Steve Jobs . Bill Gates . Mark Zuckerberg . And now ... Ryan Seacrest ? The `` American Idol '' host , radio personality and seemingly ubiquitous showbiz presence has co-founded a tech startup that seeks to make it easier for people to type on their iPhones . Seacrest also is helping bankroll the company , Typo Keyboards , which makes an iPhone case that includes a BlackBerry style keyboard . The Bluetooth-enabled accessory , for the iPhone 5 and 5S , was apparently the result of a dinner shared by Seacrest and co-founder Laurence Hallier , a real estate developer and serial entrepreneur who , like his partner , does n't like typing on a touchscreen . `` One night , we were out to dinner and both had our phones on the table . Two people , four phones ! '' reads a blurb on the Typo website . We looked at each other and thought there was an easy solution to the problem . '' They said they both looked for iPhone keyboards and , when they were n't happy with what they found , decided to make their own . The case , which sells for $ 99 , is available for pre-order and is scheduled to ship next month . But ... Seacrest ? Really ? It 's his first venture into the tech startups , to be sure . He joins the likes of Justin Timberlake , Ashton Kutcher and MC Hammer ( yes , MC Hammer ) as an entertainer dipping a toe into the tech world . Reaction online was predictably snarky . `` Surely this must be a typo ... , '' one Twitter user wrote . ( We see what you did there . ) Not everyone was down on the idea , though . `` Best news ever . ... The iBerry is coming . The iBerry is coming , '' tweeted another . `` This could change everything . ''
The Typo iPhone case was dreamed up at a dinner with TV host Ryan Seacrest . The case adds a BlackBerry-style keyboard . Hide Caption 8