Clever iPhone keyboard seeks Kickstart

Spike designers give the Apple smartphone a tactile keyboard, then flip it out of the way when not needed.

By John P. Mello Jr., PC World |  Consumerization of IT, gadgets, iPhone

SoloMatrix also plans to make a version of Spike for later versions of the iPhone when they are released. The company estimates that Spike for the iPhone 5 will be available in January 2013.

While Spike TypeSmart will initially be available for only the iPhone, it's such a good idea, it's hard to imagine these kinds of keyboards not popping up for other phone models, too.

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