Easier periods on the iPhone

A common problem with the iPhone keyboard is that the main screen that consists of all the alphabetical letters has no period. Instead you have to click a separate button to access a separate keyboard which has the period and other punctuation keys on it. Then when you are finished clicking the period button you can click back to the regular keyboard, or hit the space key.

This process is less than ideal for people typing lots of sentences on the iPhone. David Pogue from the New York Times has discovered an easier way to hit the period key. What you must do is hold down your finger on the “.?123” key and the keyboards will change. Then, with your finger still down, slide your finger over to the period key, and then release your finger. A period will be inserted in your text and you will be back to the regular keyboard. Simple, yet powerful!

Though this all would’ve been prevented if apple had added one in the first place, I guess we’ll have to wait and see when/if Apple releases a firmware update for the iPhone.

Read [TUAW]