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Keyboard tactility

Is the keyboard on the Touch Pro similar to the Kaiser's keyboard or is it more similar to the 8525?
The 8525 had a nice, tactile keyboard and you could feel the keys clicking very well. My Kaiser has very soft keys and you can barely feel the click, and some of them have become so bad that I have to push pretty hard for it to register.

Raphael Keyboard
I don't know about the 8525 But I do still own a kaiser, and the keyboards are very similar, tough the raphaels requires a bit more pressure.

I love Pro's keyboard. Nice "almost real" keyboard feel, I make the same (small) ratio of mistakes as with my desktop keyboard.

12aon said:
I don't know about the 8525 But I do still own a kaiser, and the keyboards are very similar, tough the raphaels requires a bit more pressure.
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MORE pressure? My god, they are making it almost useless to have a physical board!

Keyboard on Touch Pro vs. Tilt/TytnII/Kaiser

Hey all,
In a couple weeks I'll be getting my upgrade, and I'm debating which device to go for, the Fuze/Touch Pro or the Tilt. One thing I'll be using it for is school related stuff...I'm getting a second Bachelor's in an engineering field, and there are plenty of good calc and engineering apps out there that would work equally well on either device. Another thing I'll be using it for is writing, I may have a job lined up writing an opinion column for the student publication, and I want something that I can write on anywhere I'm at, I may not always have a notebook pc with me. I know the keys will be smaller on the fuze, but besides that, how helpful is the tilting function on the Tilt for extended writing/typing sessions? As far as performance is concerned, the Tilt will be more than sufficient for what I'm looking for, so the ease of use in typing will be the deal breaker for me.
Thanks!
Colin

Well, despite the keys being smaller the keyboard on TP is much better. It has an extra row of keys which will help when typing numbers and the feel of the keys is great!
Few days of use and you will be typing blindfolded!

Personally I found the tilt useful. I do not like the back on the Touch Pro as the diamond profile makes typing on a flat surface unpleasant. The keys on the Touch are easy to press and I think a little more responsive than the Tytn II.
I have ordered a Touch HD which I note does not have this diamond gimic.
Try Calc98 for a good scientific calc.
Regards, D

I've got the two cels and even the Tilt-Kaiser has a nice kb the Touch Pro is way better in every sense....you need to feel it in action, is simply amazing.

x7510 without hardware keyboard

I have come to see that the HTC Advantage and the Athena are far more usable without the hardware keyboard, but with a soft keyboard like FingerBoard2. When you use it this way, you start to feel that the new HTC HD2 with its "giant" 4.3" screen and without a hardware keyboard is really just trying to be like the Advantage (4.8" screen). If you have the Advantage or Athena, I encourage you to use the FingerBoard2 downloaded from http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=173789&d=1239120866
You would be tempted to lock away your hardware keyboard!
The only thing I miss is a skin-type cover for it. Any idea where I can get such skin case?

+1 on that
I don't even know where my hardware keyboard is, I haven't used it for at least a year. Once you get rid of it you don't ever want it back. Without it x7510 is a fantastic phone/pda device, maybe the best made to this day. With the keyboard it is a cramped and crippled mini netbook. Throw the damn keyboard away!

finger keyboard unsuccessfull installing
rsawoseyin said:
I have come to see that the HTC Advantage and the Athena are far more usable without the hardware keyboard, but with a soft keyboard like FingerBoard2. When you use it this way, you start to feel that the new HTC HD2 with its "giant" 4.3" screen and without a hardware keyboard is really just trying to be like the Advantage (4.8" screen). If you have the Advantage or Athena, I encourage you to use the FingerBoard2 downloaded from http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=173789&d=1239120866
You would be tempted to lock away your hardware keyboard!
The only thing I miss is a skin-type cover for it. Any idea where I can get such skin case?
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any suggestions

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any suggestions
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Do you mean suggestions for a soft keyboard? My post points to FingerBoard2. There are certainly others, like TouchPal (by Cootek) and SPB Keyboard, both of which cost some money. Forget SPB Keyboard because it does not have arrow keys. Even if they were all free, I would still prefer FingerBoard2 which is completely free.

i have spb
rsawoseyin said:
Do you mean suggestions for a soft keyboard? My post points to FingerBoard2. There are certainly others, like TouchPal (by Cootek) and SPB Keyboard, both of which cost some money. Forget SPB Keyboard because it does not have arrow keys. Even if they were all free, I would still prefer FingerBoard2 which is completely free.
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were can i get fingerboard 2.i tryed your link but when i tryed to install it was unsuccessful

Recommend me a GOOD Tablet keyboard

I want one for my TouchPad running CM9.
Here's a few things I noticed:
- Most keyboards are phone ports and so the backspace is on the bottom row rather than the top row. Tablets are almost used like real keyboards, so it makes more sense to have the backspace up on the upper right corner. Take note of the iPad keyboard and the TouchPad keyboard. It makes sense for the backspace to be on the lower right only if you're using your thumbs to type. Make note of phone keyboards (iPhone included). Clearly Apple thought this out, but it seems.
- Most Android keyboards suck balls. No offense, they just suck. Bad autocorrection or prediction. The iPad 2 I have has a solid keyboard. While I don't want say an Apple copy, even an iPad keyboard layout would be great. The webOS keyboard is the best keyboard I've used so far because its a 5 row keyboard. The number row really makes sense.
- No I'm not a fan of Swiftkey. Why the hell did they mess up the numbers and put them in a square layout when you want to input numbers? That doesn't even make sense.
- Smart Keyboard Pro was my favorite phone keyboard, but it's not really tablet optimized.

Check out thumb keyboard 4.0. Its about 5$ but its totally worth it.
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I use Thumb Keyboard, you may also like Hacker's Keyboard.
The ICS stock keyboard is pretty nice too.

Can try Touchpal or Go Keyboard. Go keyboard even split up the keys into two halves optimise for both hands typing.

GO keyboard 10/10 free and full of features

You can try A.I type keyboard as well.... It's nice

Give a try to A.I. type keybord : it's very similar to the webOS one, can be divided like thumb keyboard, has the backspace on the top row, a 5th row with numbers, arrows, and it's free
Edit : arf, a little bit too late
Re-edit : just checked, the free version has only one limitation : prediction during the first 15 days only (I don't use it so I don't care)

Call me a Steve Jobs, but I never liked anything from GO because they have no original ideas. Thumb Keyboard is still the way to go because they, as far as I know, started the whole split layout idea and do it best. Thumb Keyboard only costs $2.29.
Another keyboard you could try is Messagease, I'm not sure how it would work on a tablet, but once you're used to it on a phone, its way easier and faster than typing on a qwerty. It also comes with a game that you can use to get faster at typing on it! Messagease is Free!

F*ck all those keyboards. Hackers keyboard wins hands down. Next best to a real keyboard
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A real keyboard on a tablet does a good one not make. Why not just buy a hardware attachment for the tablet if you wanted a "real" keyboard?
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Physical Qwerty keyboard for One X: what options do we have?

Hi guys. I came to the One X after owning a huge load of smartphones equipped with physical qwerty keyboards. I do type decently on the One X, but I miss the precision of physical qwerty.
What options do we have, among either Bluetooth and NFC keyboards? I know there are some horrible chinese keyboards, but I consider those quite useless.
There is for example a Logitech Dnovo Mini, how could we hook it up (physically) to our One X? How long would it take to the phone to recognize it? Would there be any lags in typing?
Has anyone found another way?
Post your thoughts here!!!
Best
Tony

Can't speak of the Dinovo Mini specifically, but I have this full -sized Logitech Bluetooth keyboard, that I bought for my HTC Flyer tablet. Don't really use it that much. But it gets recognized by the tablet very quickly (as fast as any other BT device, like headset). Typing is very responsive, and has no significant lag. If the Dinovo Mini works anything the same (and you like the form factor), I think you would be pleased with it.

It's not likely we will see a slide-out keyboard for the One XL.
The camera bulge and shape of the phone makes producing the cases troublesome. The placement of the camera is also an issue, a slide out keyboard would cover the camera and flash.
The only phones that have historically gotten keyboard cases are flat-backed phones with the camera in the corner. The iPhone 5 will be geting a keyboard, the LG nexus might as well.
Our only hope is that the one X+ is the same shape as the one XL, so if anyone makes a keyboard for that phone we could use it as well.
If you just want a keyboard, any bluetooth keyboard will work. A quick search for "bluetooth mini keyboard" will show you plenty of results.

What existing bluetooth keyboard are there as best options? As far as size goes, I'd want a 7.7" keyboard max (better if 5"). I'd really want to skip links to the chinese samples for sale on eBay, those aren't going to fit my requirements for a reason or another.
I have seen the Logitech Dinovo Mini Keyboard. I'd have to invent a way to attach the two as if they were a single device, most of the time. Did anyone do that?
Thanks!!
Tony