"M SMS” is a Malayalam SMS application that can help Iphone users to sent SMS in Malayalam. Any phone, which has Malayalam Unicode support, can display the messages sent from this application.
“M SMS” is one of the first attempts to create a mobile software keyboard for Malayalam. This application fully utilizes the large Iphone screen instead of shrinking the buttons to default software keyboard. The main view displays most of the common alphabets and other letters can be accessed by pressing "shift" button or double tapping the primary buttons on the main screen.
Double tapping a keyboard button may be a new concept to Iphone keyboards, but the large number of Malayalam glyphs made it necessary for fast access. For example, the symbol " ി " can be added by double tapping the button " ഇ ".
Eg1: കി can be typed in following ways:
ക + shift + ി
ക + double tap ഇ
Combination of letters also can be entered using double tap.
Eg2: ക്ക can be typed in following ways:
ക + ്+ ക
Double tap ക
Eg3: ക്ഷ can be typed in following ways:
ക + ് + ഷ
Double tap ഷ
A complete user guide can be found at http://malayalamsms2010.blogspot.com