Apple patent shows swipe and touch gestures for iPhone keyboard
Posted December 27th, 2008 by GenghisPhlip
From what we can tell from the patent application, commands like delete and space will be input with simple back and forward-swipe motions …
… the patent describes customizable functions, which could lead to multitouch gestures that trigger the deletion of entire words, switching of keyboards, or quick input of specific characters.
Our friends at Gizmodo beat us to the punch on this newly discovered Apple patent. According to Gizmodo, the patent outlines several ways in which an increased number of multitouch gestures would the user work with the iPhone keyboard.
We are really looking forward to seeing if this is actually released and if so getting our hands on it. It is our opinion that the iPhone’s current keyboard is one of the easiest to use on the market and think that this could only make the keyboard even easier to work with. The question is would you use these new features?
