iPhone users to get BlackBerry 10 touchscreen keyboard before BlackBerry users?!

looks like the guy is going way to slow for it to work well
and it probably will not learn like the bb10 version will

just an iRIPOFF like stated to keep iphailers happy

Absolute c**ts. Just watch how many ignorant iPhone fans dismiss RIM ever showcasing the idea before someone developed a third party app for their f**king toy. Yeah, I'm mad!

Sucks because, most won't think Apple ripped it off, rather they created 'another' cool feature.

The comments on this post will be hilarious. I'm sticking around…hahahaha!!!

This is why you buy a phone with an active development team so that you get breakneck features before anyone else. Rooted android phones or jailbroken iPhones will always have this benefit over blackberries and windows phones. Get used to it and stop complaining.

WOW, Is it a robbery or what? I bet RIM"s lawyers are on the move. I bet The Octopus people going to be left with their underwear once RIM done through. it is also disappointing to see one of the two big features RIM showed in the Blackberry world is out , I also learned today the Camera feature Blackberry demonstrated is coming in the New HTC phone. I am not feeling good.

Unbelievable.

Kev, this is actually pretty good, for the first time in a long time "iOS" is copying some cool "BB" features, and not the other way around; the whole industry got used to copy iOS features, till now ; )

RIM please send a cease and decease im certain rim has a patent over this.. if not big big big mistake cause this is a deal breakre.

iRIPOF? then what is it called the RIM ripoff of SWIFT KEYBOARD? too funny

Who cares, seriously. Maybe iphone users who jailbreak their phone, but this post seems more appropriate for imore.

Is this an iPhone site?

Its too bad they can't make 3rd party apps to improve cell reception.

What's the problem? RIM used the same method of managing multitasking system that WebOS had, in BlackBerry OS 10, the home screen with icons is the same thing as the iPhone's home screen , that was launched in 2007!, and the screen with the widgets / tiles (don't know what they are or how RIM is going to call this feature) is just a mix of two features from Android and Windows Phone.

Yeah, I don't see the big deal with this. This happens all the time in Android/iPhone world. Ideas take off and you can find them right away. It's not the consumer's responsibility these days to wait on slow acting companies such as RIM. I'm really not trying to troll here, but this is what happens when only one company can make "core" OS features. BB10 will be out in months, which is forEVER in the mobile world. We can't expect innovation to wait on RIM. That's why they're where they are today.

If this is patented rim should sue immediately. Apple style. No mercy.

This is what pisses me off about BlackBerry. I was using my Torch 9800 when I read this story and I tried to watch the video and got an error that it was not available. Pulled out my iPhone and the video played perfectly first time. Maybe if rim focused on the basics like a decent browser that can actually play a f***ing video and less time with a touchscreen keyboard that nobody gives a fuck about perhaps they would have less problems. I shouldn't have to reach for another device just to watch a video.

figures....

Buddy, you are confused. The screen you saw on DEV ALPHA may not be the screen of bb10. You sound exactly like someof the BB bashing media. But again. It is a touch screen phone, You need the icons on the screen to touch. Do you think Apple will change the icon on the screen to some magical display?

Can RIM sue over this? Or is it not possible because it's just some third party app developer?

First of all, imitation is the best form of flattery.

Second of all, there seems to be no logic behind this keyboard. You can see when he is typing that random words are presented. How does will? How does speak? How does enjoy? How does to? How does you? How does up? How does is? None of those make sense.

At the rate it will take RIM to get bb10 out much more will be copied and most likely made to work better on other devices than it would have on a bb anyway

How flattering!! This is a good thing. Make no mistake there will be much copycat going back and forth. There always has been and always will be.

I don't think RiM can actually sue (or SwiftKey or whatever) unless they actually called it SwiftKey or used the same proprietary techniques in programming it.

McDonald's can't sue Burger King for making a hamburger with cheese on it, can they?

I am not a fan of Apple but, they have absolutely nothing to do with this "new" keyboard. Apple hates jailbreaking with a passion so I can only imagine that they are not at all thrilled to see such a desirable reason to jailbreak your iPhone.
RIM's BB10 keyboard is much more refined than this Octopus Keyboard. For one, look at how the words are on the keys, what if the words on 2 keys beside each other are long?It looks like they will overlap and that would annoy me.
Thorsten and other executives at RIM are not stupid and wouldn't show case such an innovation unless they had a plan to keep it as their own. On the other hand it is possible that there is nothing they can do but stay ahead and have the best keyboard. The BB10 keyboard certainly looks way better.
The two things I thought of when I saw this was flattery and a warranty that is now void. RIM created something amazing and people noticed and want it! The other thought had to do with jailbreaking and how you void your warranty. Is it worth it? On BB10 you get the best keyboard ever and its native, it is going to be awesome and is going to be tested to work with everything. The Octopus keyboard is not native and cannot be downloaded from the Apple App Store. Advantage RIM.

Lol you guys need to chill out. That's something that will only be on cydia, its not anything Apple had to do with. Much like swype being on iOS. And most times they never really work perfect.

that can't take away my physical keyboard.

my only question is what font is that? :)

Just for fun, I walked on over to Imore to see how Renee posted this bit of news.

And in typical fashion, here's the first two sentences from their first comment:

"Wow!!! Blackberry is finally getting to 2005. Finding a faster way to TYPE??? No wonder their stock is tanking."

I'm obviously keeping my comments to myself on that line, however for those who like to watch posts like this unfold, i suggest having both posts open in separate tabs

Call me optimistic, but this seems like a fantastic step in the right direction. RIM must be doing (designing) something right if the iOS user base is trying to port a version for their "elite" platform.

RIM has been mocked and put down in the latest stretches of the smartphone arms race, but now RIM is coming full circle. BlackBerry's designed has been ripped off before, it even was considered among the first drafts for the Android lineup. Seems RIM is becoming a source of inspiration once again.

Here here.,,,, when you get :Jailbreak" in an article you know Apple has nothing to do with it.... so why everone is so upset with Apple is beyond me.... If is shows up on IOS 6 and is liicensed then RIM is SOL......

who cares, isheep users will have to jailbreak their 600 dollar cant multitask but have one button to help people confused with more buttons phones just to have the feature. its bad enough they have a phone that they cant even pull the battery out to replace if they choose i am sure they would not void their warranties (especially on a screen cracking device like the iphone) just to have an amazing keyboard. if so, that would make them more stupid to not just go to get a bb10 phone when it comes out. it is going to be better anyways.

BB 10 is going to be awesome.

This app will not work like the bb10 keyboard because HE'S NOT USING CASCADES HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

it says right in the video, imitates what blackberry showed at the show. no worries, they are copying rim. nuff said. baaahhh!

Hope RIM files a suit

It looks like a second rate copy. This is why RIM couldn't show more at BBW.

That dev put the words on the keys. What a joke.

WHAT THE F**K?!?!...

You know what the funny part about this is? Within a week there's going to be about 15 imitation apps, but nothing will beat the real thing...

Have you seen the BB10 interface?? Microsoft and Apple should sue

Funny the word "imitate" starts with an "i"

Wow great work by this dev!!
He managed to build an app that makes it even harder to type on the Iphone than it already is.

FAIL.

There should be a class action lawsuit by BlackBerry users against this developer. Stupid f***

The gap from keynote to real world has always been a problem with RIM. Announce and then wait or never deliver it. Unless this gets addressed soon the bleeding will never stop. Expect the camera on iPhone and Android by end of month

LOL first off, its a jail break, so it's not technically Apple doing it. And second its a JAILBREAK so it's gonna be buggy and terrible. And an apple keyboard with swipe, is still just an apply keyboard, meaning its not any better. And if you recall, the blackberry keyboard adjusts to the position at which yo push the letters. Its a PERSONAL keyboard. I have all faith that rim's keyboard is a billion time better than what anyone else can come up with.

This is some bull crap, I really hope Rim can sue this developer but this should teach RIM to stop showing off the goodies until about two weeks before BB10 is ready to be launched. I can't wait btw BB10 is going to be wicked.

Yeah, and I downloaded a "SureType" keyboard for Android once too. Not even close on quality. Nonetheless, better get a move on, RIM. This is just the beginning. I hope you saved some serious secrets for this OS.

You guys act like Apple is stealing an idea. This is just a keyboard that someone made for jailbroken devices, which Apple is adamantly against. Who cares anyway, it's not like this is going to increase sales of iPhones or stop sales of BB10 phones. Some of you weirdos really need to get a life.

I love when we get the crab robots who bash BlackBerry on here. Must be Nothing going on in your lives currently.

lol If all it's true for sure some RIM lawyers are moving...... ahahah aaand for say something of apple....... i wanna quote this:
"Good artists copy, great artists steal." ahahhah

Nice troll bait Kevin. No wonder so many people attack this site. That keyboard has nothing to do with Apple.

They attack out of pure stupidity, I mean really if you are satisfied with your current phone and OS then be satisfied. Robots!

so glad to be iOS user. we can enjoy it in a week, and berry lover can enjoy it on the end of 2012 , but wait, with some delay as usual, its gonna be end of Q1 2013. come on rim, show us more interesting stuff. we'll gladly take it from you.

This is why RIM kept some secrets to themselves. Only the jailbroken iphones will have access to this app so it's not a big deal. Not to mention all the themes that we as blackberry owners have purchased that resemble the competition. Along with that we have apps with the slide to unlock function. So you see we are all biting off each other.

Long story short is that RIM is not out to compete with Android or Apple. They are going after the go getters of this world and if those people don't see the value in blackberry then they are free to play with their toys. I for one can'tnwait for my new tool.

This is a prime example of why we don't want all those garbage apps that other platforms have. I prefer quality over quantity. This app is a cheap imitation by some no name developer out to make a quick buck by being an opportunistic cheat. Getting all wound up over it solves nothing. I'm sure RIM will handle their business. Besides they don't have Cascades! When you step back and look at the big picture, RIM is on its way back up. BB10 and PlayBook will prove to be a powerful tool for professional users, and many will return to the RIMPIRE.

Let them imitate all they want, they will never duplicate.

Ok, i love RIM but this is NOT being copied by Apple guys.. it's done by some 3rd party devs

don't know why you guys are mad. Jailbreak means illegal and not from Apple. If some of you want root BB, I am sure you can have next week too.

I think it's quite clear from a lot of people's comments thus far that it's not Apple who made this app, so we can postpone suing Apple for the time being.

The other point that's quite clear is that it isn't a very good imitation! Check out 1:02! On the W key, it has "will speak" and it runs on top of the E key for "enjoy". It's not even grammatical if you chose a lot of the keys' next word. How does will speak? How does does? How does you? How does how? And "jeff" isn't capitalized, etc., etc.

Also, we're not seeing the swipe-down to reveal symbols, like they showed for BB10, nor the swipe-left to delete whole words. Keep working on it, dude!

haha i love how you people blame this one on apple. Do you realize this is a jailbreak, something that has NOTHING to do with Apple....prob some blackberry fanboy that has to use an iPhone and made this tweak.

ITS A JAILBREAK...NOT APPLE

This is outrageous!!!!!! RIM needs to file a lawsuit! They are ruining things for BB10 before its even launched!

I'm looking forward to seeing it on Cydia. I'll definately try it on my iPhone. When I had a 9550 and also when I had the 9810, I always liked using the reduced keyboard because it was so fast and so incredibly accurate. Thats one thing blackberry has down to a science. I'm not anticipating this Octopus keyboard being that good, but it might be fun to try.

Kevin, I really appreciate this post.. And btw I used predictive text to post this comment lol haha... See you in court iMitate (props to karate for the word play)

Upgraded to 9530

"it doesn't know the word favorite, let me add it"

Guess what my PB does cause I just used it. And I didn't have to add it. Oh and octopus isn't out yet. The only difference is the words are at the top of the screen instead of on the letters. A cosmetic difference that will be fixed in os10.

For those saying imitation is the greatest for of flattery...It is- if you get credit for it first and you're device is actually released. The way it is currently panning out, when a BB10 device drops most sheep and/or blackberry people will assume they stole the keyboard/predictive text feautures from a third party apple developer.

I think this is a sleazy move on the developer's part. It is cleary at that stage in alpha development where you can tell he just quickly started development after it was shown by blackberry.

kev- is there any way we can find out if we have a patent for these features in bb10?

This is precisely why Thorsten said he needed to keep some things secret!

RIM should SUE them....

In my opinion, if RIM has the chance to sue, they should. I hope that this design was either licensed or patented because, as Kevin said, this was RIM making it clear that they rule keyboards (both physical and touch). If they let this go, Androids will also copy the design. I know that it's just a third party app, but it still doesn't make it okay. I'm glad that RIM will have this keyboard as part of the BB 10 OS...even if Androids and iPhones copy all of BB 10 features, I still wouldn't leave BB for them...

Cannot wait to get my hands on a BB 10 device!

El Platanero wrote:

......Long story short is that RIM is not out to compete with Android or Apple.......

Then who are they competing with?

iLaughed when iSaw this cause RIM should have had their thinking caps on and filed a patent or agreement of some sort with the maker or the tech! iStill laughing lol

It's pretty clear why RIM needs to keep 99% of BB10 under wraps until just before launch. This particular developer may not have the keyboard working smoothly yet. But it's only an alpha version, and it will improve over time. There will also be others who will copy as well.

Apple and Google are keeping a very close eye on the BB10 launch. I don't think they're underestimating RIM's potential for an amazing device,and neither should anyone else.

From the looks of it, think RIM stole another patent. I can smell a lawsuit against RIM from a Korean company who actually made it 1st

Let the dumasses have it first.. That way.. when the actual BB10 is out.. they will realize how they are fooled everytime..

BlackBerry PlayBook 32GB & Torch 9810

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It's an app for jailbroken iDevices.
Glad iApple didn't steal it. Hope it doesn't reach the iphone "HD" (iPhone 5) before BB10 devices come out. Apple will be in allot of deep doodoo when RIM sues. SEND THIS TO RIM!!! Just make them aware before it's TOO LATE.

APPLE WILL NOT COPY US!! Besides, I don't intend to buy their products, I won't due to DRM restricting just about everything thus making them defective by design.

CM'ON GUYS !
Peal-off your college suits: if RIM soft keyboard (being it licensed or owned) makes a new standard; this is good news. Let iPhones users get convinced that it is the best keyword in the world, learn how to use a yet jailbroken and pretty laggy version and enjoy the real experience later. No big deal, just free promotion.

RIM needs to patent this or something- if it was there's

I love how you folks are up in arms over an iPhone jailbreak app that less than 5% of the iPhone owners will ever potentially use.

Just you wait until it arrives on the Android Market (Sorry, Google play). It probably will not require root access so tens of millions of Android users can jump on it easily. Don't bust an artery when that happens ;)

Even if it is a dev for apple its still being used when they might not even have the rights to do so

swipe "F" for "cost" (1:30)

...i give an "x" for "fail" to that :D

Open Theft, I mean Source, community is hard at work I see.

While i'm not too fond of this blatant copying I am however smiling cause instead of RIM catching up, it's the other mobile OS playing catch up now (although by a third party developer). Showing there is a need for it or just showing that it's cool and useful.

The keyboard being copied is at least a statement that it's actually an innovative cool feature.

Keep on trucking RIM!

Would be nice if the new BB keyboard was included in the next PB OS2 update I say get it out there sooner rather than later :)

I really have issues with Apple's corporate behavior but this one is not their fault. Price fixing, tax dodging, terrible working conditions for component manufacturers, restricting apps that compete against iBooks, backroom deals, yes no question. But this is just a third party going "wow! that BlackBerry keyboard is so awesome that I need to try to replicate it."

People say RIM is not innovating but I say when I look at their last twelve months and the next twelve months they are doing just fine on innovation.

why are ppl getting so worked up over this!? IF RIM has a patent or license on this then they need to take legal action show show ppl they still have a backbone, but if they dont, im sure there is a way for them to still file the patent. aside from legal action though, i thikn this is a good thing, ppl are copying what blackberry is doing, this means that they are leading the pack, for once, and if more OS and app developers are trying to be like blackberry, i think thats a good thing, more cool usefull things like this and its only a matter of time before ppl jump ship and join the BB team.

on a side note, im surprised nobody has copied the time warp feature yet.

A storm in a teacup ! Does anybody, except some writers here, really care at all ?

I do agree that it's copying BB10 keyboard but don't blame Apple for it. It's not APPLE that made that keyboard. It's an app developer. So before you guys go bashing Apple & the iPhone, you need to rethink what you're saying and blame the app developer that made it.

This is what happens when you announce a product that does not exist for sale.
This is what happens to design idea of UI, which is hard to come up and protect but easy to steal.
Stop whining and start accepting reality.

Much like the quite angry yet funny comments I feel the pain, but when someone or persons copies such great innovation I see it more of a compliment. The fact that this portion of BlackBerry 10 has already been developed for another platform goes to show that people/developers are keeping a watchful eye on RIM. I applaud the great attempt from the developer from a semi-developers stand-point. Though the developer clearly copied as @tedrex comments finishes "Stop whining and start accepting reality". Look at the many themes that look like iOS and Windows! Should Apple and Microsoft start suing theme developers?
@CrackBerryKevin, thanks for sharing. It's great to see your feedback and clarifications on the several post. ^The DigitalHomeBoy

I'm so happy...

iphone wants to be blackberry....

Berries forever!!!!!