Which keyboard do you prefer and why? Also what Android phone do you use it on?
So far... Swype has no competition from those I've used. After only a day, my texting was slightly improved. With practice, I can see myself being an absolute menace.
Hopefully I'll be testing http://www.swiftkey.net/ ... But for now, it's most definitely Swype.
Apple bluetooth keyboard or my little targus
I'm hoping to test that out swift keyboard as well.
Swype owns all other on screen keyboards so far.
Swype for now, but I may give the HTC_IME a try. Everybody I show the Swype keyboard thinks it is awesome.
is HTC_IME the only one with T9 ?
Even after trying out the high res version of the htc ime from the desire, I still type faster and more accurately with swype. I will be glad when they release a more official keyboard. I have used pretty much every keyboard, better keyboard, smart keyboard, low res htc ime, high res htc ime, shapewriter (still think swype does it better), stock (obviously), and none of them in either landscape or portrait are faster for me then swype in portrait.
Also I will be giving swift key a try out once they release their alpha app.
htc ime and better keyboard both have a T9 keyboard, but the htc ime has a better dictionary to go with it making it faster to type with in T9.
Swype was ok, but unusable in landscape which ultimately slowed me down if I had both hands available. The new HDPI HTC_IME from the Desire is perfect, and absolutely none of the lag from the old 1.6 version. I love it and I'm using it with compact QWERTY for portrait version.
swype is the best one taking that it's just a beta now!
hmmm... official over unofficial beta
So I'm going to have to go with ShapeWriter. I tried the Swype, but then decided that ShapeWriter would be a better idea at least for now since Swype is in some type of private beta, and not officially released, so ShapeWriter will be the one getting the official, public updates. And so far I'm typing MUCH faster even though I still am not so great at it... that's my humble opinion =)
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So I'm going to have to go with ShapeWriter. I tried the Swype, but then decided that ShapeWriter would be a better idea at least for now since Swype is in some type of private beta, and not officially released, so ShapeWriter will be the one getting the official, public updates. And so far I'm typing MUCH faster even though I still am not so great at it... that's my humble opinion =)
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I was using Shapewriter over swype for one reason only; the resolution fit the nexus one and looks better. But i find swype to do a better job of knowing what word i want and seems to be smoother even in a pre beta stage. I need to get a high res HTC_IME
Swype in portrait all the way. I can hammer out sentences in seconds. I don't like landscape mode for any keyboard, as it blocks out the webpage or text string I'm on.
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Swype in portrait all the way. I can hammer out sentences in seconds. I don't like landscape mode for any keyboard, as it blocks out the webpage or text string I'm on.
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Guys, Im looking for a little advise. I text a lot so im not a rookie at it. I feel that I can type faster with smart keyboard than with swype even though I really like swype.
I have been using swype for a week, but i do not feel as fast on it as I do on Smart keyboard. Any advise or should I just time my self with a few sentences?
Play with the speed vs accuracy settings.
Give it a few weeks, (i know that's a loooong time) but I started with shapewriter since I got the phone, and now swype is killer.
I love Swype - but unfortunately it's not multi-lingual - so I need to use the less pretty slideIT instead...
why are people preferring the HTC_IME? Is it because of T9 or something else?
Like the htc_ime especially since we have the hi res version now.
I wish CooTek would release a TouchPal for our device. Loved it on the G1, but ends up around 1/2 the size on the Nexus.
$20.00 to anyone who successfully sizes TouchPal 1.1 for the N1.
PM me if you need the .apk
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I wish CooTek would release a TouchPal for our device. Loved it on the G1, but ends up around 1/2 the size on the Nexus.
$20.00 to anyone who successfully sizes TouchPal 1.1 for the N1.
PM me if you need the .apk
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Hi there!
I´m currently using shubCRAFT 1.5 and I can´t stand the keyboard layout. Is there a keyboard available on the Market that´s similar to that one from HTC for their devices? I mean the layout and the alternative characters popup by a long press of the key. Thanks...
I don't know whether this is a good recommendation, but I have been using this keyboard called TouchPal keyboard for a few days and I just love it to bits. With this keyboard, u can slide up on a key to enter capital letters and slide down to enter numbers and symbols. It feels much quicker than doing long presses. Now the thing that might stop u from getting this keyboard is that this is mainly a chinese keyboard. But, if U keep it in english mode it's just like a normal keyboard, if not any better and u will not see any chinese stuff at all. It's on the market for free. To switch between the languages just hit the gear symbol on the lower left corner.
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Better Keyboard is pretty much the best standard qwerty keyboard I've used. It isn't free, but you can always get a refund within the first 24 hours.
Though I much prefer Swype to it nowadays.
UncleManuel said:
Hi there!
I´m currently using shubCRAFT 1.5 and I can´t stand the keyboard layout. Is there a keyboard available on the Market that´s similar to that one from HTC for their devices? I mean the layout and the alternative characters popup by a long press of the key. Thanks...
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I vote for Smart Keyboard Pro. The best i've used so far. Love it.
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/tools/smart-keyboard-pro_fbut.html
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I vote for Smart Keyboard Pro. The best i've used so far. Love it.
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Second that.
I've been using Swiftkey since the alpha stage and I've used Swype as well at times. I've completely settled on Swiftkey. Definitely the best Android KB IMHO.
Hey guys, i know there is a lot of themed keyboards floating around, but they are either for the gingerbread or froyo stock keyboard. I know we can't attach .apks of SlideIT or Swype because of copyright laws and that they are paid for apps or trials licensed how ever they are licensed... But i have a paid for copy of SlideIT 3.0 and a trial of the new Swype as well, but i would like to theme one or both of them. I have no clue how to even begin to theme an .apk muchless a keyboard. I dont even know if it is possible to theme a keyboard like either of these keyboards. I really like both, i just got SlideIT last night but i have been using Swype for a good while now. They are just not the prettiest colored keyboards out there. I really love the gingerbread keyboard, its amazing, i like its compact/smallness look. And in aospCmod/cm7 with the theme chooser, androidian makes it a nice black/green... i really do like it... but the sliding your finger across the keyboard is just so damn cool, especially to be on our aged Heroc's. So i was wondering who could help me and/or direct me into theming both or either of these keyboards into a black/android-green, black/gb-orange, or even a black/android-green/gb-orange mix.... cause they would fit my theme a little better... and i think they would be really kick ass...
thanks to anyone and everyone who directs me in the right place or helps me put one together.
and basically, thanks to everyone on XDA, ESPECIALLY EVERY DEV on here. You guys are awesome and do very great work. You make my phone so bad ass its unbelievable, i love showing it off, especially to people who have better higher-end phones
Check out the android themes board. I know there are swype skins there, and probably slideit ones, too.
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I havnt been able to find any SlideIT or Shapewriter themes... Which is sad because these work better than swype imo. I did some searching on the base Android forum and there are some Swype HVGA(which is the hero's resolution) themes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=930306&highlight=swype
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715657&highlight=swype
But the really awesome looking ones are WVGA only. If we could just figure out how to port the ones found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838269&highlight=swype
or create something like it for Shapewriter or SlideIT
I'm looking for a good keyboard replacement for my DROID 2 GB's Moto Multitouch Keyboard. I've tried several other replacements, Swiftkey, Smart Keyboard, Better Keyboard, Perfect Keyboard, HTC IME, The native GB Keyboard, Swype. But, none of them have anywhere near the hardware support as the Multitouch keyboard. I'm only asking for a replacement as the Multitouch keyboard keeps crashing and bringing the app with it. It's really, really annoying.
try the tmobile doubleshot keyboard...its a cross of the htc-ime, and swype
it works on my phone..hopefully it will work for you too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1055501
I really like Swiftkey. I was on Swype for awhile, but now prefer Swiftkey.
ThumbKeyboard, the dev is having a public beta test so you can try out 4.0 for free, or you can get 3.0 from the market, I'm loving it soo far, I've went from every single keyboard in the market, swiftkey, smart, better, etc.
all of them and this one actually works and has a great library.
I'm really looking for a decent keyboard as i find that the stock one on GB seems to miss finger input especially on certain keys, I loved swype 3.5 beta but found it KILLED my battery life any body have any suggestions? Something that can improve typing speed, thats's good on battery and not to heavy on hogging resources?
Some (lots) of about that here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=975981
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My favourite has to be SlideIT, Similar to Swype but I've always preferred it. Better Keyboard is also a good regular keyboard, I can't go away from SlideIT in the end though
I use thumb keyboard and swift key x
Ultra keyboard - youtube video
Very user customizable.
Iv'e been testing SlideIT 4.0, BetterKeyboard and SwiftKeyX.
SlideIT 4.0 is the best sliding keyboard and fun to use, but in the long run other keyboards is quicker and more accurate.
BetterKeyboard is the best "normal" keyboard.
SeiftKeyX is the keyboard i ended up using because it's the keyboard i can wirte fastest and most accurate with.
For me i find smart keyboard pro the best.
GO keyboard with black theme is by far the best.
Swiftkey X for me.
jkolner said:
SeiftKeyX is the keyboard i ended up using because it's the keyboard i can wirte fastest and most accurate with.
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Oh, the irony!
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Oh, the irony!
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Hahahaha that's hilarious..rofl
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After reading this thread I decided to try out the swiftkeyx keyboard. I had been using the gingerbread keyboard from the market.. It is going to take a little getting used to but it seems like a good keyboard. Definitely a different style of keyboard but nice in its own way.
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My favorites are swype beta and thumb keyboard, along with the defualt Gingerbread Keyboard.
I'm curious as to why no one mention Touchpal Keyboard? I love it's Cootek+ technology and couple with compact qwerty keyboard, typing is swift for me!
They are now beta testing their next gen technology call Touchpal Curve which is similar (or better) than Swype. Try register for it.
Just the Gingerbread Keyboard.
My favorites are SlideIT
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I actually love the Sense keyboard; it's the only one I found with arrow keys.
I got the smart keyboard and mostly happy with it, although it takes a couple of seconds on my Huawei x3 when i start writing any word. Looking forward to the beta of Touchpal Keyboard
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I'm really looking for a decent keyboard as i find that the stock one on GB seems to miss finger input especially on certain keys, I loved swype 3.5 beta but found it KILLED my battery life any body have any suggestions? Something that can improve typing speed, thats's good on battery and not to heavy on hogging resources?
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Smart Keyboard Pro definitely!https://market.android.com/details?id=net.cdeguet.smartkeyboardpro&hl=en
I saw this post from last year and thought it'd be fun to get another consensus on the subject, particularly as there is now way more choice.
Personally I've fallen in love with SwiftKeyX, but I'd be interested to know where people's preferences/frustrations lie. Do you stick with Stock, or love Swype or GO, or any of the other hundreds out there?
SwiftKey X for me too. I've used Swype as well. The typing experience in the two is totally distinct so i guess it boils down to individual preference. But even leaving that aside, SwiftKey X is better, IMHO.
Definitely SwiftKey. One of the best keyboards I have used. Simply brilliant.
I like to use my hardware keyboard connected via bluetooth i'm just faster with a hardware keyboard.
Swype
I have swype themed red, love it.
Stock Gingerbread Keyboard <3
I have to agree with you there! I just flashed my Thunderbolt and Galaxy Tab 7 to GB. However, I w2ill find myself going back to Flex T9 because I dictate a lot and the voice recognition is Godly. You don't have to put punctuation in like you do with Google's voice recognition and unlike Google's I have dictated near paragraphs using Flex T9.
Also, I got Flex T9 off of Amazon's Daily Free. It has to be my most used app.
I prefer the Better Keyboard 8 to anything I've tried.
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I love SlideIT, very fast and easy.
My favorite feature is the shortcuts you can add, just slide the abbreviation you can set yourself and it will type your specified sentence.
E.g. some built in ones, slide BRB = Be right back, very simple, but very handy if there is something you type again and again, the shortcuts can really speed up your typing. Also it's a nice way to type in e-mail addresses in really fast on sites or apps that you need to log in to.
The new default skin on SlideIT looks bad though, but you can switch to the classic skin, looks much better.
SWYPE keyboard.. works really well for me..
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And I just got SwiftKey x because of this thread and... I freaking love it
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swype
I just took a look at the couple preferred by previous posters, but I am so happy with the free Swype, I couldnt see spending for perhaps a slight advantage.
I love the swype technique along with the voice feature (tho that requires data I believe). You basically slide your fingers across the keys without lifting between keys. It works faster than you can slide the finger around. I like that I can swype a paragraph and very quickly edit any wrong words it selected. Its intuitive for making quick corrections.
My wife converted to it after insisting on getting droid with physical keyboard due to a neurological disorder that makes her hands rather jerky and flinchy. She is so taken with it she forgets she has keypad when she does need it...
A close second is also a free app called shapewriter, which is essentially the same app, but doesnt have the microphone button. It isnt a market app so I got it elsewhere (dont remember who provided a link to it). Definitely worth a look if you can find it. I use titanium backup to preserve it on my phone.
I never had an android phone, but i did once got to try swype on my friend's phone. simply love it. its amazing how fast you can type with it. so i'll go with that
Right now I'm using Beta Swype. I think I'm going to try Swiftkey X since I got free from the Amazon market.
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I switch between the Sense 3.0 keyboard and SwiftKey X. Both are pretty good.
Nokia N900... I got used to it. Now my Android Xperia play
smart keyboard pro and swype
Funny, but i love htc ime from the start
Smart keyboard is BEST!! if you prefer T9
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I really like Swiftkey X, the predictions is scary accurate.