QWERTY, (pronounced ) is the most common modern-day keyboard layout on English language computer and typewriter keyboards. It takes its name from the first six letters seen in the keyboard's top first row of letters. The QWERTY design was patented by Christopher Sholes in 1868 and sold to Remington in 1873, when it first appeared in typewriters.

Purpose

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Frequently used pairs of letters were separated in an attempt to stop the typebars from intertwining and becoming stuck, thus forcing the typist to manually unstick the typebars and also frequently blotting the document^*. The home row (ASDFGHJKL) of the QWERTY layout is thought to be a remnant of the old alphabetical layout that QWERTY replaced. QWERTY also attempted to alternate keys between hands, allowing one hand to move into position while the other hand strikes home a key. This sped up both the original double-handed hunt-and-peck technique and the later touch typing technique; however, single-handed words such as stewardesses and monopoly show flaws in the alternation.

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Buyer beware: German Blackberry handhelds on market in Jamaica. They work, but have QWERTZ keypad, instead of standard QWERTY.
chrysalisceo (Chris Mills  ) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:46:14 -0000
Buyer beware: German Blackberry handhelds on market in Jamaica. They work, but have QWERTZ keypad, instead of standard QWERTY.
Unnamed Sony Ericsson QWERTY phone spotted in the wild [Updated] http://tinyurl.com/ykdfmsn
MartinOrton (Martin Orton) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:46:07 -0000
Unnamed Sony Ericsson QWERTY phone spotted in the wild [Updated] http://tinyurl.com/ykdfmsn
@RyMcDermott The BlackBerry is pretty slow man... and the QWERTY pad I thought I'd be writing with all the time I just use for texts.
filmrant (filmrant) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:40:37 -0000
@RyMcDermott The BlackBerry is pretty slow man... and the QWERTY pad I thought I'd be writing with all the time I just use for texts.
#tobehonest if i updated ALL my tweets via my mini i would have MAD tweets lol...when i do it on my fone i g3t tired of the qwerty board lol
jemee09 (Jemima Etienne) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:38:59 -0000
#tobehonest if i updated ALL my tweets via my mini i would have MAD tweets lol...when i do it on my fone i g3t tired of the qwerty board lol
Unbekannter Sony Ericsson Kurara Ableger mit QWERTY Tastatur aufgetaucht http://tinyurl.com/ylpwu49
faq4mobiles (logofreax) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:35:51 -0000
Unbekannter Sony Ericsson Kurara Ableger mit QWERTY Tastatur aufgetaucht http://tinyurl.com/ylpwu49
Me and @ashgrant repping the qwerty keyboard tnite
chris_small (Chris Small) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:23:06 -0000
Me and @ashgrant repping the qwerty keyboard tnite

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