Using touch-screen keyboards on tablet computers for long periods of time could lead to chronic shoulder problems, suggests a study in the November issue of Applied Ergonomics that compared the ...

A new Surface 2 tablet computer and docking station are introduced, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013 in New York. The optional docking station allows the Pro 2 to be used like a laptop. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ...

Android tablets devote the majority of their surface space to a large touch-screen display, leaving no room for a hardware keyboard. Starting with Android 2.1, Google introduced a new text-input ...

Tablet computers are easy to take wherever you go, but typing on a touch screen, especially for long periods of time, can be frustrating. If you’ve got a tablet-lover on your list or you’re just ...

When Seattle-area product designers Steve Isaac and Brad Melmon created their first keyboard for the iPad, they crushed the Kickstarter funding goal by more than $190,000. The original TouchFire, ...

Bertel is a Linux user who likes budget smartphones more than flagships, uses a custom ROM, and gets his apps from F-Droid. When he isn't writing short stories for Android Police, you might find him ...

Touch typing on the flat surface of a smart device can be somewhat challenging. Zack Dennis came to the rescue in 2012 with a chorded keyboard concept called ASETNIOP. Now that keying system has ...

Simple premise: Measure your typing speed on a keyboard and your tablet. Part of the contention is that tablet text entry is much slower than keyboard and that a tablet with a keyboard cover would be ...

If you find typing on your tablet device or smartphone a little tricky with your thumbs, a new solution called the KALQ Keyboard might be just the thing for you to speed up your typing. The KALQ ...

I've just spent a week using a Surface RT outfit on loan from Microsoft, from which you'll gather that I didn't rush out and buy one -- unlike many of my ZD Net colleagues. While I enjoyed using it, ...

Keyboard replacement app SwiftKey will get a version designed specifically for tablets running the new version of Android, Honeycomb. A complete redesign gives users a way to type with two hands in ...

81 wpm, 100% accuracy on a hardware keyboard. It would be interesting to see the results of a typing test for programming or command line stuff. I suspect the advantage would go to hardware keyboards ...