What are some of the best keyboards for Froyo? I was really digging the Droid X multitouch keyboard, and was fine with the HTC one, but now I'm on Froyo with stock and swype, and swype isn't very good at web surfing and form filling (when you type it doesn't fill in the text, it shows up in the pop up box). So what else is out there thats good?
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Hey guys.
I have 2 main questions...
1: I can't get alternative keyboards to work (I've tried ShapeWriter) I can "check" it so it's my chosen keyboard, but whenever I go to type anything, it just shows me the standard Android keyboard. Is this because I'm on a VGA screen? (Diamond)
2: Is Swype coming to Android for VGA screens?
Thanks for the replies!
Well I figured out how to get ShapeWriter working, but the copy of Swype I downloaded isn't working for me. I didn't know you had to hold down (rclick essentially) the text box to switch the input mode, but since i've done that, I have fallen in love with ShapeWriter... It's the same concept as Swype, but if I can get swype working, I'm sure I'ld switch to that.
ShapeWriter (free in the market) rocks... It could use a little larger dictionary with some common abreviations, and a little text speak. It doesn't even have lol in its dictionary!
But adding words is as simple as you can imagine. This keyboard is far better than the stock one...
bwahah
if you want swype(which i use on ALL my roms) google swype for mytouch3g
if not i know a warez site with it lol
Is there anyway I can get the exact HTC Hero keyboard on an HD2? I hate the HD2 keyboard, not the sensitivity or anything like that, more specifically I hate the arrows to the right they completely skew the entire keyboard and it's been 2 months and I still haven't been able to get used to it. If I can't have the hero keyboard, is there another good keyboard out there for the HD2 that does not have the arrows to the right of the keyboard (of course not including the backspace arrow)?
I am looking for some options for the on screen keyboard on my HTC HD2. Does anyone have any suggestions for it ?
You can try Finger Keyboard 2.1 . To me it is the best among the others
Why? do you not like the plain look of windows mobile keyboard. I have swype as a second keyboard option.
Search DINIK, he has skinned the normal keyboard. all my friends envy the 3D eye candy keyboard... i definitely display that more than swype now give it a try!
Finger Keyboard 2.1 has skins for it an suports alot of languges
i think you will find it the most sutable kebord for your needs
vikramdhani said:
I am looking for some options for the on screen keyboard on my HTC HD2. Does anyone have any suggestions for it ?
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Depends what youre after. If you like the standard k/board but want a better look, Dinik has a great skin and there are several skins floating around for this.
If you dont like the functionality of it, there are many alternative keyboards. For me i have tried Touchpal (great touch style, layout, fast etc), Swype (many threads and vids on this, no typing, more like sliding), SlideIT (similiar to Swype) etc.
I used to use swype,found out it was the reason my phone was crashing,now i'm using slidet which is similar,no freezing or crashing..
gabbs said:
I used to use swype,found out it was the reason my phone was crashing,now i'm using slidet which is similar,no freezing or crashing..
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Curious, what version of Swype were you using. Just asking as i use both Swype and SlideIT, i can never make up mind so constantly changing between the 2. SlideIT flows better, faster, abbreviations etc but sometimes i type a certain words and SlideIT just doesnt get it, produces the ?? however type same words with Swype, no problem. SlideIT's ugly too so sometimes like the look of Swpe so ive used both for ages, no probs.
Only problem i had when i had both and Touchpal installed same time. On its own, it worked great but when i had all 3 installed, often the keyboard wouldnt respond so i had to soft reset. Uninstalled Touchpal, problem went away.
try latest Resco Keyboard
Which of these keyboards have the biggest keys when using the phone in portrait mode; the android keyboard, the ime mod keyboard or better keyboard? I am looking for one that makes it less likely for those of us with fat fingers to fat finger what we are typing.
Um, i'd have to say Smart Keyboard Pro with the HTC Skin has the biggests keys. And it's not as big of a file as the HTC IME mod so there isn't that much lag when using it
come keyboards i have used
There is a keyboard called thick buttons which resizes the keys as you type making the keys that are most likely the next letter in the word larger and the rest smaller, you can also set the resize rate (small,medium, large)
SwiftKey is a pretty cool keyboard that scans your chat history to try to predict what word you will type next. They keys are pretty much the same size as the htc keyboard though. feature updates to the app will be able to scan sms, twitter, email and then create different recommendations based on the app you are typing in i.e. sms, email, or twitter.
Right now my fav keyboard app is touchpal. Don't be afraid that a lot of the text about the app is in chinese in particular parts of the tutorial they board can be set to english and all your txt recommendations will be in english. This keyboard has three layouts (my fav is the compact keyboard which gives you two letters per key but with txt prediction enabled typing is not a problem. they keys in this layout are pretty big to making it hard to miss the one you want) What is really cool about this keyboard is the ability to swipe either side ways to change keyboard layouts or down to access the secondary key (e.g. swiping down on say e will give you a 3) or in full quwerty keyboard swiping up gives you the capital letter of the letter.
Another keyboard you might want to put on your radar is blindtype. It is not out yet but it looks really awesome. It functions similar to swype but instead of swiping your finger across the keys you type normally. Look it up and you can see videos of it being demoed. It is not aval right now though but it looks like the keyboard to have for us with big fingers lol
blindtype DOES look amazing!
cant wait for it.
umm, it does not show up in my market. wth
you might want to check out ultra keyboard it allows you to re-size the keyboard making it bigger or smaller and it also has incorporated swype style typing and it also allows you to use better keyboard themes it's a paid app but in my opinion well worth it
been using big buttons keyboard for months. since i only type one handed in portrait this works perfect. it's laid out different but within a minute of typing im a pro.
itrackit said:
umm, it does not show up in my market. wth
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No offense if you looking for blindtype they said in the post its not in the market. Don't feel bad I didn't completely read it the first time
Sent from Froyo 2.2 Super Hero
The Multitouch keyboard is one of the best feeling keyboards I've tried. Without word predictions it's the easiest to type ( most accurate keyboard without predictions),but for some reason word predictions don't seem to be working. Does anyone know either a) how to get word predictions working on the keyboard? or b) Where I could find a working apk to this keyboard with full predictions?
I have no lack of keyboard problem (there are plenty of good keyboards out there) but this one feels very good and has one of the best layouts w/ good spacing that I've used so I'd like to get a fully working version of this, if at all possible.
Thanks
I probably would use Swype as my default as I like the concept and look, but it's always so innacurate and typing ends up taking way longer than it should...