s really good, too. More »

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How To Use A Real Keyboard With An iPad

11:00PM July 6, 2011 | Adam Pash

The iPad’s an undeniably fun device, but you can’t take great notes with it until you hook it up to a proper, full-sized keyboard. Here’s how to do that. More »

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Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 Helps Your RSI For Cheap

7:00AM July 6, 2011 | Jason Chen

Although I don’t suffer from serious RSI, I’ve always favoured ergonomic keyboards because they offer an easy way to force myself to keep my hands in the correct posture to avoid wrist pain. The problem though, is that most ergo keyboards are chunkier and taller, which is bad for people who like laptop-like low profile keyboards. Microsoft’s Comfort Curve 3000 is a meshing of the two ideas. More »

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How To Find The Right Android Keyboard For You

1:00AM June 29, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

Compared to your full-sized desktop keyboard, typing on your phone’s tiny software keyboard just plain sucks. Luckily, Android users can choose from a myriad of different keyboards, meaning you can find one that caters to your typing style. Here’s how to find the right one for you. More »