The T-Mobile G1 was launched some time back and got popularity being the first Android powered handset. The tech fans were excited about the launch and some of them got their hands over to catch the upcoming Google OS (Android).

The reviewers were however disappointed with the lack of an on-screen keyboard. It seems like HTC was in a hurry of releasing the G1 to capture the tag of “World’s First Android Handset Maker” and didn’t want to wait till Android completes its on-screen keyboard. Android platform is still in development and the team is currently testing the On-Screen Keyboard. The video we got from Talk Android reveals the all new keyboard of the Android.

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The downside of on-screen keyboards is that while pressing against a character we exactly don’t know which character is being pressed as the width is very low and the keys are very compact. Android guys have came up with a technique to overcome this problem, when we press a character it will popup the character being pressed and thus we get an idea of which character is being typed.

It looks useful so-far but the Apple’s iPhone keyboard looks much more intelligent. It actually determines the next character while we are typing and widens the width of next possible characters. This makes the chances of spelling mistakes greatly reduced.

Soon T-Mobile owner will get this update of on-screen keyboard, till then they have to stick with the hardware keyboard only.