WritingPad for iPhone Video

WritingPad for iPhone Video Transcript

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>> You may be a huge fan of the iPhone's touch-keyboard but don't you ever get tired of one finger typing? I'm Jessica Delcourt [assumed spelling] from CNETDownload.com and this is a first look at version 1 point 0 point 6 of Writing Pad, a free app that makes writing notes to yourself a whole lot easier. Writing Pad is a new kind of input system from a iPhone instead of stabbing away at the keypad you just slide your finger over it to trace out the word. For instance, if I want to enter the word platypus I touch P and slide my finger in a line until I get to the next letter and the next one after that in one solid movement. It's okay to run right through the other letters you don't need because the beauty of this app is that it figures out what you're getting at. You can also ignore double letters, like for the word look, the app has been consistently accurate filling that in, actually, it's been consistently accurate filling in spaces too, because you don't actually need to manually enter a space, you just move on to the next word after writing the first word and Writing Pad will automatically enter a space between those words, it's like magic. In case there's any ambiguity guessing the word you want, Writing Pad will give you a list of options to choose from, if your word isn't on that list you can simply add it to the library by typing the word in letter for letter and then pressing the Space button, that'll prompt you to save the word. When you're all done writing your note you can save it in Writing Pad or even better, you can e-mail it, Writing Pad pulls up the iPhone's e-mailing list, it's a fast way to compose e-mails even taking iPhone's predictive text into account. The big thing that Writing Pad is missing is support for Landscape mode, it won't work, there's also a little inconsistency with contraction I'm, and with common characters like the exclamation mark, which just take way too long to get to, it would be better, I think, to cycle through the common symbols by tapping on the button like the comma button for example, really similar to what you can do on a cell phone. These little quibbles aside because they are really little, Writing Pad is a good addition to your iPhone app list and a solution that we wish we could apply everywhere that you see the iPhone's keyboard. I'm Jessica Delcourt and thanks for looking at Writing Pad. ^E00:02:12