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Hello all,
Is their a better keyboard for this phone? I really dont like the ones it comes with. Also what about the spell checker? Is that part of the keyboard program?
What ones are you using?
Thanks
join the swype beta.
http://beta.swype.com
Once you go Swype, you never go back.
If you don't like Swype style, try the Gingerbread keyboard on the Market.
Smart keyboard
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I've always liked the Gingerbread kb! But, Smart is also cool...
I only use swype when I only have 1 hand available, but I mainly use gingerbread keyboard pro from market cause I can make the spacebar super big on it (I normally miss it when it's small lol)
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Is there a keyboard where you could turn the phone sideway and it shows you the keyboard as well as the screen? I don't like how it only shows you the keyboard.
SpankDaHobo said:
Is there a keyboard where you could turn the phone sideway and it shows you the keyboard as well as the screen? I don't like how it only shows you the keyboard.
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Better Keyboard 8. I previously used it with the I/O skin & it could splitscreen.
Smart Keyboard FTW.
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I tried all the rest, used Swype for a year, then switched to SwiftKey. Best keyboard hands down. You won't regret it. Free beta on the market.
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For me and for now I use the flext9, which is powered by dragon. But I already paid for it a while ago. But I suggest use what others have already said. Try the beta swype for yourself and see if you like it. I have used swype and would get pissed at it when it got buggy...yes I know its a beta , but I would go to another kb. The GB kb is great for a plain jane kb, also, swiftkey X beta works well too.
If I were you, I would try all the free versions of kbs, starting with the most popular to what you like and narrow it down from there.
Smart Keyboard Pro. I've had it since my Nexus one days, and it's still the best.
Thanks everyone, I will check them all out after work today.
I wouldnt mind also trying a new browser, any suggestions? I know a little bit of whats out there but still learing.
Thanks again everyone.
only swype ... still best //
SwiftKey is the nuts. I think it's made from actual magic
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You would think hTC stock keyboard would have arrows for this mighty screen
Swype FTW I never had a keyboard where I could type that fast.
yourpassenger said:
SwiftKey is the nuts. I think it's made from actual magic
Sent from my brain
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ive heard a lot of good stuff about swift but i feel like my fingers r to fat for it so i make mad mistakes and i theres no option to turn auto-capitalization off?
SwiftKey is very good at predicting text even with fat fingers
As far as the browser goes, I prefer opera.
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nerdo said:
You would think hTC stock keyboard would have arrows for this mighty screen
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Swiftkey X has the option to add arrows in the kb. FTW!
It's got a lot of cool features, and I like it better than the Samsung keyboard.
You can check it out here.
Edit: free today 7/21
Yea, I got it today. Seems to work pretty well.
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This is the best keyboard available in my opinion. I've tried swype and better keyboard even go keyboard and I keep coming back to SwiftKey.
Get it while it's free, one of the best apps i've seen offered free on the amazon appstore.
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+1
swiftkey is awesome
swype is more gooder.
I've been using swype but grabbed this one today to try out for a few days. So far I'm liking it
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swype is more gooder.
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Swype is a solid keyboard, but I just can't bring myself to swype. I'd rather throw the phone sideways and text in landscape. Although, most keyboards are easier to use on this 4.5" screen!
This is probably the best keyboard ever I bought it a long time ago it even works perfect on this old school motor backdrop
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Love it. Thanks for the heads up!
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If you like it check out swift key x beta I believe it called on the market. It's a newer version of it and has some pretty sick keyboard themes compared to this one. It is also free.
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I didn't like it. I'm going back to the Gingerbread Keyboard.
Since I installed this keyboard my battery life seems to have lowered, anybody experience anything similar?
Luis
I have been using Swiftkey since the original. Used beta X loved it now that I'm using Swiftkey X I am having issues with it reseting everytime i restart my phone any ideas
Swiftkey X is awesome,
I spent 6 monnths with swipe and swore it was king!
now I use swiftey!
Best keyboard ever. Never had one issue and I still have predictions from my aria
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I had it and got it in the free app a day deal but uninstalled it right after. It used around 30 or so mb of ram.
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I wanted to love this keyboard, and for the most part I do. However, I keep having this problem where it saves a period to the end of each word. Say, if I were to finish a sentence with the word "hotdog" I would type "hotdog." From then on, every time I type "hotdog" and hit the space key, it auto-corrects to "hotdog. " Does anyone else have this issue? Any ideas on disabling it? I've tried all of the different space function settings, but nothing fixes it. Otherwise, I would love this app.
I'm using the Gingerbread keyboard now with Infused V2B3, and it's working really well for me, but I think that without the aforementioned issue SwiftKey X would be at the top of my list.
gtrmn said:
I wanted to love this keyboard, and for the most part I do. However, I keep having this problem where it saves a period to the end of each word. Say, if I were to finish a sentence with the word "hotdog" I would type "hotdog." From then on, every time I type "hotdog" and hit the space key, it auto-corrects to "hotdog. " Does anyone else have this issue? Any ideas on disabling it? I've tried all of the different space function settings, but nothing fixes it. Otherwise, I would love this app.
I'm using the Gingerbread keyboard now with Infused V2B3, and it's working really well for me, but I think that without the aforementioned issue SwiftKey X would be at the top of my list.
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Does this happen on every app? I ask this because some input methods used to have bugs on Google+.
Maybe you can try enabling and disabling 'Quick "."' in 'Advanced'?
gtrmn said:
I wanted to love this keyboard, and for the most part I do. However, I keep having this problem where it saves a period to the end of each word. Say, if I were to finish a sentence with the word "hotdog" I would type "hotdog." From then on, every time I type "hotdog" and hit the space key, it auto-corrects to "hotdog. " Does anyone else have this issue? Any ideas on disabling it? I've tried all of the different space function settings, but nothing fixes it. Otherwise, I would love this app.
I'm using the Gingerbread keyboard now with Infused V2B3, and it's working really well for me, but I think that without the aforementioned issue SwiftKey X would be at the top of my list.
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I haven't noticed this at all. It took a bit to get it to work the way I would expect. My settings:
Typing style: precise
Spacebar will...: always insert a space
Quick ".": checked
All the rest are defaults
I just wanted to ask people what they think of FlexT9 on their Sensations. I am currently using Swiftkey X and really like it, but I am getting a little itchy and want to try new things. Unfortunately the 15 minute refund period is annoying me somewhat as it means it's impossible to properly test the app.
Its really good, but there's 2 things that makes me use SlideIT instead. No user dictionary, and I can't change the hold down duration to get to the symbols behind the letters.
I got it when it was the Amazon free app of the day. I dig it it swyping feature over the default keyboard, and the layout works for me.
Tried using swiftkey, but it was not for me.
I use it and love it.
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I love it.
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better than Swype (R)
esincho said:
Its really good, but there's 2 things that makes me use SlideIT instead. No user dictionary, and I can't change the hold down duration to get to the symbols behind the letters.
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it has dictionary and you can change the symbol by holding the letter.
is the best keyboard yet for android I have in English and Spanish, fast swype, draw, type, and speak, it uses Dragron so is a good voice recognizer. (handy when using ur hands)
always try the last version or one before
i'm using swype...felt that FlexT9's buttons were a little small and the trace pattern was too thick lol. Could never get used to how FlexT9 kept repeating a word when i pressed the "back" button. Maybe I just didn't know how to use it properly haha
I have tried a ton of keyboards and I just can't seem to find anything that is useful with our skinny little screen. I dislike the non-configurationablism of the stock keyboard.
Anyone have a preference? I'm not big on sliding keyboards. I have slideit full version, but dislike it as well. I dislike prediction and prefer double-touch enabled keyboards.
Any recommendations?
Tried:
Stock (heh)
Go Keyboard
Swiftkey X (Phone)
Thumb Keyboard
slideit
better keyboard 8
probably others I'm not remembering
Have you tried thumb keyboard? You can adjust pretty much anything including keyboard dimensions and layout.
I use it on both my xoom and sensation. Its great!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.beansoft.keyboardplus&feature=search_result
El Daddy said:
Have you tried thumb keyboard? You can adjust pretty much anything including keyboard dimensions and layout.
I use it on both my xoom and sensation. Its great!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.beansoft.keyboardplus&feature=search_result
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yeah I bought it and use it on my tablet. I will give it a shot right now.
Yeah.. I stopped using that one because it is not multi-touch. The creator of that app told me he will be releasing a multi-touch version later.
I type too fast for a single touch display. often one finger will not fully lift before another drops down and it causes me to miss very often.
Better keyboard is great in that respect, but is lacking the features of thumb keyboard.
Just tried go keyboard for the first time. It's pretty good but it's multitouch works differently than better keyboard 8. If you press F and then press U before F is released on BK8, it puts the U in on keydown but if you do the same with GO it puts the U in when the F lifts.
My top favorites are SwiftKey and A.I. Keyboard..they work great for me!
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bought swiftkey X (phone). Not sure I will like it, but I'm going to play with it some more later to see if I can tweak it out. Looks very nice for prediction junkies though. pretty nice.
I'm going to see if I can get into prediction typing.
May I recommend GO Keyborad??
To me its just the perfect size and have the keyboard theme set to white which compliments alot of pages I visit and the pressed color to it is also nice....... Lime in color!!
Also I would suggest editing your OP with a listing so at least folks know what you have used ;-) food for thought
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May I recommend GO Keyborad??
To me its just the perfect size and have the keyboard theme set to white which compliments alot of pages I visit and the pressed color to it is also nice....... Lime in color!!
Also I would suggest editing your OP with a listing so at least folks know what you have used ;-) food for thought
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Yeah listing would have been a good idea. I just couldn't remember off the top of my head and didn't have my phone handy.
I tried GO. it's decent. I want better! '
I think I'm just going to be hosed because the width of the keys are too small for my fat fingers when used with this small screen in portrait.
Maybe I will just be stuck in landscape and double thumbing.
Best keyboard imo is swype. You can't get it on the market for now but you can register on beta.swype.com it works like a charme! You may need 2-3 days but then you will be definitely faster than typing.
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chisleu said:
Yeah.. I stopped using that one because it is not multi-touch. The creator of that app told me he will be releasing a multi-touch version later.
I type too fast for a single touch display. often one finger will not fully lift before another drops down and it causes me to miss very often.
Better keyboard is great in that respect, but is lacking the features of thumb keyboard.
Just tried go keyboard for the first time. It's pretty good but it's multitouch works differently than better keyboard 8. If you press F and then press U before F is released on BK8, it puts the U in on keydown but if you do the same with GO it puts the U in when the F lifts.
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I'm the developer of Thumb Keyboard. I stumbled upon this thread because I have a Sensation myself (love it btw).
Thumb Keyboard 4.x is already multi-touch.
If there are any suggestions to improve the keyboard let me know. I already built in an option to resize the font, because the high resolution of the qHD display will reduce the size of the font (which is great in the case of some other apps btw). Any other suggestions/requests for the sensation display are very welcome.
Btw an update will be released this weekend or begin next week with, amongst others, a split keyboard with cursor keys. Works great on the Sensation. But that's my very biased opinion. Also it will be packed with a ton of downloadable high Res themes.
try smart keyboard...its amazing and full of options to costumize...im using this keyboard since my first android phone
You can always give 8pen a go. Who knows? Maybe you'll be the one that fully masters it. I'm also waiting on the beta of Touchpal Curve Input to be released. You can find a few videos of it on YouTube.
Best keyboard imo is swype. You can't get it on the market for now but you can register on beta.swype.com it works like a charme! You may need 2-3 days but then you will be definitely faster than typing.
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Interesting...I just signed up for it. I knew our standard keyboard wasn't Swype, but how is Swype different?
orihuri said:
try smart keyboard...its amazing and full of options to costumize...im using this keyboard since my first android phone
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+1 for smart keyboard, has arrow keys configurable to be on the main screen, key size customization and a bunch more. I regret it does not have copy paste commands, afaik.
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.cdeguet.smartkeyboardpro&hl=en
I'm sure there will be something out there for your talented fingers and I literally laughed out loud when you stated about the size of this screen.
You must be a bodyguard?? J/ K
GL again and I am sure that you will find something ;-)
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BETTER KEYBOARD... it should be named as "Best keyboard"
chisleu said:
I dislike prediction and prefer double-touch enabled keyboards.
Any recommendations?
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Ultra Keyboard if you haven't already tried it.
FlexT9? I think is double touch. It's basically a combo of swype and dictation. Also you can actually write your letters out a la Sony Clie days lol. Pretty much a jack of all trades but does not do one particularly well, but gets the job done. The Dragon software is pretty spot on for me.
Gingerbread keyboard from the market. U can adjust size.
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Gingerbread keyboard from the market. U can adjust size.
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Agreed! i am so used to speeding through my texts now that i pretty much only use the gingerbread kb mainly because of the multi touch but i have grown very fond of thumb keyboard
swype all the way !
just updated my sensation to sense 4.0. am not really a big fan of the new keyboard with the directional arrows below. i don't really see an option to remove the arrows or an arrow-less version and i make too many mistakes with the default ICS keyboard. can anyone recommend me a good keyboard to use?
thanks!
Smart Keyboard Pro. Hands down the best keyboard I've ever used. That, or the Swype beta.
Also interested in this.
I got a little fed up with swype typos. seemed like it didn't take grammar into account.
I'm a very fast, but sloppy typist.
Ultimate death of me: V or B instead of the spacebar, rendering typo correction useless and throwing it off.
Having some fun with swiftkey x though. I'll take a look at smart kb pro.
I like thumbs keyboard
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Swift Key hands down. Though I haven't used it again after trying Sense 4.0 keyboard, this one is so smooth and overall great
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littleasian said:
just updated my sensation to sense 4.0. am not really a big fan of the new keyboard with the directional arrows below. i don't really see an option to remove the arrows or an arrow-less version and i make too many mistakes with the default ICS keyboard. can anyone recommend me a good keyboard to use?
thanks!
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Swiftkey X - Been my keyboard of choice since my Desire days.
it quickly learns keyboard and language usage and prompts the next most likely word. Saves ages when typing "Just got to the station see you soon XXX" type stuff. All I type is Just and the rest is prompted for me (with a few options and variations)
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I like thumbs keyboard
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Gave thanks.
Best damn thing I've ever typed with. Really helps out.
My issue with Swiftkey X was that I'm just too sloppy.
Thumb Keyboard helps that from what I gather. Bigger keys = less typos = more accurate predictions.
How the hell have I not been using this before. Wtf.
Swiftkey is nice unless you have to type in different languages ! (In my case it's Spanish, Catalan and English :S). If your case is like mine go after SmartKeyboard, has a button to switch between dictionaries easily and you can personalize the space bar to make it way bigger (my main problem was clicking , or . instead of space ALL the time U_U)
Luck there
@xhighalert I know what you mean. That's how I felt when I started using it back in December.
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MuertoKo said:
Swiftkey is nice unless you have to type in different languages ! (In my case it's Spanish, Catalan and English :S). If your case is like mine go after SmartKeyboard, has a button to switch between dictionaries easily and you can personalize the space bar to make it way bigger (my main problem was clicking , or . instead of space ALL the time U_U)
Luck there
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Same here - on pretty much every keyboard for some reason I'd always hit CVBN instead of space. Split Portrait Compact mode on Thumb Keyboard has pretty much solved that issue.
i tried thumb keyboard, looks really good but for some reason i'm still getting the damn arrow keys below it. this is on the default htc keyboard. does anybody know how to get rid of them?
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i tried thumb keyboard, looks really good but for some reason i'm still getting the damn arrow keys below it. this is on the default htc keyboard. does anybody know how to get rid of them?
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You can hide the arrow keys.
Go to the keyboard setting screens.
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