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Apple Swipe Keyboard Patent Shows Cupertino Knows Typing On iOS Is “Tedious”
Sep 24, 2013
Natasha Lomas
Apple's iPhone needs a much smarter keyboard. I've said it before, but here's evidence Cupertino itself realises that hen-pecking individual letters is a "tedious task". Apple's US patent 8,542,206 de