The magnifying glass cursor is one of the least helpful iPhone features.
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What is this, a cursor for ANTS?
Trying to edit emails or texts on the iPhone is so hard and literally feels like this:
Next ($4, iOS) is a new iPhone keyboard where you can move the typing cursor by swiping left and right on the spacebar.
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It's SO SMART.
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Next was actually the most well-funded app on Kickstarter.
And you know how you can never tell when caps lock is on because the letters are *always* capitalized?
Next fixed that, too.
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It's actually lowercase when you're typing lowercase. Brilliant.
There's also other cool stuff like emoji prediction...
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And a quick way to delete a word with one swipe.
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You can download Next Keyboard on iTunes for $4. After downloading, enable it by going to Settings > General > Keyboard.
The app is iPhone-only, probably because Android phones already get Google Keyboard, which rocks and has had a lot of these typing features for a long time (sigh).
Now you can type like a champ. 💪
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