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MICROSOFT is planning to bring its popular Windows Phone keyboard – dubbed World Flow – to the iPhone, according to WinBeta.</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Microsoft is testing its award-winning Word Flow keyboard on iOS</td></tr>
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Microsoft is believed to be working on an iOS version of the Word Flow keyboard it created for Windows Phone.</div>
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According to <em>WinBeta</em>, the Redmond technology firm is reaching out to enlisted beta testers with an iPhone 5S or later to try its first iOS keyboard.</div>
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Word Flow is an incredibly flexible keyboard with a number of standout features.</div>
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Microsoft’s keyboard supports gesture-based typing, similar to third-party alternatives like Swype, where the user drags their finger across the keys.</div>
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The intelligent software will also make suggestions, so you don’t always need to finish typing to get the word you need.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Word Flow was used to break the Guinness World Record for fastest texting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Microsoft’s clever keyboard suggests words, and relevant emojis as your type and swipe</td></tr>
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And the Word Flow keyboard will also suggest emojis. For example, if you type the word “wink” or “dog” – you’ll get the relevant emoji amongst other suggested words.</div>
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It also support traditional taps on the same interface, too. </div>
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Microsoft has also built-in a digital version of the red pointing stick embedded in ThinkPad keyboards, hold and drag and the cursor moves through the text one character at a time.</div>
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The Word Flow keyboard is so good at typing, it was used to set the Guinness World Record for fastest texting.</div>
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Microsoft is recruiting beta testers for the iOS port of its keyboard with the following email –</div>
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“Word Flow keyboard has long been one of the highly praised features on Windows Phone and was used to break the Guinness World Record for fastest texting. </div>
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“We are now working on extending this keyboard to other platforms, starting with iOS.</div>
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“Before publicly releasing this keyboard to the App Store, we’d love to give Insiders like you a preview. </div>
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“With your feedback, we’ll build a roadmap of improvements to the keyboard over time.”</div>
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Apple introduced support for third-party keyboards alongside iOS 8. Microsoft currently has around 60 apps in the Apple App Store.</div>
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Microsoft is bringing its Windows Phone keyboard to the iPhone

MICROSOFT is planning to bring its popular Windows Phone keyboard – dubbed World Flow – to the iPhone, according to WinBeta. Micros...

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