iPhone will have double tapping period in next update

[Mathias]

Look at page 61 in the iPod_touch_Features_Guide.pdf

This function will definitely come in the next firmware update to the iPhone.
Great news for people who can buy iPhone.
Can't with till i can buy it in Denmark

 

[Telp]

loading that over EDGE is killer. This is great news I hope the update comes today or really soon!!!

 

[r6girl]

i do hope they add that feature to the iphone (and can't see why they wouldn't in the next update if the ipod touch has it). needing to go to another keyboard view to type a period has always bothered me, and i didn't understand why they didn't do it this way in the first place...

 

[Island Dog]

That will be a nice edition.

 

[thestaton]

can you explain in simple terms what this will do.

 

[gceo]

can you explain in simple terms what this will do.

Lets you type complete sentences faster. At the end of a sentence, hit the space bar twice, and you'll get a period and a space.

 

[locomien]

Very handy. This will surely increase typing speed on the iPhone. While they're at it, why can't they make three-tapping the space bar be a question mark?

 

[ARH1956]

i do hope they add that feature to the iphone (and can't see why they wouldn't in the next update if the ipod touch has it). needing to go to another keyboard view to type a period has always bothered me, and i didn't understand why they didn't do it this way in the first place...

You can actually insert a period without changing screens each time. At the end of a sentence, hold the "?.123" selector & drag it, & it will display the punctuation screen, move to the desired symbol & remove your finger. The desired punctuation will be inserted & it will return to the original typing screen.

 

[AHDuke99]

thank God. maybe this update will have added functionality and features after all. about freakin' time!

 

[ghall]

That will be a nice edition.

Yes, it would be a special edition.

 

[chrltn]

You can actually insert a period without changing screens each time. At the end of a sentence, hold the "?.123" selector & drag it, & it will display the punctuation screen, move to the desired symbol & remove your finger. The desired punctuation will be inserted & it will return to the original typing screen.

nice, thanks for the tip

 

[mcdj]

This function will definitely come in the next firmware update to the iPhone.

Haven't we all learned by now that there is no such thing as "definitely" with Apple? We hope features will be added, but to say any feature definitely will come is a waste of bandwidth. Your subject line is also misleading, as it makes you out to have inside knowledge, which almost no one has. Reading page 61 of a different product manual does not make you an Apple insider.

 

[r6girl]

You can actually insert a period without changing screens each time. At the end of a sentence, hold the "?.123" selector & drag it, & it will display the punctuation screen, move to the desired symbol & remove your finger. The desired punctuation will be inserted & it will return to the original typing screen.

i'm aware of that tip. but i've also been a blackberry user where the double-space enters a period, and i prefer that method.

 

[Buschmaster]

You can actually insert a period without changing screens each time. At the end of a sentence, hold the "?.123" selector & drag it, & it will display the punctuation screen, move to the desired symbol & remove your finger. The desired punctuation will be inserted & it will return to the original typing screen.

Wait let me try that. Oh that was slick!

 

[TurboSC]

I love all these subtle ease of use functions they add to the iPhone, but I still want my damn iChat.

 

[MarkW19]

You can actually insert a period without changing screens each time. At the end of a sentence, hold the "?.123" selector & drag it, & it will display the punctuation screen, move to the desired symbol & remove your finger. The desired punctuation will be inserted & it will return to the original typing screen.

If you think about this a little differently, it's even easier: If you quickly slide onto "Z" you insert a period, if you quickly slide onto "X" then you get a comma. Obviously ignoring the change in screen. See what I mean?