iOS Keyboard
iOS Keyboard
Movie quotes [Top picture shows a line typed on an iPhone.] Elementary, my dear [Then the next line shows the words suggested by the virtual keyboard.] Friend | Lord | Friends [Below are the visible part of keyboard. In the second line only the top of the letters can be seen.] QWERTYUIOP ASDFGHJKL [Below is a new sub heading above six pictures arranged in two rows.] According to iOS 8 keyboard predictions [For each of the six pictures a part of the text is black, and the other part is light grey. Below the black text is written in bold letters.] [Picture 1: Cueball stands with a machine gun.] Cueball: Say hello to my little sister and my mom and my dad and my friends [Picture 2: A girl stands next to her dog with a basket.] Girl: Toto, I've a feeling we're not going to the gym today [Picture 3: Bond talks to Megan.] James Bond: Bond, James Bond yields [Picture 4: A pilot operates his plane and talks to Cueball behind him.] Pilot: I'm a leaf on the wind. Watch me play the piano [Picture 5: A guy with dark hair stands behind a jagged edge.] Goonie: Goonies never say anything [Picture 6: A dwarf with long beard and helmet stands with an axe.] Off panel left: You have my sword. Off panel right: And my bow. Dwarf: And my dad

It looks like Randall has been playing with his Apple device after installing the recently released iOS 8 update. The comic is referencing the autocomplete function on the iOS virtual keyboard. A comparable feature is also available on other operating systems, like Android. When the phrase, for example, "Revenge is a dish best served" is typed, the keyboard will suggest “by” followed by “a” then “group” and so on.
The top of the comic, where the keyboard is shown, is a reference to the character Sherlock Holmes, a detective who is often attributed the famous line "Elementary, my dear Watson" (despite having never said that in the canon). In Randall's typing history, the word "dear" is most often followed by "lord", "friend", or "friends," and thus the phone suggests those words as a likely continuation of the line.
The title text continues, by showing more actual results from keyboard predictions from other movie quotes.
The following movies are referenced in the comic and title text:
An older comic 1068: Swiftkey is also about keyboard predictions, but without any preceding text (by the Swiftkey keyboard application instead of the iOS 8 keyboard).
It is similar to 2169: Predictive Models .
Movie quotes [Top picture shows a line typed on an iPhone.] Elementary, my dear [Then the next line shows the words suggested by the virtual keyboard.] Friend | Lord | Friends [Below are the visible part of keyboard. In the second line only the top of the letters can be seen.] QWERTYUIOP ASDFGHJKL [Below is a new sub heading above six pictures arranged in two rows.] According to iOS 8 keyboard predictions [For each of the six pictures a part of the text is black, and the other part is light grey. Below the black text is written in bold letters.] [Picture 1: Cueball stands with a machine gun.] Cueball: Say hello to my little sister and my mom and my dad and my friends [Picture 2: A girl stands next to her dog with a basket.] Girl: Toto, I've a feeling we're not going to the gym today [Picture 3: Bond talks to Megan.] James Bond: Bond, James Bond yields [Picture 4: A pilot operates his plane and talks to Cueball behind him.] Pilot: I'm a leaf on the wind. Watch me play the piano [Picture 5: A guy with dark hair stands behind a jagged edge.] Goonie: Goonies never say anything [Picture 6: A dwarf with long beard and helmet stands with an axe.] Off panel left: You have my sword. Off panel right: And my bow. Dwarf: And my dad
