5-TILES Keyboard Goes Free With Beta Launch for Android

Responding to popular demand from thousands of early fans, ETAOI Systems today announced the beta release of their 5-TILES, a patent-pending keyboard for Android mobile phones and smartwatches.

Version 3.0 of the 5-TILES keyboard, which is specifically designed for touch screen devices of all sizes, includes a new alphabetic layout, an improved design, and removes the price barrier. Downloaded by thousands from Google Play since a quiet release of its first prototype in April 2014, the 5-TILES demand shows how consumers are eager to move away from the 150-year-old QWERTY design and type with a keyboard for the future.

“After months of hard work, and the enthusiastic support of our thousands of early fans, we are very pleased to release our official beta version of the 5-TILES Keyboard,” said inventor and CEO Michal Kubacki.

This updated version of the 5-TILES Keyboard includes:

A fully alphabetic layout option, which provides a simplified version of the keyboard, as an alternative to the optimised-for-speed EABC layout.

Improved design, with a grey arrow to indicate letters and symbols as you type, more visible characters and new keyboard action symbols.

Improved Learning Mode, guiding the user through the combinations of taps and swipes needed to type letters, punctuation, symbols, and emoticons.

New clickable ‘Cheat Sheet’, that not only makes it easier to find and select the required punctuation and symbols, but also helps the user to learn the swiping combinations with animated examples. 

Today’s transition to become a single, free app gives all those with an Android device access to the groundbreaking keyboard at no cost. This means that the full range of functionalities that were previously only available in the PRO version of the keyboard, are now available to all. The move echoes the decision of other keyboard providers, such as SwiftKey, to move to a model where the app is free to download and alternative themes and extensions are made available for purchase in-app.

ETAOI Systems will be rewarding loyal fans that bought the past PRO version by providing them with a unique code that will allow them to access all future themes and extra features at no charge.

About 5-TILES

ETAOI Systems Ltd. is the owner and developer of the patent-pending 5-TILES Keyboard, which has been designed specifically for touch screen devices of all sizes. The 5-TILES Keyboard takes up 70% less of the screen than QWERTY keyboards, is super compact, comfortably finger-sized, and optimised for speed.

The 5-TILES Keyboard is available for download from Google Play at tinyurl.com/fivetiles.

http://www.fivetiles.com

Awards include:

1st Place at TechPitch, May 2014

Finalists in the Wearable Tech Show Start-up Pitch, March 2014

Winner of ICT KTN CeBIT Stand, March 2014

Finalists in the Smart UK Project Competition, February 2014

Winner of UKTI MWC Stand Competition, February 2014

2nd Place at Droidcon DemoCamp, October 2013

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Hai Media Group

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