Recent, Apple he purchased Trumpet, a startup with experience in the field applications for The virtual keyboard, bringing him in this way on Randy Marsden – one of the co-founders Swype – in the management of the team responsible for the development of the official keyboard for iOS. The American company confirmed the transaction concluded in secret towards the end of last year, without revealing the exact details.
Considered one of the most important advantages for platforma Android, the possibility of substituting the official application for the keyboard with alternatives created by third parties has created in the store Google Play a very popular application niche, being the most profitable. Apple offers, starting with the version iOS 8, access to the keyboard API, allowing app developers to release alternative keyboards for iPhone. As expected, applications as well Swype and SwiftKey they quickly climbed the charts AppStore, being downloaded by millions of users. The keyboard with an unconventional design, Dryft keyboard appears on the display only after the user positions his fingers on the touch surface. Basically, the keyboard is spread over the surface of the screen, following the movements of the fingers and allowing text to be entered in the most efficient way possible. At this moment, it is not clear if Apple intends to integrate this functionality with the official keyboard for iOS or the objective was only to recruit the developer Randy Marsden in the team Apple.
