Fingers-on: Snapkeys Q4 is a QWERTY keyboard with only 4 buttons

November 21, 2013

I was embarrassingly late to discover SwiftKey, the beautiful and highly functional keyboard for Android. I swore to myself that never again would I be late to discover the vanguard of Android keyboard apps! That's why I was interested to get my hands (or rather, fingertips) on the new Q4 keyboard app, which boldly promises that it can improve the virtual typing experience by distilling the QWERTY keyboard down to just four keys. Yes, four. Just the basics (and perhaps a bit less) Q4 is a QWERTY version of developer Snapkeys' Si Revolution ABC4 keyboard, which gave the alphabetic keyboard the four-key treatment. Q4 shares a lot of the same function and design with its alphabetic predecessor, but to its credit, has a slightly more polished design. While Q4 does come with a full keyboard option, the app's raison d'etre is its unique approach to type-input. The app utilizes a beefy predictive functionality to whittle the keyboard down to only four keys—or rather, four keys plus one bonus invisible key, as we'll explain below. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2065600/fingers-on-snapkeys-q4-is-a-qwerty-keyboard-with-only-4-buttons.html#tk.rss_all