{"id":29688,"date":"2012-07-03T05:41:35","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T21:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=29688"},"modified":"2012-07-03T05:42:47","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T21:42:47","slug":"microsoft-may-be-toying-a-new-arc-soft-keyboard-for-windows-phone-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/03\/microsoft-may-be-toying-a-new-arc-soft-keyboard-for-windows-phone-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft May Be Toying a New Arc Soft Keyboard for Windows Phone 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you think Microsoft had shown everything during the unveiling of <a href=\"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/tag\/wp8\/\">Windows Phone 8<\/a>, it may not be the case. WMPoweruser has shown a leaked picture of what it may seems to be a virtual Arc keyboard for Windows Phone 8.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/curvedy-keyboard.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29689\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/03\/microsoft-may-be-toying-a-new-arc-soft-keyboard-for-windows-phone-8\/curvedy-keyboard\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/curvedy-keyboard.jpg?fit=620%2C680&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"620,680\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"curvedy-keyboard\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/curvedy-keyboard.jpg?fit=273%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/curvedy-keyboard.jpg?fit=620%2C680&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-29689\" title=\"curvedy-keyboard\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/curvedy-keyboard.jpg?resize=600%2C658\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/curvedy-keyboard.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/curvedy-keyboard.jpg?resize=273%2C300&amp;ssl=1 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->From the picture, it shows a curved or arc keyboard for a single hand usage. It reminds me of the old style Nokia phones that I had with 3 characters on one keypad.<\/p>\n<p>Too early to speculate. I do hope that if it is on WP8, it can be on WP7.8 too!<\/p>\n<p>[ad#boxlist]<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/new-arc-soft-keyboard-may-be-coming-to-windows-phone-8\/\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you think Microsoft had shown everything during the unveiling of Windows Phone 8, it may not be the case. 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