.MaxiKeys is a totally new keyboard concept, designed for you who think, the keys of a soft keyboard are just too small.MaxiKeys gives you a full computer like keyboard so you don’t have to switch keyboard to type numbers and special characters.MaxiKeys strive to give you the functionality you know from your computer keyboard: Same keys at the same places, ‘arrow keys’ for cursor movement, control-c control-v for copy/paste, etc.One new feature you don’t know from your computer is:- Slide-toShift – This feature allows you to generate the Shift- , the Alt-, and the Shift-Alt- characters by sliding your finger on the key in stead of using the Shift- and the Alt- keys. Holding your finger on the display after sliding repeats the same character – or repeats deleting. Slide upwards means Shift Slide right means Alt Slide right-upwards means Shift-Alt Slide left means Backspace (delete to the left)MaxiKeys is an alternative design. Don’t expect swype functionality, word prediction, etc. MaxiKeys writes, what you type – no more, no less. ———— o ————– IMPORTANT! This app is JUST the engine. Now it comes with an international layout built-in. Other layouts, which may suit you better, are available from this site, but you can also find an overview at the support site: http://www.maxikeys.com/download-layouts.htmlWhen you install another layout, the default layout is disabled. If you want the international layout as an extra layout you must install it – it is free. Right now, US, International, UK, danish, german, spanish, swedish and norwegian layouts are available. At the ‘developers site’ you can also make a layout yourself. ———— o ————– How is big keys and a full keyboard possible at the same time ? By showing only a part of the keyboard on the display. When you tilt the mobile, the keyboard moves, so another part is displayed.The movements are controlled by sensors in the mobile: the accelerometer and eventually also a gyroscope. The gyroscope makes movements faster and more precise. Unfortunately, it is only the newer and more expensive Android mobiles, which have a gyroscope – it is phones like: Samsung Galaxy S I, II and Nexus, Samsung Google Nexus, HTC Sensation, One X and Evo 3D, as well as some of LG’s top modells.Therefore, you have to accept a poorer performance from MaxiKeys, if you own an older or a cheaper Android mobile. ———— o ————– TAGS: keyboard