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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Microsof company brings its Hub Key pad app to iPhone

'Microsoft' today released its to start with standalone keyboard application designed for iOS users. No, it’s not the rumored adaptation of its Windows Smartphone keyboard that’s being ported with the iPhone - it’s an iOS version belonging to the Microsoft Hub keyboard, which intern hit Android this Feb .. Like the prior give off, the iOS Hub keyboard allow you to quickly share Office documents and also stored in the foreign, share contacts, and get your clipboard.

Yes, it’s a truly Microsoft keyboard. But that’s the time, of course.

The project is one of the many applications to emerge as a result of Microsoft’s internal incubator, 'Microsoft' Garage, and is geared toward those who basically inhabit the Microsoft universe. It might make more sense in the iPhone, however, given that iOS is known for a stronger presence in that enterprise than Android. It may be useful to students that definitely have an iPhone.

However, the iOS version belonging to the Hub keyboard doesn’t have quite the exact same feature set as at Android, likely due to help you platform restrictions. For case study, instead of offering up did you know the all your previously replicated text items, the iOS keyboard only details your most recently replicated text. You can then simply press a button to help you paste it into one’s own document, email, or chew the fat.

In addition, it allow you to grab and share that URLs for Office 365 forms saved in OneDrive and even SharePoint, and it allow you to share contact information that’s unspent in Office 365 or stored onto your phone. The translation feature -- which translate what you’re authoring into another language - is missing at launch, then again.

The features require that you really login using your Office 365 username and passwords, in order to access the words stored in the foriegn. You can do this belonging to the Settings section, where you should also adjust other preferences enjoy enabling or disabling auto-complete and sounds.


The keyboard itself is dreamed up by senior designer in the Office team, Steve Claimed, who was frustrated with being required to switch between apps on his smartphone to try and do certain tasks. The idea was taking some common functions, like grabbing contact information as well as a link to a archive being discussed, and make those accessible from the keyboard itself.

Use the project began on earnest at Microsoft’s indoor //oneweek Hackathon in 2015. After that it ended up being an important team of seven, and even got funded for even further development.

At the precious time of its launch at Android, no mention was made about porting the required forms to other platforms, then again.

The Microsoft Hub Keyboard is known as a free download on iTunes.

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