Tag Results For: keyboard

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Dvorak For iOS 5: An iPhone Keyboard With A Simplified Layout [Cydia]

There are a few things in an iPhone which most people never even think of changing, even if they have access to Cydia. One such iOS feature is the omnipresent keyboard with its QWERTY layout, but one jailbreak developer had different ideas, and now you can even replace the stock keyboard layout with the Dvorak [...] (more…)

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KeyRemap4MacBook: Change How Your Mac Keyboard Functions & Its Layout

Very few of us would have problems with our keyboards; unless you consider how hard it is to get Dorito bits out from between the keys, the average user isn’t likely to want to change how their keyboard functions. For those that do feel like a tweak is necessary, either because you use a special [...] (more…)

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Shady: Control Screen Brightness With Up/ Down Arrow Keys [Mac]

Screen brightness is something that we all adjust, but having to go through complex menus or chose from several options for achieving this, is not fun. An easier way to adjust screen brightness on a Mac is definitely needed. Brightness Slider is a Mac app that we covered last year for adjusting screen brightness from [...] (more…)

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Mobile Mouse Server: Turn iPhone Into Mouse & Keyboard For Mac [Paid]

One of the great things about owning Apple devices is how well they work with each other; not just the native apps, but also, how developers put them to good use. Mobile Mouse Server is a free Mac app that allows you to use your iPhone as a fully functional mouse, keyboard and Touchpad. You [...] (more…)

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Little Piano: Virtual Keyboard With 174+ Instruments & Drum Patterns

I believe we, at Addictive Tips, are guilty of not covering enough fun applications for the Windows platform. Mostly, the applications that we review are useful tools, which either perform a new function, or simplify a current process. However, there’s a lot of truth to the saying “all work and no play makes jack a [...] (more…)

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SFunKey: Map Keyboard Function Keys To Easily Perform Multiple Actions

The function keys at the top of the keyboard are mapped by default to perform some global functions, such as F1 for help, F3 for search and F5 for refresh, and some application specific functions, like F11 switches browsers to full screen mode. In laptops, and some modern desktop keyboards, extended media controls are also [...] (more…)

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InScribe Brings Swype-Like Keyboard To Windows Tablets

When Swype Keyboard came out, it took the Android world by storm. It is an innovation in keyboard technology that allows you to type on your phone’s virtual keyboard without lifting up your finger for tapping. Just move your finger across the keyboard, from one letter to the next, and the final word will automatically [...] (more…)

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Lock Me Now: Easily Enable Keyboard Shortcut To Lock Your Screen [Mac]

Locking others out of your computer is something that has a certain appeal; whether you’re doing it to protect the highly classified files entrusted to you be the Universal Secret Service, or just to keep your spouse from checking out what you’ve been browsing online, locking your screen when you leave your computer unattended is [...] (more…)

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Quickly Hide iPhone Keyboard With Pull To Dismiss [Cydia]

Despite being the most popular smartphone platform, iOS comes with a lot of pesky features which can prove to be a bit annoying for the average user. The iPad has a dismiss button on its keyboard, but unfortunately, no such option exists for the iPhone and iPod touch. However, if you own a jailbroken iOS device, [...] (more…)

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X Neural Switcher: Auto Switch Keyboard Layout & Fix Typos In Ubuntu

X Neural Switcher (Xneur ) is a Linux application for automatically switching the keyboard layout, based on typed text. For example, if you type something in the wrong language, Xneur automatically switches to the specific language. The functionality is similar to Ochepyatka, a Windows application we covered earlier. X Neural Switcher works in two modes, i.e. [...] (more…)

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Enable Autocorrect Keyboard In iPhone With Autocorrection Bar [Cydia]

The “who copied?” is a debate which never seems to end in the world of smartphone platforms. While people have accused Android’s latest version, ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich), to be a mixture of features from iOS and even Windows Phone 7, there are some things which iPhone has borrowed from Android as well. One such feature, [...] (more…)

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Type In Arabic & Hebrew On Windows Phone With Abjad Keyboard

The XDA forum is more of a place for hacks and Homebrews, but every once in a while, some really useful app pops up over there which does not require users to have a developer unlocked device. One such app, Abjad Keyboard, is an alternate keyboard (of sorts) for Windows Phone 7 that brings Arabic and Hebrew [...] (more…)