Some have said that the iPhone 2.0 software is buggy. We say, "Bugs? What bugs?"Today, reader Alfred has identified one that you can try for yourself. Open up Notes and attempt to type "Flickr." You'll find that you can't. The 2.0 software replaces "Flickr" with "flicke" or "flickt".
Here's the weird part: you can't even select the "r" button. Sliding a finger from "e" to "t" skips "r" entirely.
Here's the obvious, inelegant workaround: delete the "e" or "t" and type again. For more odd (and useful) iPhone tips, check out our iPhone 101 series.
Thanks, Alfred!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
7-22-2008 @ 5:08PM
scorpion919 said...
i can type flickr without any problems
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7-22-2008 @ 5:21PM
iamwatson said...
the problem is you cant type it straight through without backspacing...I cant do it.
7-22-2008 @ 5:23PM
scorpion919 said...
i can type it straight through, maybe because i'm on german keyboard
7-22-2008 @ 5:49PM
Ted said...
I call BS. I switched my iPhone to German and still have the same problem.
7-22-2008 @ 9:44PM
locklin said...
I just tried both english and spanish and I can type it straight through
7-22-2008 @ 9:44PM
GenericWhiteGuy said...
It does automatically capitalize WTF however. You need to have priorities...
7-22-2008 @ 10:37PM
JosephMohmed said...
You can type Flickr correctly, but the problem is if you type Flick, then tap a different letter and try to slide to "R," it skips over it and only allows "E" or "T."
Which I don't think is a very big deal. I've never randomly decided to drag from a different letter to "R" instead of just tapping it, and if I ever do that I'll just have to drag outside of the keyboard and then tap the correct letter.
7-23-2008 @ 7:12AM
JJV said...
It doesn't work for me either though even if my finger is right over the r and i press on it, it takes me to e and when i slide it goes to t hmmm weird
7-22-2008 @ 5:09PM
brandon said...
wow ... slow news day?
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7-22-2008 @ 5:09PM
dNick said...
Hmm. I'm having no problems sliding to r to get Flickr.
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7-22-2008 @ 5:11PM
fortinb said...
You also can't type "Flickw" for some reason.
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7-22-2008 @ 6:20PM
Jack said...
well... that's not a word....
haha
7-22-2008 @ 10:36PM
Big John said...
@Jack: Neither is Flickr.
7-30-2008 @ 7:48PM
Gil said...
Oh wow, Big John Studd is clever!
7-22-2008 @ 5:11PM
Alex said...
I filed a bug regarding something similar (you can't type "thefr" properly) for firmware 1.1.4, and it was acknowledged as a known problem. It still wasn't fixed for 2.0 though. What gives, Apple?
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7-22-2008 @ 5:14PM
Tom said...
Ummm. no. Works fine.
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7-22-2008 @ 5:14PM
Anson said...
Also, I can't spell "Mackr" either.
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7-22-2008 @ 5:15PM
Rick said...
Well, it worked for me, first time. There it is on my notes screen, none of the symptoms you describe.
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7-22-2008 @ 5:15PM
Josh said...
It does the same thing with Twitter-changing it to 'Twitted', as well as with the name Ed-changes it to 'We'. Obnoxious when it's your best friend's name.
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7-22-2008 @ 5:50PM
Edward said...
Well my name's Ed and my girlfriend's name is Chloe (which the iphone insists should be either Chlow or Chlor), so neither of us are in luck with the iPhone's very strange word choices!