Apple invented an on-screen haptic keyboard with virtual keys that simulate movement, which should make typing a better experience. A laptop’s hardware keyboard is great for text entry but is in the ...

The haptic keyboard provides a slight vibration when you tap a key on the iPhone keyboard. Learn how to enable it here. By default, your iPhone keyboard emits a clicking sound when you tap a key on ...

We could argue the pros and cons of Android and iOS all day, but there's one feature that Android users have had that iPhone users have been demanding for years: a vibrating keyboard. There's just no ...

The availability of surface haptics technology raises a new question for designers of products that contain a display. Is the user’s mode of interaction with the product to be solely or primarily ...

Rumors that Apple is making a touchscreen Mac are about as old as the Steve Jobs adage that touchscreen laptops suck and make your arm ache. But a fresh patent shows Apple is still working on the idea ...

Another notable element in the company's CES announcements is Acer Swift Edge 14 AI, one of two new lightweight laptops ...

Apple previously deployed a feature called 3D Touch, which was first introduced with the iPhone 6S lineup in late 2015. This feature allowed for pressure-sensitive functions, such as holding a button ...

As soon as Apple rolled out the iOS 17 update earlier this week, I upgraded my iPhone 14 Pro. I then tweaked my new iOS experience by changing six iOS 17 settings on the handset. I wasn't aware at the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ewan Spence covers the digital worlds of mobile technology. Detail of a person using an Apple MacBook Pro laptop computer in a ...

Haptic (literally "touch") feedback has certainly improved in recent years, but what we really need is a level of tactile response that actually feels like you're typing, where instead of your fingers ...

Apple is researching how to make swiping across an iPad screen feel more tactile, with alerts and controls providing haptic feedback — and potentially the return of Force Touch. Without referring to ...

The mobile phone has been on a long journey of transformation. The first products, known as car phones, were utilitarian devices, a tool for voice communication (Figure 1). Today, the latest high-end ...