The makers of the popular Swype software keyboard for Android devices have launched a new version which offers support for gesture-based controls. Now in addition to swiping your finger from one letter to the next to spell words without lifting your finger from the screen, you can use specific swiping motions to copy, cut, or […]
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Dolphin Browser HD update brings more gestures, batch bookmark editing
The folks behind the Dolphin HD web browser for Android have released version 4.6 with a handful of bug fixes and improvements. A problem that caused the browser to crash when used with the Motorola XOOM tablet has been addressed, and there are new options including the ability to open new URLs in new tabs […]
Apple releases iOS 4.3 beta for developers
Hot on the heels of news that the Verizon iPhone runs iOS 4.2.5 complete with support for a “Personal Hotspot” feature, Apple has gone and released iOS 4.3 beta for developers. The update includes a number of new features, including the Hotspot utility that lets you share your mobile broadband connection with another device over […]
New multitouch gestures coming to the iPhone
It looks like Apple is preparing to enable support for additional multitouch gestures on the iPhone. A new beta version of iPhone OS 3.2 was released to developers last night, and it includes support for two new gestures. The first is called 3tap, while the other is called LongPress. It seems pretty likely that LongPress […]