Test Your BlackBerry Typing Speed with TyperSpeed

Have you ever wanted to know how fast you type on your BlackBerry?  I always do.  But how do I do this?  Well until now there was never an app for this.  My friend and BlackBerry developer Fabian Heuwieser has developed a solution, TyperSpeed.  TyperSpeed an application available on Mobihand that tells you your typing speed in words per minute.  Now you can gauge how productive you really are on your beloved BlackBerry.

The application is easy to use.  You open it up and there is a standard typing sample that you can use or you have a choice of 4 other texts to type plus 2 German samples for all your Germans.  You must type the sample 100% accurate or you will not get a score.  The cool thing about this application is that when you are typing it gives you a short vibration when you make a mistake and it will vibrate every mistake after that if you do not correct it.  So, you will strive to type accurately.  (*Note: people on SureType, turn off the vibration so you don’t get vibrations the whole time).  Okay, so now that you get the gist of this amazingly cool application go get it! It’s cheap! It costs only 2.95, but the first 200 people that go to download TyperSpeed can use the promotion code berryreporter to get 50% off until Feb. 1st! So, follow the link.

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Check out the full list of features and a gallery after the link.

So let’s go down the menu of features:

This is from top to bottom:

• Highscores – Lists the top 3 high scores with the names of the typers.  You can also clear the scores at anytime.

• Speed writing – This is a blank space where you can type whatever you want, unscripted.  Just click start and stop when you are finished and it will calculate your speed.
• Select text – The list of text samples to use.
• Start, stop and restart – This is what you use to start your typing test, stop your test, or restart.
• About – This tells you what the application is, gives you a link to send the app to friends and to email Fabian and tell him what a great job he is doing.
• More info – This gives you a link to Fabian’s Twitter, a link to get VibAndRing, one of Fabian’s awesome applications and a link to BerryReporter.com
• Tell a friend – This option takes you to your email template so you can spread TyperSpeed!
• How it works – Explains how the application works
• Options – This is where you can turn the vibration on and off and change the text size.

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