(Click here for larger image)Full Screen Keyboard covers the entire Pocket PC screen area, and has keys large enough to be typed with finger-tips rather than with a stylus, according to Spb. The company says that extensive usability testing has shown that the leading cause of typos, when typing with thumbs, is a user's individual typing manner along with device-specific screen-press handling. To remedy this, the company says it developed an algorithm that "learns" a user's typing style over time, and compensates accordingly.
Another strategy to avoid typos, according to Spb, is dictionary-based auto-correction. When the program encounters an unknown word, it analyzes the probability of the word being misspelled, and substitutes the closest word found in its dictionary.
Version 3.0 adds support for Windows Mobile 5.0, and is usable in portrait, landscape, and square screen modes. It also provides native VGA "skins."
Full Screen Keyboard 3.0 is currently available in English, French, and German. Italian, Spanish, and Russian versions are under development. The $9.95 package requires Windows Mobile for Pocket PC 2002 or later. A 15-day free trial download is available
here.
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