If you thought that the main problem with the iPhone’s soft keyboard was that it is a little too small, too tight to actually type much on, you’d be right. But that hasn’t stopped KennyTM from shrinking it yet further, while simultaneously adding some really useful features.
A hack for Jailbroken iPhones, the descriptively named 5-Row QWERTY Keyboard adds an extra keyboard option in the preferences. Press the little globe when typing and Kenny’s keyboard pops into view. It adds an extra row of keys at the top with numbers, just like the regular QWERTY on your computer. These change to symbols when you hit shift. The app also has a few other neat additions — there are now cursor keys, a tab key, a number pad, escape and forward delete, among others.
Multiple keyboard support is one of the best things about the iPhone. I type messages in both Spaniush and English and I can swap layouts with the press of one button, and the auto-correct and spellcheck dictionaries follow along. That this hack resides in the same easy to find place makes it very, very neat indeed. The app is free and, as always with jailbroken applications, resides within the Cydia repository.
5-Row QWERTY Keyboard Adds Another Row of Keys and New Keys like Tab to iPhone’s Virtual Keyboard [iPhone Hacks]
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