The trouble with smartphone qwerty keyboards is that they can't contain all keys, so you end up spamming all kinds of function keys. An onscreen keyboard just allows you to switch between input modes ...

The Wall Street Journal takes up the qwerty vs. Dvorak keyboard controversy this morning. The latest wrinkle: Dvorak fans want the configuration to be available on smart phones. Writes the Journal, ...

Last month, NPR asked listeners and readers and a Harvard professor what technologies have stuck around a little too long. "The typewriter keyboard for me is the one that is most amazing," said ...

Qwerty was originally designed for mechanical typewriters by C.L. Sholes. He arranged the keys so that the bars they were attached to would not jam when common letter combinations were used. The ...