For BlackBerry users, taking a leap of faith and ditching a QWERTY keyboard for a touchscreen phone can be daunting. To solve this, a company backed by US TV presenter Ryan Seacrest has attempted to bridge the gap by creating a physical keyboard that slides onto touchscreen phones - although it comes at a price. The Typo Keyboard costs $99 (£60) and is due to launch in January for iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S handsets. Other smartphones and tablet versions will then follow later next year. Scroll down for video The Typo Keyboard, pictured, costs $99 (£60) and is due to launch in January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas for the iPhone 5 and 5S. Other phone and tablet versions will then follow later next year
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Typo Keyboard costs $99 (£60) and will be available on iPhone 5 and 5S
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It will launch at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month
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US presenter Ryan Seacrest is a founder and said to invested $1million
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Keyboard fits over the bottom of the phone adding an inch to the length
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