Michal Marek The legal disputes between the Canadian smartphone manufacturer Blackberry and the company Typo Keyboard have finally been resolved. Both companies came to an agreement and signed an agreement. Typo Keyboard made Blackberry antagonism by selling a hardware keyboard for the iPhone that was a true copy of the hardware keyboards made famous by Blackberry smartphones.
In January 2014, therefore, by the Canadians came the lawsuit. Now the dispute is over. Typo has complied with Blackberry and will no longer make keyboards for smartphones.
Although neither company has disclosed the full deal, Blackberry's terse press statement says that Typo representatives have agreed that their company will no longer make any hardware keyboards for devices smaller than 7,9 inches.
Thanks to constant pressure from Blackberry, the Typo keyboard's path to market was very thorny. However, the company behind it did not give up and in December last year it even came up with a successor to the Typo2 for the iPhone 6. The company claimed at the time that it designed the new keyboard this time to avoid any legal problems. However, people from Blackberry were not too convinced by the originality of the news and filed a lawsuit against it in February.
So now Typo for iPhone is definitely out of the game. However, as could be expected, the company did not completely abandon its business. Just two days after the mentioned agreement with Blackberry was reached, the company Typo presented a new keyboard for iPad Air completely in accordance with the agreement. The customer can even find it directly in the Apple Store.
Typo for iPad Air is a hardware keyboard with built-in autocorrect (English only) and a nifty customizable stand. It looks very good, stylish and serves as a case for the iPad at the same time.
However, it will be much more difficult for Typo to gain attention in the iPad keyboard segment than it was among iPhone keyboards. There are many almost identical keyboards on the market, and often at a significantly more favorable price. Typo for iPad Air and Air 2 in the American Apple Store and on the manufacturer's website you will buy for the price of 189 dollars, which is converted to over 4,5 thousand crowns. However, the new Typo keyboard has not yet arrived in the Czech App Store.
The company is also preparing a smaller version of the keyboard designed for the iPad mini. It is not on sale yet, but it can already be pre-ordered. Unfortunately, the price is just as unfavorable.
