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New keyboard coming out sometime today? What do you guys think? I'll try anything twice...
http://www.the8pen.com/index.html
Webstarr said:
New keyboard coming out sometime today? What do you guys think? I'll try anything twice...
http://www.the8pen.com/index.html
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that kinda just blew my mind haha
don't you mean sometime tomorrow?
i was reading about his earlier.. i still think swype could be alot faster and easier to use. It's gonna take quite awhile to get use to all the letters being at weird positions.. i can pretty much type using swype half looking.. with this your eyes are stuck on the keyboard. and imo i like looking at a keyboard more than an X with letters lined up.. kinda tacky UI
doesnt seem good
Oh geez, it already looks complicated and the video doing the demo just made it more confusing. I'll try it out but swype all the way!
I'll give it a go, looks interesting.. Could be a big learning curve though, learning to touch type all over again.
Brilliant ! When you think about it, the keyboard was not designed for mobile devices. There will be a steep learning curve because we have been using the kb for so long but I think it will be much more efficient,faster and less error prone.
I'll definitely give it a try.
ya i love swype too but i will definitely try it. did anyone try messagease?
I am totally converted to SwiftKey but i'll give this one a try too. I like that they've come at the problem from a totally original angle so it has to be worth a bit of time to get used to it.
3Shirts said:
I am totally converted to SwiftKey but i'll give this one a try too. I like that they've come at the problem from a totally original angle so it has to be worth a bit of time to get used to it.
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its up on the market for 1.59. not sure if that was the best choice. should have atleast made it a free beta/trial at first
Using It now. Not sure how I f e e l About it
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Hi.
I just got 8pen, and so far I have to say it is an interesting concept. Other than having to relearn where the letters are (they are in no way associated with a traditional keyboard), it is a really easy way to type.
I had to keep lifting my thumb to see where my next letter was, but I think I will get the hang of it soon.
This will be great for guys with big fingers because it just uses gestures, and the user will not have to try to get a finger on a teeny tiny key.
I think they should have had a trial period, though. I did pay the $1.59, a small price to pay for the newest, latest, and (possibly) greatest, but if I don't get the hang of this soon I am going to uninstall. It should not take me a minute and a half to type "how are you".
escalavee said:
Hi.
I just got 8pen, and so far I have to say it is an interesting concept. Other than having to relearn where the letters are (they are in no way associated with a traditional keyboard), it is a really easy way to type.
I had to keep lifting my thumb to see where my next letter was, but I think I will get the hang of it soon.
This will be great for guys with big fingers because it just uses gestures, and the user will not have to try to get a finger on a teeny tiny key.
I think they should have had a trial period, though. I did pay the $1.59, a small price to pay for the newest, latest, and (possibly) greatest, but if I don't get the hang of this soon I am going to uninstall. It should not take me a minute and a half to type "how are you".
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I agree with most of what you said, but I UN installed it. The layout is too erratic and highly frustrating. I will stick with SlideIT
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bennettm89 said:
I agree with most of what you said, but I UN installed it. The layout is too erratic and highly frustrating. I will stick with SlideIT
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Did you have any issues getting a refund that you know of?
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Did you have any issues getting a refund that you know of?
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No sir... but you made me question it. When I downloaded the application, I got an e-mail and shrugged it off as proof of purchase and cleared notification, same with when I uninstalled it. Once you said that, I went back through my gmail and double checked. It appears as though I was not charged.
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I know... I forgot the 's' at the end of 'minutes'. I typed that response with 8pen too, it was very aggravating. The worst is the fact that you can't memorize the letters and constantly have to lift your finger in order to see where the heck the next character is!
So I'm using it on the N1 and I cannot understand how to select a letter outside of the first ones (. y i a , e t o). Even doing the tutorial, Step 2: Your First Word...I'm trying to type "you" and it keeps typing "yoo" because I cannot select anything past O
Scratch that...so to anyone else baffled by this, I just figured out you must proceed to another quadrant and then go to the center to get the second letter or more quadrants for other letters.
Hi all,
New to the Android scene. I have an iPhone3gs and am leaning towards the Inspire over the Atrix. Quick noob question. Can Swype be installed on this device?
Yes but
Unless you are rooted (which at least for now looks semi-difficult), you need to sideload it. I haven't had enough posts yet to post an outside link, but you can Google "install swype inspire" and the first hit should get you started.
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Hi all,
New to the Android scene. I have an iPhone3gs and am leaning towards the Inspire over the Atrix. Quick noob question. Can Swype be installed on this device?
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http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-inspire-4g/60295-guide-installing-swype-beta-htc-inspire-4g.html
easiest guide you'll find. Literally took me 5 minutes, and I've never run commands on a computer. Hardest thing was to find a torrent for WinZip lol
@antioch216: Thanks. That was the link I wanted to post!
It's very easy. Didn't take me all that long either. I used the Mac/Linux method and it was easy breezy.
Thanks for the link. One other question. What are your thoughts on Swype vs the stock keyboard? I've never actually used it myself but have heard lots of hype surrounding it.
Thanks!
Swype is really awesome I think. It's really easy to get used to. In my experience you only have to use one finger and it's pretty forgiving in terms of the letters you hit.
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Thanks for the link. One other question. What are your thoughts on Swype vs the stock keyboard? I've never actually used it myself but have heard lots of hype surrounding it.
Thanks!
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Swype is much faster for me once I got used to it.... except when it's messing up. Sometimes the autocorrect is just so bad that it would be faster to send the message in morse code, but that doesn't happen often.
i'm a big fan of swype.
Go here and you can download the beta version of swype to your phone http://www.swypeinc.com/
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Swype is much faster for me once I got used to it.... except when it's messing up. Sometimes the autocorrect is just so bad that it would be faster to send the message in morse code, but that doesn't happen often.
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In that case go to your swype settings, and adjust your speed vs. accuracy and see what works best for you.
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not rooted yet and I have the installer already for beta use but it won't let me install and I don't have the unknown sources under application settings either...is this guide a workaround or only for rooted phones?
Would def like to try out swype if I could
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http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-inspire-4g/60295-guide-installing-swype-beta-htc-inspire-4g.html
easiest guide you'll find. Literally took me 5 minutes, and I've never run commands on a computer. Hardest thing was to find a torrent for WinZip lol
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nope, no root required. I haven't rooted and I just followed the guide and now I've got Swype!
AT&T blocks the ability to download from other sources (sideloading) and so this program is essentially a work around, but doesn't disturb any original settings. So if anything happened to your phone, AT&T wouldn't know unless the employee knew about this stuff.
Just follow the guide, and you'll have Swype, it's pretty easy
cool beans ...tried it out and works real smooth....thnx
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Swype doesn't work after reset
Anyone have problems with Swype after reset on the Inspire? Mine keeps going away. Just want to know before I report a buy
Swype even works great when drunk!
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I put swype on here and it is amazing!!!
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legend221 said:
In that case go to your swype settings, and adjust your speed vs. accuracy and see what works best for you.
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My main problem comes from the built-in dictionary, not it's prediction. Why the hell would I use "beefier" when I'm trying to type "before"?
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Anyone have problems with Swype after reset on the Inspire? Mine keeps going away. Just want to know before I report a buy
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I believe every time you reset, you just have to change the input mode. It's just a default setting that isn't changeable to my knowledge. It happens to everyone
On my captivate, using Swype, when I pressed in the text area, I got a little button to move the cursor around. I get the same type little button with the default keyboard on my Inspire. With Swype, though, I get just a cursor, and I have to press and hold to magnify, more like an iphone. Is there any way to change that?
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Im having a problem or a roadblock...im on my 3rd inspire due to crappy gps...but anyways i followed the instructions and it worked wvery time...now with my 3rd inspire i downloaded the swype installer but now it says that there is an update to the installer and now im stuck cause it wont let me update the installer cause att blocks the side loading apps...does anyone know the adb commands to load the new updated swype installer....thanks in advanced...
I posted on Swype forums a while back about the issue with Swype on this phone. They replied saying the auto space (which im guessing auto capitalization falls in the same catagory) does not work because HTC has made sense reply window treat the data entered by the user as a web address link - because noone wants spaces in their links. I have found that most people say cracking HTC's Sense code is almost impossible but i was wondering if someone could come up with a fix for this.
Whats the problem? Swype seems to work fine for me...
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Use the flex T9 that popped up. It's basically swipe made for sense.
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If you use Handcent or ChompSMS it works. But yeah, definitely fails on the stock Sense message app.
Using the evo updated version of swype resolves all issues seen in the thunderbolt beta.
Using the evo version here. It just doesn't have the voice icon on the keyboard.
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Where do I get the updated EVO swipe? The problem with the one for thunderbolt is it doesnt autospace as stated in the original post...
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Where do I get the updated EVO swipe? The problem with the one for thunderbolt is it doesnt autospace as stated in the original post...
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Its against forum rules to post swype apks your best luck is to google it.
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i'm using it now on the thunderbolt and it's autospacing
I've installed and uninstalled this a half dozen times because of similar issues.
Something else I've noticed sporadically is that even when I do get it working properly using Handcent SOMETIMES I have to still manually type. Meaning it makes a trace mark, but the letters never pop up.
Now going to look for the EVO swype.
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I posted on Swype forums a while back about the issue with Swype on this phone. They replied saying the auto space (which im guessing auto capitalization falls in the same catagory) does not work because HTC has made sense reply window treat the data entered by the user as a web address link - because noone wants spaces in their links. I have found that most people say cracking HTC's Sense code is almost impossible but i was wondering if someone could come up with a fix for this.
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go to the beta page, log in, reset phone, download new swype installer, now you have spacing atleast i did lol.
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Yep, EVO swype was the best one that I've found. The only thing I can't get it to do is put the auto punctuation in after you double space. Other than that it works great.
EDIT: What I can't figure out is if the EVO version is nearly perfect...why doesn't Swype just take it and revise it a little? Or, I guess maybe they tried and messed it up even worse?
OP: PM me your email address.
hinds73 said:
Yep, EVO swype was the best one that I've found. The only thing I can't get it to do is put the auto punctuation in after you double space. Other than that it works great.
EDIT: What I can't figure out is if the EVO version is nearly perfect...why doesn't Swype just take it and revise it a little? Or, I guess maybe they tried and messed it up even worse?
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The "EVO" version is a very very very old build
Swype UPDATE
Those issues mentioned in this thread have been fixed for the most part in the March update. SWYPE BETA v2.10.52.13753
Uninstall completely and reinstall this new package through the SWYPE site.
Shouldnt be too long for a full version Swype for Thunderbolt.
Okay I've searched through the forums kind of half assed but I don't feel like wasting time anyway
I'm displeased with HTC's touch input keyboard and back when I had my captivate I bought smart keyboard pro because I could pretty much choose how big the space bar was cause I have a tendency to hit the period button constantly when I'm typing fast and it annoys the crap out of me I have it installed on my HTC but it won't let me use it or switch keyboards is there some trick I don't know to using a different keyboard? Or is it even possible?
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Did you go to keyboard settings and put a check in the box to turn it on?
After that, long press on any text box and choose input method.
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Okay I've searched through the forums kind of half assed but I don't feel like wasting time anyway
I'm displeased with HTC's touch input keyboard and back when I had my captivate I bought smart keyboard pro because I could pretty much choose how big the space bar was cause I have a tendency to hit the period button constantly when I'm typing fast and it annoys the crap out of me I have it installed on my HTC but it won't let me use it or switch keyboards is there some trick I don't know to using a different keyboard? Or is it even possible?
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Lol. But it's ok for everyone to waste their time answering your question.
Not a great intro for requesting the time of others who HAVE chosen to waste their time learning about their phones.
Menu>settings>language&keyboard settings
you should be able to figure it out from there. If you don't see your downloaded/installed keyboard, uninstall and reinstall, rinse, repeat..
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Lol. But it's ok for everyone to waste their time answering your question.
Not a great intro for requesting the time of others who HAVE chosen to waste their time learning about their phones.
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Oh Scott your responses in threads just make me crack up at work lol.
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I have a tendency to do the same thing with the stock keyboard, hitting the period instead of the space bar. It is because the keyboard is not centered due to the arrow buttons and stock buttons on the right. I have found that sliding my fingers more under the phone with the left hand versus the right hand helps. I've also tried searching for an alternative keyboard, but found nothing I was pleased with. I do like the stock keyboard, with the exception of those arrow buttons on the right, even though I do find them handy at times.
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Well what I have found is that the settings > language > keyboard settings doesn't stick
You have to long press in the text input area and select input method and choose your keyboard. Well at least for me on the Unity rom it sticks that way. YMMV on stock or other roms
dooyoo222 said:
Oh Scott your responses in threads just make me crack up at work lol.
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Well at least something positive happened as a result.
Meanwhile, the spoon-feeding continues. For an Android 101 question.
I mean, it's one thing to not want to figure out something, but to preface a question admitting it?
Point? Tone matters.
fernandezhjr said:
I have a tendency to do the same thing with the stock keyboard, hitting the period instead of the space bar. It is because the keyboard is not centered due to the arrow buttons and stock buttons on the right. I have found that sliding my fingers more under the phone with the left hand versus the right hand helps. I've also tried searching for an alternative keyboard, but found nothing I was pleased with. I do like the stock keyboard, with the exception of those arrow buttons on the right, even though I do find them handy at times.
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I like Better Keyboard for the bigger, no wasted space keys and customizable key height, but miss the arrows...especially when in Terminal Emulator, where they do come in handy given my horrible typing skills. So I keep the stock keyboard only for those types of activities,
meiguoguizi said:
I like Better Keyboard for the bigger, no wasted space keys and customizable key height, but miss the arrows...especially when in Terminal Emulator, where they do come in handy given my horrible typing skills. So I keep the stock keyboard only for those types of activities,
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copy/paste why not be lazy ? hehe i hate keyboard on this thing but thanks to copy paste i use it when ever i can.
nismax said:
copy/paste why not be lazy ? hehe i hate keyboard on this thing but thanks to copy paste i use it when ever i can.
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I am stubborn. I think that even after 30 years, one day I am going to wake up and be a great typist...
I've been using SwiftKey X Keyboard and love it. It has increased my speed and accuracy by 2x. It's predictions are scary how good they are.
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Try turning the phone sideways so your fat fingers will have bigger targets to hit.
sparker366 said:
Well what I have found is that the settings > language > keyboard settings doesn't stick
You have to long press in the text input area and select input method and choose your keyboard. Well at least for me on the Unity rom it sticks that way. YMMV on stock or other roms
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There are ways and then there are ways to approach a newbie question.... I know, because after more than 10 years as a Windows Mobile user I just switched to my first Android a couple of months ago and browsed here looking for an answer to this very same question. If you have an Inspire (like I do) and, quite surely, got it from AT&T (like I also do), then you'll face the same problem like the guy who started this thread (changing your default keyboard is just NOT an option, aka hidden by the AT&T "geniuses" by default....). But I tried this option quoted above and worked for me. (Thanks, sparker!!) At least till I reboot my phone, I guess....
Again, there's always more than one way to approach a question, regardless how naive it may sound!!
meiguoguizi said:
I like Better Keyboard for the bigger, no wasted space keys and customizable key height, but miss the arrows...especially when in Terminal Emulator, where they do come in handy given my horrible typing skills. So I keep the stock keyboard only for those types of activities,
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Thanks. I hadn't tried this one. I'm trying out Better Keyboard 8 now. I'm liking it so far. I do such better with it, I don't miss the arrow buttons.
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Thanks. I hadn't tried this one. I'm trying out Better Keyboard 8 now. I'm liking it so far. I do such better with it, I don't miss the arrow buttons.
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Fi you have a problem in landscape with it taking up too much of the screen, remember the key height is adjustable which makes more room for the entry fields...it took me a little bit to figure that out...
Tried many of them and keep going back to "Go keyboard"
Today on Amazon it's free
I'm not sure if the pulled .apk would be considered warez, but since it is free for now...And not everyone lives in the US
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I'm not sure if the pulled .apk would be considered warez, but since it is free for now...And not everyone lives in the US
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There is a way to get it if you are out of the country first you need Amazon USA because Amazon UK does not work
Found swiftkey x on 4shared
DL'd it. don't know... didn't really see anything that impressed me all that much.
maybe I'm missing something. guess I have to play with it a bit more.
so far, still prefer swype.
but, it's free and I guess it's good to have the extra option for whatever reason.
can't go wrong with too many keyboard apps right?
Swype all day for me personally, especially since Swype 3 came out with qHD support
SwiftKey is genius. Easily the best keyboard available.
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i like it, swype wasnt bad but i never got it on my sensation and i feel like i spent as much time swyping as deleting words. swift predicts very well, only problem i have is i hit the return buttton i think on occasion and make the keyboard go away
I already purchased, but my wife just got it for her g2x thanks...
Installed it just fine, and set it as the default, but I'm still getting the HTC keyboard.
Must be something simple, but not seeing it...
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Installed it just fine, and set it as the default, but I'm still getting the HTC keyboard.
Must be something simple, but not seeing it...
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Long press on a text box and select input method
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yourpassenger said:
Long press on a text box and select input method
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Phone currently drying out from a wet screen protector install, but I'll try it as soon as it's back up.
Thanks.