Now after almost a year that I have SlideIT and Swype on my Galaxy,
I decided to give up Swype since I almost never use it anymore.
I found that SlideIT has so many more feature comparing to swype, and all the time it's being update.
Its dictionary is better, it’s word prediction is better and it’s way of choosing alternate words is better. Instead of forcing you to choose from a popup menu, it makes its best guess then gives you an unobtrusive menu of alternate words to choose from in case it got it wrong.
I just want to hear what do you think ?
please answer only if you tried them both for a while
SlideIT site
Swype site
also forgot to mention ShapeWriter which is the third keyboard using this sliding input method, and two months ago was removed from the Market.
from my experience, I found it to be very inaccurate and not at the same level as SlideIT and Swype.
ShapeWriter site
SlideIT of course...
Because it has Multilingual support
swype (at least the version i have *cough*) does multilanguage too
waebi said:
swype (at least the version i have *cough*) does multilanguage too
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Any chance of you sharing how you got it?
i still like Swype but i find myself using Swiftkey more than ever.
Swype is looking better, and working better. When they launch with fully support, you should count on that it gets updates all the time to.
Has everyone forgotten about ShapeWriter? Its off the market now, but I think its way better than both ...
sorlan said:
Instead of forcing you to choose from a popup menu
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Swype doesn't force you to use the popup menu. YOu can just continue typing and it will select the top word in the pop up menu.
Haven't used SlideIT, I'm kind of put off at the ~$10 price, when swipe was included in my phone.
never cared got shapewriter, too slow and not as accurate. Slideit is s the most accurate and better than swype I think, but the lack of long press for numbers and punctuation kills it. If it had that, I would ditch swype in a sec.
sorlan said:
Its dictionary is better, it’s word prediction is better and it’s way of choosing alternate words is better. Instead of forcing you to choose from a popup menu, it makes its best guess then gives you an unobtrusive menu of alternate words to choose from in case it got it wrong.
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In the app list, it's boring to use swype to search the good app with only the "first" letters.
I prefer slide it for this.
sorlan said:
Its dictionary is better, it’s word prediction is better and it’s way of choosing alternate words is better.
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Not necessarily.
With Swype if the word is not in the dictionary all you need to do is tap it out and the next time you swype those same letters the word is automatically formed for you.
I have several email addresses done this way and no need to change from lower to upper as Swype will do it for you.
Lemme see .... $5.99 or free? ... free or $5.99?
How to add new words to the dictionary?
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With Swype if the word is not in the dictionary all you need to do is tap it out and the next time you swype those same letters the word is automatically formed for you.
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What if you tap this word by mistake, will Swype still learn this new word ?
With SlideIT you must press + to add the word to the dictionary. and if the dictionary offer you a word that you never use you can just press - to remove this word from the dictionary.
i use SlideIT n i love it i had it for a while on my tilt 2 so i was prety much use to it wen i got my Aria but i still tried Swype but to me SlideIT juss feels better n yea SlideIT is 5.99 n d market but o well bought it n lovin every minute of it lol
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What if you tap this word by mistake, will Swype still learn this new word ?
With SlideIT you must press + to add the word to the dictionary. and if the dictionary offer you a word that you never use you can just press - to remove this word from the dictionary.
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From the Swype site....
"If it had been a user-added word, all you would have to do is highlight the word and press the Swype key. You'd then see a notification that the word was removed from the UDB. Happy Swyping,.."
Franklin
Franklin is the customer support guru at Swype.
It's close, but Swype gets my vote although Smart Keyboard Pro is my main keyboard. It's more accurate for me than SlideIT keyboard.
Sent from my Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Evo!
qualnd said:
I tried Swype, but to me SlideIT juss feels better n yea SlideIT is 5.99 n d market but o well bought it n lovin every minute of it lol
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Does 5.99 euro for a keyboard is too much ?
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Does 5.99 euro for a keyboard is too much ?
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If your happy with it then it doesn't matter.
Both keyboards do their jobs very well.... It's all a matter of personal taste.
It's all a matter of personal taste
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It's all a matter of personal taste.
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When you say "matter of personal taste" you mean the first keyboard you get use too? the way it work ? the way it look ? or the the special features it offer ?
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When you say "matter of personal taste" you mean the first keyboard you get use too? the way it work ? the way it look ? or the the special features it offer ?
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It's a combination of which keyboard you prefer over the other......
My personal taste is to use Swype ~ it is free, easy to use (layout/saving of new words etc) and endorsed by Samsung with the Galaxy S.
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Hi,
Just got my HTC HD 2. And i taken liking in original HTC HD 2 keyboard. Mainly because of inbuild vibration feedback. But there is that one annoying thing. And thats emoticons. I would love to write "=*" or "=)" faster. Now i have to go to characters, get to the second screen for "=" and return for "*". So, is there a way to configure keyboard layout to have this emoticon typed when i hold choosen key?
Ofc i could get another keyboard thats supports easy remaping with touchresponse enabler and set it to vibrate only at keyboard and set my new keyboard as default with another program. But thats not so effective.
TL;DR: Any idea where to edit default keyboard layout?
Edit: Now that i think about it, is there a setting to make first letter in a sentence Capitalized?
Is there no way? Then someone know keyboard which looks like original an is editable? Thanks in advance
I have no idea if you can edit the keyboard, but you should check out FingerKeyboard (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=487677) its good looking, really accurate and has most of the standard emoticons on the regular layout.
Hi!
This keyboad can not to set disable T9 also!
Well I dont use T9 so I dont mind. And yes, Fingerkeyboard is nice one i tryed it already. But still couldnt edit to my favorite smileys. If I recall correctly, there was FingerKeyboard with indepth settings, but this 2.1 only has basic stuff. Gonna look at it again.
Still its kinda lame to have to use 3 programs to have default keyboard with emoticons xD
In my opinion, FKB is the worst replacement keyboard. The default keyboard would be perfect, if someone managed to remove the arrows so that you could have a bit bigger keys, and a row for numbers.
I applaud the dev for his time and blood, though.
Again, this is MY opinion. Agree or disagree, I don't really give a damn. That would be YOUR opinion.
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In my opinion, FKB is the worst replacement keyboard. The default keyboard would be perfect, if someone managed to remove the arrows so that you could have a bit bigger keys, and a row for numbers.
I applaud the dev for his time and blood, though.
Again, this is MY opinion. Agree or disagree, I don't really give a damn. That would be YOUR opinion.
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I'm not sure about the FKB with HD2, as I will be only getting the HD2 next week! But with my experience of FKB with Touch HD, I completely disagree with you. FKB is the best ever keyboard app to me, it is a must for me for many reasons.
And to the poster, I'm really glad of you posting up a thread with a proper title with [REQ] suggesting what your post is about! If everyone follows this basic rule, how much better and enjoyable browsing the forum for all of us!
Well I am now testing REAL 2.1 version (I downloaded bad link and got 2.0 =/ that was silly of me) Now if i get nice theme which looks like standart then its all nice (Vibration seems to be implemented which is great).
And I totaly agree with precsmo. If people really did follow rules, it would be totaly awesome for others. And posting [REQ] before request was obvious after reading this forum for about 30s. Dunno why others dont do it this way, its better for everybody.
I played with FKB a bit and found out it to be sorta buggy with HTC HD 2 and not so good as default keyboard is =/ what a shame that HTC doesnt care about smileys =/
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In my opinion, FKB is the worst replacement keyboard. The default keyboard would be perfect, if someone managed to remove the arrows so that you could have a bit bigger keys, and a row for numbers.
I applaud the dev for his time and blood, though.
Again, this is MY opinion. Agree or disagree, I don't really give a damn. That would be YOUR opinion.
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I disagree. Finger Keyboard is good and arrows in the default keyboard are great .
Swype
Have you tried "Swype"? It's an awesome keyboard..... try it - it should speed up your typing a lot
can anyone tell me how to swap the "£" for the "$" on the keyboard. $ is on the keyboard @ the moment but I have to search for the £ key.
thanks
Shala
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can anyone tell me how to swap the "£" for the "$" on the keyboard. $ is on the keyboard @ the moment but I have to search for the £ key.
thanks
Shala
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Find a cab in sense tweak thread, as I remember. There is a cab for currency keyboard or so called, then u can have option to choose that £ symbol when holding $
Sorry for asking in this thread, but is it possible to get a swedish layout on the htc keyboard? always have to long-press a for å and ä, and long-press o for ö... quite anoying. and i really dont want to replace the standard keyboard on my new hd2.
thanks in advance.
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Sorry for asking in this thread, but is it possible to get a swedish layout on the htc keyboard?
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should be possible and not that complicated,
for info on what and how check this thread, some additional info can be also found in threads on lithuanian and bulgarians keyboards
I have been using Swype keyboard for some time and absolutely love it, but have been annoyed about it not having special letters such as used in Scandinavia.
Then Yesterday I fell over a similar keyboard called SlideIt and that works same way as Swype, it just have support for all European languages plus Arabic and Hebrew, plus you can make abbreviations and as a benefit to all those that don't use WM you can also get it for Android and Symbian.
Price is a reasonable 7.99 USD
You read about here: http://www.mobiletextinput.com/
U are scandiavian? Does the keyboard support ÆØÅ?
Yes, I'm Danish.
Yes, as I wrote then it supports all European languages, you download a language pack of your choice, mine was of course Danish and you can just download the Norwegian language pack and in options you choose the language you want as Primary and which one you want as secondary and voila you have all the special characters for Norway.
The only issue is when you have used Swype for some time is that the buttons are a little smaller, but that only takes a day to get used to.
ok, and it works when u flip the phone to the side?
Have to check out the videos on youtube before i decide...
But if anyone else have used this, i would like to know about the feedback..
Brilliant, abselutly brilliant....
Recommended....
SlideIT is the no.1 keyboard for my/the HD2. Far superior over Swype IMHO.
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SlideIT is the no.1 keyboard for my/the HD2. Far superior over Swype IMHO.
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After alot of tests, I can only agree
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After alot of tests, I can only agree
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Thanks!!! Certainly the new version kicks the hell out of Swype.
Im Norwegian and have been using SwipeIT since the start. Works fine, but the only issue i have is that it does not work in landscape mode. The keyboard turns all white and the letters are not visible.
Think this is a know'n problem since i have heard some other reports on the same.
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Im Norwegian and have been using SwipeIT since the start. Works fine, but the only issue i have is that it does not work in landscape mode. The keyboard turns all white and the letters are not visible.
Think this is a know'n problem since i have heard some other reports on the same.
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it is fixed in the new version, works like a charm
It is really a great keyboard! One issue I have is that it does not detect text selection in HTC Messaging application. I don't think the problem is with SlideIT since it works fine on another text application like Pocket Notepad, and also Swype does not detect selected text also... So probably a problem with HTC Messaging app text selection method...
Anyway it is a great input method and works very good!
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It is really a great keyboard! One issue I have is that it does not detect text selection in HTC Messaging application. I don't think the problem is with SlideIT since it works fine on another text application like Pocket Notepad, and also Swype does not detect selected text also... So probably a problem with HTC Messaging app text selection method...
Anyway it is a great input method and works very good!
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Double tap selection never works in HTC Messaging. Long press/hold on the word brings up the editing menu. It's stupid, in my view.
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Double tap selection never works in HTC Messaging. Long press/hold on the word brings up the editing menu. It's stupid, in my view.
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Yeah, I know about the long press editing menu. but even if I select a word with the little pointers (or whatever that things are called) SlideIT does not detect it, so I cannot add/edit/remove that word to/from the SlideIT dictionary like the video here: http://www.mobiletextinput.com/Product/SlideIT/Corrections.php
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Yeah, I know about the long press editing menu. but even if I select a word with the little pointers (or whatever that things are called) SlideIT does not detect it, so I cannot add/edit/remove that word to/from the SlideIT dictionary like the video here: http://www.mobiletextinput.com/Product/SlideIT/Corrections.php
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Ah, yes. I guess that is why so many people are disabling HTC Messaging and using the WM default client. It's better in these areas, but it looks like crap.
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Ah, yes. I guess that is why so many people are disabling HTC Messaging and using the WM default client. It's better in these areas, but it looks like crap.
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I agree! The HTC Messaging app has some serious issues that should get fixed. But it also has some nice features and is pretty
Best app i've downloaded so far, i couldn't be happier
Hi all!
Have just installed SlideIT and i think if i give it some time i will use it before the HD2 original one. But, is there some better looking skins for it? Or at least one with slightly bigger buttons?
Have googled it but i can't find anything that points me in any way that says that someone is making or are going make skins for it.
Can it be done?
In PDF User Manual, I read this:
"The user has the option to introduce a large number of new words into the dictionary rapidly or to even use a customized dictionary. To do this, create a file containing the new words on a PC and then move the file to the device. The user must open the file and select all of its content. Next, tap on the indicator ‘+’. The bulk update is then performed. Note that the maximum length of the selected text is 1000 characters."
But which kind of file I've to create, where I've to put it, and how can I access to it from the keyboard ?
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In PDF User Manual, I read this:
"The user has the option to introduce a large number of new words into the dictionary rapidly or to even use a customized dictionary. To do this, create a file containing the new words on a PC and then move the file to the device. The user must open the file and select all of its content. Next, tap on the indicator ‘+’. The bulk update is then performed. Note that the maximum length of the selected text is 1000 characters."
But which kind of file I've to create, where I've to put it, and how can I access to it from the keyboard ?
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You can use an application like Pocket Notepad with a txt file...
Why is it so much better than swype? I have 0 issues most of the time with swype unless im trying to do a lot of mixed numbers/letters...
I've advocated for Swype here many, many as a part of the TMOUS ROM for a long time, but the newest version of SlideIT simply works better. There's no question about it.
At $7.99, it's a bargain for all that it offers. It's faster, stable, and the buttons work 100% of the time. I've become fully convinced after testing it against the latest Swype, and I'd say its even better than the previouis Swype as well for various reasons, not the least of which is that it fits properly in the window of the 6.5.x ROM! No impossible "position fix" needed!
I'd highly recommend anyone who has not done so to check out the demo.
The newest version of SlideIT works excellent !
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But the newest version of SlideIT simply works better. There's no question about it.
It's faster, stable, and the buttons work 100% of the time.
I'd highly recommend anyone who has not done so to check out the demo.
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I completely agree
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I completely agree
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not for me guys, swype FTW !!!
I will try but,was really annoying to use it....repport soon!!
finally! some common sense
btw the first was SlideIt and it's intelligent algorithms. Swype is just a copy-cat.
SlideiT is by far the best, so +1 from here 2
lol, it seems im the only one who likes swype better. oh well...*goes back to texting at the speed of light on a fancy custom coloured swype keypad*....
yes slide-it is better,
still needs a lot of work though, especially getting it to play with opera10 better..
When deleting a word mis-recognized it moves the cursor back to the start of the word and deletes the words in front.
Other than that I love it!
Until the makers of SlideIT sort out word correction in HTC Messaging, I don't agree.
Swype is the better keyboard.
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yes slide-it is better,
still needs a lot of work though, especially getting it to play with opera10 better..
When deleting a word mis-recognized it moves the cursor back to the start of the word and deletes the words in front.
Other than that I love it!
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Have you not noticed the same with swype? I have.
SlideIt is the only swype software with different languages i use the dutch and it is very good
SlideIT is better than Swype, but is it better than TouchPal ?
I notice SlideIT bugs a little in French and TouchPal got so much more features.
IMHO, TouchPal is the best keyboard. But SlideIT is merely the speedest way to type messages.
I think they are that close it will always be a personal preference thing.
I revert back and forth constantly. SlideIT is faster in terms of speed, you can add custom abbreviations so for commonly used passwords and emails etc it can be great to just enter a few characters, takes up alot less memory but not much to look at (for many who cares, its all about typing speed).
However on occasions when typing the same paragraph, SlideIT can be overly sensitive and constantly gives an error if trying to type a certain work, i revert to Swype and it enters it no prob so im not convinced either is a clear winner.
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SlideIT is better than Swype, but is it better than TouchPal ?
I notice SlideIT bugs a little in French and TouchPal got so much more features.
IMHO, TouchPal is the best keyboard. But SlideIT is merely the speedest way to type messages.
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Agreed, Touchpal is very reliable, esp when using Opera etc for passwords, emails etc. It never fails whereas the swyping keyboards can. I dont use it alot but when i need to be accurate to enter something, you cant go past Touchpal, used it for years and its great.
SlideIT and Swype is just more fun, easier etc.
Sorry guy's. tried both, its Swype for me!
I just simply love slideIT, still getting used to it, but so far so good
But something I've noticed, is when I've typed a word in Dialect/Accent after a time the word will disaper.
Anyone else with same problem? Even if i go to options and push the "save now" button it's still gone after a day or two
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I just simply love slideIT, still getting used to it, but so far so good
But something I've noticed, is when I've typed a word in Dialect/Accent after a time the word will disaper.
Anyone else with same problem? Even if i go to options and push the "save now" button it's still gone after a day or two
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Are you using the full version (paid version) or the demo?
The demo does not allow permanent saves, If I recall. The added words are only there temporarily.
I'm using the full version, but used the demo version first.
Maybe if I'd delete it from the mobile, and re-install it?
Could be the demo could affect the full version?
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+1 for me.
Having tried both, I must say that i like SlideIT better.
Swype Beta was the very first app that I made a video demo of. Ah, it brings back memories. It was also the demo that launched with The Droid Demos in June of 2010. However, there was another Android keyboard app that was released shortly thereafter. It was called SwiftKey. Unlike, Swype, SwiftKey doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel…I mean keyboard. Rather, it brings us an even better traditional keyboard. With a sleek look that slightly resembles the HTC Sense keyboard, SwiftKey prides itself in helping you type faster without changing any habits. How? SwiftKey not only has an amazing spell correction engine, but it actually predicts what you’re going to type. That’s right, a keyboard that predicts the future. Okay, so maybe not quite, but it gets close. By analyzing your typing habits and messages, SwiftKey learns how you type and uses this data to suggest what word to type next, allowing you to quickly tap to select or hit space to select its prediction. No hassle guaranteed.
I've got a video demo, as always of SwiftKey. Check it out. Download link provided.
SwiftKey Video Demo with Download Link
I have personally found the stock Htc sense keyboard to be better than Swiftkey because the error correction is way better. I type fast enough that it would slow me down considerably to pause to read and select the word it predicts for me. When I try to type fast as would with the Sense keyboard, I get many spelling errors because of mistypes. With the sense keyboard, most words are corrected properly. Try it. Try typing without worrying if you pursed exactly the correct key. I find portrait mode works fastest as you don't have to move your fingers much. I use two thumbs.
Interesting.I like swype a lot but swiftkey sounds like it's worth a try thanks.
I've been on for the hunt for a good keyboard solution for about 3 years.swype is as close as I've come and as you can see I'm still ferrying..getting.. used to it. :/
I'm actually using SwiftKey right now. I tried Swype for a couple of weeks but found that the words that often come up aren't the words that I meant to swype and I end up going back and adjusting the words. So far I've been very satisfied with SwiftKey but I'll try out the suggestion someone mentioned above about using the stock keyboard. One thing that I would like to see though is multitouch support added to SwiftKey.
In my personal opinion, swiftkey sucks...I am like the first response, it slows me down horribly having to select words. Prediction is no good either. The best keyboard I have found for pure speed has been Smart Keyboard Pro in the market. It's multitouch, the keys are spaced nicely and prediction is accurate and fast along with ability to customize as needed.
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In my personal opinion, swiftkey sucks...I am like the first response, it slows me down horribly having to select words. Prediction is no good either. The best keyboard I have found for pure speed has been Smart Keyboard Pro in the market. It's multitouch, the keys are spaced nicely and prediction is accurate and fast along with ability to customize as needed.
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Thats on my list of keyboards to demo
Using Swype and been using it. Tried swiftKey before and it doesn't match up to SWPYE at all..Swype its thee way to Text..
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I'm liking it so far. However, the prediction on the stock HTC keyboard is still the best imo.
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Nothing beats droid multi touch keyboard folks. No fril solution for all your typing needs.
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The fastest keyboard on Android has to be TouchPal, the king of Windows Mobile keyboards.
If you have ever used WinMo, you should know how TouchPal murders any other WinMo keyboard out there. TouchPal Android version is no different.
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In my personal opinion, swiftkey sucks...I am like the first response, it slows me down horribly having to select words. Prediction is no good either. The best keyboard I have found for pure speed has been Smart Keyboard Pro in the market. It's multitouch, the keys are spaced nicely and prediction is accurate and fast along with ability to customize as needed.
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As I promised, here's the demo of Smart Keyboard Pro
Smart Keyboard Pro Video Demo
The beta program is about to close but you can still get in:
SwiftKey VIP
admorris said:
In my personal opinion, swiftkey sucks...I am like the first response, it slows me down horribly having to select words. Prediction is no good either. The best keyboard I have found for pure speed has been Smart Keyboard Pro in the market. It's multitouch, the keys are spaced nicely and prediction is accurate and fast along with ability to customize as needed.
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+1 For Smart Keyboard Pro, by far the best I have used. Personally I don't use any prediction, I just seem to make less mistakes with SKP and the mistakes I do make it will autocorrect most of them. I think it is the virtual key resizing that makes it work so well.
Is there a fast way to capitalize an already-typed word without re-typing? (In Swype, you can select the word and press shift to get the choice of [word, Word, or WORD]).
Also, is there a fast way to do question mark or exclamation mark? (In Swype, you can Swype from each of those keys to the space bar to swype them quickly, rather than long hold etc)
I'm loving Flex T9 way better than Swype, especially the suggestions bar. It's just these small issues that I miss from Swype so I was wondering if there was a way to do them.
..don´t know a solution for "these small issues", but hopefully they will come, flext9 is still very young (my default keyboard btw)
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..don´t know a solution for "these small issues", but hopefully they will come, flext9 is still very young (my default keyboard btw)
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Ah darn. Yeah I am loving Flex T9, just wish I could do these couple things
Already have a discussion here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078955