Miss Your BlackBerry? Get Letter Shortcuts and Keyboard-Driven Browsing Back on iPhone

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Quick answer

Beyond the click of the keys, people miss BlackBerry's letter shortcuts: T for top, B for bottom, a single letter to open anything. You can't bolt a keyboard onto an iPhone, but QWERTY Browser brings the keyboard-drives-everything idea into a browser: hold a letter for an action, hold J to jump to links, and swipe the keys to scroll.

What BlackBerry got right

If you used a Bold, Curve or Classic, you remember more than fast typing:

• Shortcuts. Single letters scrolled, jumped and opened pages in the browser.
• Thumbs at the bottom. The screen showed content, and the keyboard and trackpad did the work.
• Precision. The trackball and trackpad could hit the tiniest link.

On a slab phone, all three are gone. The keyboard covers half the page, links are a stretch away, and small links get mis-tapped.

Getting it back on iPhone

QWERTY Browser is a keyboard-first iPhone browser. Here's how it maps:

BlackBerry letter shortcuts → hold A–Z. Hold any letter for home, back, new tab, next tab, find on page, clip, desktop site, pointer mode or a bookmark. A live key map on the home screen shows what's bound, and bookmark tiles show their letter.

BlackBerry trackpad → pointer mode. The keyboard becomes a trackpad: swipe to aim, tap to click. Hold the pointer at the edge to keep scrolling.

Thumbs at the bottom → Hold J link hints. Every visible link, button and field gets a letter code. Type it to click, even links at the very top of the page.

Scroll wheel → swipe the keys. Swipe up or down to scroll, sideways to move the cursor by word.

One thing BlackBerry never had: the keyboard stays put, so focusing a field doesn't throw a second keyboard over the page. Switch to the iOS keyboard whenever you need it, for example for passwords.

What it isn't

• It isn't a physical keyboard. Key clicks and graded haptics stand in for real travel.
• It isn't a BlackBerry product and has no affiliation with BlackBerry Limited.
• It's a browser, not a launcher for the whole phone.

Who it's for

• BlackBerry fans who don't want to carry a second phone
• Anyone eyeing the Titan 2 Elite or Clicks Communicator who wants to try the workflow first
• Big-iPhone users who can't reach the top of the screen one-handed

A one-time $2.99. No ads, no account, no tracking. Your browsing data stays on your iPhone.

👉 Get QWERTY Browser on the App Store.