Tapping on that small “globe” symbol to switch between your activated international keyboards is fun and all, but having a pop-up menu in 4.0 is even better. I’m not sure if this is beta 4 specific, but I certainly haven’t heard of it before accidentally activating it yesterday. All you need to do is tap […]
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iPhone 4.0: pop-up international keyboard selection, custom dictionary

May 20th 2010 by

iphone 4.0 keyboard selection

Tapping on that small “globe” symbol to switch between your activated international keyboards is fun and all, but having a pop-up menu in 4.0 is even better.

I’m not sure if this is beta 4 specific, but I certainly haven’t heard of it before accidentally activating it yesterday. All you need to do is tap and hold to bring it up. I would really only ever use two different keyboards (English/German), but I’ve also confirmed support for at least six keyboards in this pop-up menu. If you need more keyboards than that, then you do way too much typing on the iPhone.

The second bit of news comes from Gizmodo. The iPhone finally has a custom, user-editable dictionary. You’ll find it right in the Keyboard settings, but you have to reset your Dictionary settings first (Settings -> General -> Reset). The first world I’ll be adding is one that rhymes with duck.

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