iPhone/iPod Touch: Two Caps Lock Methods
Contributed by David Kirk 
Tagged: Apple iPhone Using cap locks on iPhone or iPod Touch devices is a useful feature that most people never use. When twittering I use this all the time… LOL, BFF, ABITHIWTITB, XOXOXO, etc…
For some reason with the iPhone, to type a series of upper case letters most people do the following: press shift key -> let go and press the letter, press shift key -> let go and press letter -> rinse, repeat, etc.
However, just like a real keyboard, you can just hold the shift key while you press the keys you want to be upper case:
press and HOLD shift key -> press letter, press letter, etc.
Alternatively, you can enable double tab shift lock:
Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> Enable Caps Lock
Once this is enabled, tapping the shift key twice will turn on caps lock. When the caps lock is enabled, it will glow blue.
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Dale said on November 19, 2008
I DO NOT SEE A shift key
Rob Rogers said on November 20, 2008
The key with the arrow on it.
blind said on December 13, 2008
The Blackberry solution were you hold the key down longer is much more elegant, typing on the iphone is such a chore.
not blind said on December 30, 2008
hey blind you go to be kidding me!
Cocoroco said on May 4, 2009
I owned and like the iPhone too, but blind is right, the Blackberry
is better, faster, and more accurate (full-keyboard ones) to type
(nothing will ever beat mechanical feedback for human tactile sense)
heptat said on June 21, 2009
i have no problem using the iphone keyboard, but since when does a caps lock key work by *double* tapping it??? why doesnt it just toggle like a normal caps lock key?? weird
Jess, said on June 26, 2009
THANKS! it was killing me! hahaa
Anonymous said on August 2, 2009
thanksm took forever to figure out. hmm…you have AT&T but not 5 bars? FALSE ADVERTISING SUIT!
matt said on March 23, 2010
because its not a caps lock key, its just a shift key
rossisen said on May 16, 2010
You can also press the shift key and slide to another key and release.
Joe said on June 7, 2010
Thank You
Joe said on June 7, 2010
That is awesome!
Noneya said on January 4, 2011
I ENABLED THE CAPS LOCK THING IN SETTINGS AND WHEN I DOUBLE PRESS THE “SHIFT” KEY IT DOES NOT TURN BLUE