Mobile device keyboard typing speeds
What follows are my personal typing tests results, expressed in percentage of my average touch-typing speed on a standard full-size keyboard and actual words per minute (wpm), using both virtual and hardware keyboards on various mobile devices.
The results reflect approximately two weeks of regular use of the keyboards and are based on unscientific tests by TypingMaster (Java test) and Learn2Type. Extended practice and use would yield improved speeds.
“UMPC mode” refers to holding a unit between two hands and typing with both thumbs, while “laptop mode” refers to setting the unit on a flat surface and typing with multiple fingers.
| Mobile device |
% of touch- typing speed |
Actual typing speed |
| DialKeys on Samsung Q1P | 29% | 25 wpm |
| OQO Model 01+ | 34% | 29 wpm |
| Apple iPhone | 35% | 30 wpm |
| Nokia N810 Internet Tablet | 35% | 30 wpm |
| Aigo P8860 MID | 35% | 30 wpm |
| Kohjinsha SA1F00A (UMPC mode) | 36% | 31 wpm |
| Sony Vaio UX180P | 37% | 32 wpm |
| Sony mylo COM-1 | 37% | 32 wpm |
| AT&T Tilt/HTC TyTN II | 37% | 32 wpm |
| Viliv N5 | 37% | 32 wpm |
| HTC Advantage X7501 (laptop mode) | 38% | 33 wpm |
| HTC Advantage X7501 (UMPC mode) | 40% | 34 wpm |
| FlipStart, high-capacity (UMPC mode) | 40% | 34 wpm |
| FlipStart, both batts (laptop mode) | 41% | 35 wpm |
| Sony mylo COM-2 | 41% | 35 wpm |
| FlipStart, slimline (UMPC mode) | 43% | 37 wpm |
| Raon Digital Everun | 45% | 39 wpm |
| Gigabyte M704 | 45% | 39 wpm |
| Fujitsu LifeBook UH900 (UMPC mode) | 45% | 39 wpm |
| Kohjinsha PA (UMPC mode) | 49% | 42 wpm |
| Viliv N5 (UMPC mode) | 49% | 42 wpm |
| Willcom D4 (UMPC mode) | 50% | 43 wpm |
| Kohjinsha SA1F00A (laptop mode) | 51% | 44 wpm |
| OQO Model 02 | 51% | 44 wpm |
| Willcom D4 (laptop mode) | 52% | 45 wpm |
| UMID mbook M1 (UMPC mode) | 52% | 45 wpm |
| Pepper Pad 3 | 54% | 46 wpm |
| Kohjinsha PA (laptop mode) | 54% | 46 wpm |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U810 (UMPC mode) | 55% | 47 wpm |
| UMID mbook M1 (laptop mode) | 55% | 47 wpm |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U810 (laptop mode) | 59% | 51 wpm |
| Kohjinsha SC3 | 63% | 54 wpm |
| HTC Shift X9500 | 64% | 55 wpm |
| Raon Digital Everun Note | 79% | 68 wpm |
| Fujitsu LifeBook UH900 (laptop mode) | 87% | 75 wpm |
| Sony Vaio P | 115% | 99 wpm |
The results are provided for reference and context purposes only. Your own typing speeds will vary.
Note: I am now typing considerably faster on my Sony Vaio TZ notebook (90% keyboard size) than on a full-size keyboard. My average touch-typing speed on the latter is 86 wpm, while I now exceed 100+ wpm on the TZ. For the sake of the chart, I will continue to gauge my mobile keyboard typing speeds against my now obsolete touch-typing speed.
