Comments on: Quick Tip: Increase iPhone Typing Speed & Accuracy

By: m

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:54:25 +0000

Gosh that makes me sad…I type 130+ wpm on the computer, and about 75-85 wpm on my Blackberry. But 100 words per … five minutes, ack I don’t know if I could stand that. This is the only thing preventing me from iPhoning…

By: BigO

BigO — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:45:06 +0000

great advice. thank you

By: Lucy

Lucy — Mon, 10 May 2010 22:13:23 +0000

best advice I've had in the past year. Thanks so much!

By: Aseem

Aseem — Tue, 04 May 2010 10:58:23 +0000

Wow. I just tried this out on the notes application and it really does work! I was able to type a whole 100 word paragraph in less than 5 minutes (a huge improvment for me!) ! Thank you!

By: Reagy

Reagy — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:51:00 +0000

I actually find that when I’m typing while looking at the keyboard and see the individual letters spring up that I get caught in a trance, it just works. Maybe I’m in the minority here but I’m far more accurate and actually quicker than if I don’t watch the keyboard, where I would more mistakes and have to go back and fix them.

By: Nir

Nir — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:09:13 +0000

If u want to change a letter in the middle of the word just hold ur finger down on the word. A magnifying glass effect will appear, and you will be able to place the cursor anywhere u wanted.

By: carolyn

carolyn — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:49:51 +0000

Is there a way to delete or change a letter from text in the middle of a sentence? So if I have typed the sentence “Don’t Forget to get the dog food” and I want to change the cap F to a lowcase f the only way I can see to do it is to insert the key after the word Forget and backspace all the way to the F. I would like to be able to insert the key between the F and o. Is it possible?
Also, I tend to bump the return key too often. Maybe trying the ‘watch the screen’ technique will help me with that.

By: Jorge

Jorge — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:45:40 +0000

I prefer ZenTap, it’s better than fastmail ;-)

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:24:55 +0000

Try fastmail app and tell me if it increase your typing speed ;-)
Must have app.

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By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:41:36 +0000

Imb tiplng thes orn my iPhone. Just kidding. I love my iPhone.

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:21:06 +0000

Any time I’ve showed my iPhone off to people they freak themselves out when typing and it only makes things worse. I’ve always told them to not look at what they’re typing. Just bang it out on the screen and don’t correct every little mistake. That little bit of advice is more than enough to get a noob typing smoothly.

By: Rohit

Rohit — Mon, 11 May 2009 07:23:05 +0000

This is what I do. I assume most folks would grab the iPhone with both hands and use both their thumbs to type. Till iPhone 3.0 upgrade brings a landscape mode keyboard for SMS app, I guess most of us would feel for more free movement and with the thumb it becomes a little constrained.

Instead, I hold the iPhone entirely in my left hand and use the left thumb and the right index finger (leaner). This should be equally fast compared to using both thumbs, if not faster.

By: Sharninder

Sharninder — Sun, 10 May 2009 10:37:05 +0000

This is a good trick and one which I’ve been following for some time and it does really speed up the typing speed.

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By: Erik

Erik — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:20:48 +0000

Well, I’m glad this works for so many people but I don’t see how. It doesn’t for me. The reason this is easy on a normal keyboard is the tactile feel and knowledge of where the keys lie in relation to the others. On my iPhone, I have nothing to feel and the keys are so small it is just lucky when I guess where the key I want is. The only thing that might make this remotely possible for me is the auto-correct feature.

I don’t know how you all do it. Nice thought though.