Apple has finally brought T9 dialing support to the iPhone with iOS 18, a feature Android users have long enjoyed. This addition has made calling contacts directly from the keypad easier than ever.

Well, so did [Guy Dupont], so he created a USB keypad with T9 predictive text built-in to turn typing into a one-handed affair. Video after the break. T9 was the first predictive text technology ...

For anyone who used a phone in the early 2000s, this device's retro design will feel instantly familiar, with its traditional T9 keypad and navigation buttons offering satisfying tactile feedback.

Predictive Text Entry, (also know by the most popular type, T9,) allows you to enter text by pressing only one key per letter on a keypad where multiple letters share keys. As you enter a word ...