Jake’s Life

I hate the made-for-midgets default on-screen keyboard that Windows Mobile comes with. What’s the point of having a touch screen if you can’t touch the letters? People with fingers that resemble sausages like myself have an even harder time. I’ve tried a few replacements that are commercial, some that are home-cooked, and some that try to re-invent the entire notion of what a keyboard should be. They’ve all sucked so far.

I found CooTek Touchpal the other day, installed it yesterday, and love it so far. One thing that I miss over my old T-Mobile Dash is one-handed texting. While you can with the Wing, it’s harder. Touchpal keeps the layout of the keyboard intact while making the buttons bigger. It looks like the Blackberry Pearl’s SureType system at first but is a lot better. The “Q” and “W” share the same basic key, but when you press it you swipe to the left for “W” and right for “W”. Check the video out and if you have Windows Mobile it’s a free download here from the CooTek web site until December.