
iPhone Keyboard Hacks
by David Kanter
June 3, 2011
One of the most used features on the iPhone is something that almost never gets written about -- the iPhone keyboard. While innocent looking enough, there are many tricks and hacks one can use to make the typing experience more enjoyable. This article will cover some of the fun ones I've used over the years to type faster and add a little emotion into my Twitter stream and text messages.
Auto Correction Preferences and the Dictionary
One of the love-hate relationships I have with my iPhone is the auto correction feature. While it catches most of what I want to type, it sometimes has a tendency to insert incorrect words. I like it when I type "teh" and it changes it to "the." However, when I need to type "electrolytes" it wants to change the word to "electoral." If I take the time to press the "x" next to the end of the autocorrected word carefully five times, it will remove that suggestion from future attempts. If you want to start fresh and reset your iPhone dictionary, go to the Settings app and follow General -> Reset -> Reset Keyboard Dictionary. This will reset the dictionary to its factory settings.