New in iOS 5: Split Keyboard

Apple announce iOs 5 with number of new great features. Split keyboard is one of them. In previous version we face lot time keypad covers half of screen. Due to that many contain hides beside keypad. But split keypad is solve that problem.  It just makes typing on the iPad faster and easier.

To activate this, simply tap the keyboard icon at the bottom right of the keyboard and it will give you 2 options: undock, which lets you use the keyboard higher or lower on the screen, and split, which let’s you undock and split the keyboard just like it is on the image bellow… 

Ipad with split keypad Option

You can just pull the keyboard apart with a natural and easy movement anyplace where the virtual keyboard is available – and it splits into two sections as shown above – with 17 keys on the left side and 20 keys on the right.

The iPad keyboard can also be moved up and down the screen. To do this you just tap and hold on the Hide Keyboard key and drag it to where you’d like it placed. You can move the keyboard around like this when it is split and when it is merged back together.

You can split the keyboard in portrait or landscape mode; for me it feels far more comfortable and effective to use in portrait mode. It is definitely taking some getting used to in terms of remembering which keys are on which side, but it feels as if with some time it will be more effective for me than the normal keyboard when in portrait mode.

It works in every 3rd party app I’ve tried so far as well.