Just dropping in to say hi. after looking at 4 different stores i was able to get my G Tablet. had the thing 10 minutes and had vegan beta5 running on it. was wondering what every one was using for there on screen keyboard. I really dont like TNT keyboard. i have swiftkey on my EVO but was thinking there might be a better one out there for tablets.
fitz.jon said:
Just dropping in to say hi. after looking at 4 different stores i was able to get my G Tablet. had the thing 10 minutes and had vegan beta5 running on it. was wondering what every one was using for there on screen keyboard. I really dont like TNT keyboard. i have swiftkey on my EVO but was thinking there might be a better one out there for tablets.
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Give the NI keyboard a try. GoJimi has the apk posted in the Themes and Apps section. It is listed under the thread about Notion Ink apps ported to the GTab. I have heard a few people really rave about it. I have it and like it a lot, but keep finding myself going back to the TNT one or Swype.
Thumb keyboard is nice. It has several layouts that are tablet friendly
cool thank you guys going to download them now.
thebadfrog said:
Thumb keyboard is nice. It has several layouts that are tablet friendly
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That's what I'm using. The split keyboard makes typing on a 10" device much easier.
thebadfrog said:
Thumb keyboard is nice. It has several layouts that are tablet friendly
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I am currently using thumb keyboard now but swiftkey is coming out with a table based version soon that will have the split keys as well and I love the predictive text system they use.
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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.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byH4ZS9WOyk
Looks pretty awsome, thumb keyboad is in trouble now
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byH4ZS9WOyk
Looks pretty awsome, thumb keyboad is in trouble now
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Not really a problem I think SwiftKey is in trouble otherwise they would have presented it with more decency.. Really a shame for such a big moneymaker.
Listen to what the guy says in the video "... How we redesigned the keyboard..."
They redesigned nothing! They just "borrowed" the concept from thumb keyboard..
I predict with human intelligence instead of AI SwiftKey Intelligence that the SwiftKey keyboard prediction algorithms become totally useless on a tablet. A normal or good keyboard makes the evolution of technologies that are designed for a bad and tiny layout worthless. Imagine a prediction algorithm when typing on a good pc keyboard... Wouldn't you go crazy?
So what more do you want to know
The prediction will still work on the split layout,as you still only use your thumbs, the best thing about it is the skin lol
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I don't know how long thumb keyboard has been around, but SwiftKey have been planning this for at least 2 months now.
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GANJDROID said:
I don't know how long thumb keyboard has been around, but SwiftKey have been planning this for at least 2 months now.
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5 months at least. And thumb keyboard has far more sophisticated layouts. In fact SwifKeys poor implementation is offending for the great idea
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The prediction will still work on the split layout,as you still only use your thumbs, the best thing about it is the skin lol
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Have you seen Thumb Keyboards new Honeycomb skin? Very sophisticated!
Where is the thumb keyboard honeycomb skin? I haven't seen it.
Meh, I'll stick to thumb keyboard...been using it for a few months since I first got my Tab and find it excellent to use. The layout is top notch, the skins are great (I use the Galaxy Tab skin) and the text prediction is very good. The addition of the arrow keys is extremely useful for navigating web pages.
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Where is the thumb keyboard honeycomb skin? I haven't seen it.
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Part of the last update, version 2.9.2
Just saw, I hadn't noticed the themes before. Cheers
appelflap said:
Have you seen Thumb Keyboards new Honeycomb skin? Very sophisticated!
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It's the skin I'm using now, its not bad at all
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natious said:
It's the skin I'm using now, its not bad at all
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Its my most favorite skin. Great job. I wouldn't even use the swiftkey. Not sure why I would need that type of text prediction. I've used it before but it was so slow, its just a gimmick to show off to friends. LONG LIVE THUMB KEYBOARD!
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Hi,
I was wondering if it's possible to get the stock froyo keyboard on the nexus s. I really love it and I still can't get used to the gingerbread one after 3 months. I would prefer to do this without rooting and on the phone if possible. Does anyone know of this being possible?
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There are small and light keyboards out there that are free but their dictionaries are small to non existing. Anysoftkeyboard and drben0x are good. I prefer the Dr if I had to pick one. A great paid one is smart keyboard pro. That is the one I've been running for awhile and have been happy. I find using the t9 built in helps when the normal keys are just too narrow. Also, there's a dictionary add on that seems very good with available words. Of coarse there are many others besides these but these are my suggestions.
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There are small and light keyboards out there that are free but their dictionaries are small to non existing. Anysoftkeyboard and drben0x are good. I prefer the Dr if I had to pick one. A great paid one is smart keyboard pro. That is the one I've been running for awhile and have been happy. I find using the t9 built in helps when the normal keys are just too narrow. Also, there's a dictionary add on that seems very good with available words. Of coarse there are many others besides these but these are my suggestions.
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Smart Keyboard Pro has two versions. A free and paid one, it has about the same features. But +1, I use Smart Keyboard Pro as well.. it's very accurate and I prefer it over any other keyboard including Swiftkey.
Free: https://market.android.com/details?id=net.cdeguet.smartkeyboardtrial&feature=search_result
This is the trial version of "Smart Keyboard PRO" (it has the same features but with a nag screen). Buy the Pro version if you like it!
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I've used smart keyboard before and it is better than the stock gingerbread one but for me nothing matches the feel of the stock froyo keyboard. I will use smart keyboard from now on though of no one's able to find it.
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Also you may want to try swype. I am using it right now and have become very fast in using it in less than a month. It's also quite convenient to be able to type fast with one hand.
Hey there... you can try using Google Inc. Chinese IME keyboard. It uses the old Froyo keyboard layout, but you have to be careful not to hit the ABC-Chi button.
Install this keyboard from the market. I am not the maker of this and it is a free product.
Its the FroYo keyboard and it works on gingerbread cm7.
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.apelikecoder.bulgariankeyboard&feature=search_result
Hi there!
So recently I've moved from my stock ROM to a pretty neat (with a few bugs perhaps) MiUI. For the record I'm using a Sony Ericsson X10i - yeah I'm an old-timer.
So this particular MiUI has this thing, it does not have a Greek dictionary installed in its default Android keyboard and in my experience (from older versions of this ROM which I had used a couple of months ago) I've learned not to mess around with the ROM's language capabilites because 9 out of 10 times I get a bootloop or something like that. So my only choice is a 3rd party keyboard so I can write in Greek.
I'm divided between Go Keyboard which is very customizable and free and Smart Keyboard which I have bought since a long time ago (actually I'm a little surprised as to when or why that happened because it's quite expensive).
At your own experience which one of those would you recommend? If you have any other suggestion that trumps those two I'm all ears. I need a fast quick responsive keyboard since I'm a fast typer that's easy to customize to your own needs.
Thanks in advance!
SwiftKey 3 with the last update is just amazing.
Checked almost all 3r party keyboards and no one can beat SwiftKey.
Arkaknio said:
SwiftKey 3 with the last update is just amazing.
Checked almost all 3r party keyboards and no one can beat SwiftKey.
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Agree! And of course Swype!
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Arkaknio said:
SwiftKey 3 with the last update is just amazing.
Checked almost all 3r party keyboards and no one can beat SwiftKey.
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Swiftkey 3 is indeed awesome
But its costly :crying:
+1 for Swiftkey, I've only ever had one issue with it and that was when it was a bit buggy with Chrome when they Google released it. Other than that it's worked perfectly, I paid 10p for it but it's definitely worth the full price.
I would say messagEase, the best for me !!
A. I.Type it´s fastest, accuratly and awesome keyboard and it's no expensive . . .
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My vote for SwiftKey also.
Hello all,
What I want.
Everyone in my family has a android smartphone and uses the calendar for personal use.
At home we have a normal paper calendar for family things like appointments and stuff.
My thought was to use the tablet as a shared family calendar so everyone can see and add things no matter where they are.
Adding things to a digital calendar with just the touchscreen keyboard is a pain in the b*tt (we all have full querty phones).
So I thought maybe a stylus is the way to go? Just write stuff on the screen and it will add it to the calendar?
Anyone has any experience with using a tablet for this?
Use:
Share family calendar
Maybe a quick internet search
Budget:
Not sure (250,-?). A Note 10.1 with stylus goes for 450 euro wich might be a bit steep for the thing we will (mainly) use it for.
Thanks in advance for all the tips tricks and advice!
-Redeque-
Nobody able to give any advice or comments?
I'm not really sure about if you can share an app and its settings across accounts - I've never messed around with that functionality.
However, take a look here : http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37082
A Google account can have more than one calendar, so you could just make a "Family" one and give everyone all permissions or whatever.
This way, anyone could view the calendar from any computer or phone that supports it, too.
As for the stylus question, I don't really know. Have you tried SwiftKey 3 or a Swype type keyboard ? I was dead-set on having a physical keyboard phone, but didn't like the gimped specs that they all seemed to have - so I took a chance with the S3 - and after finding Swiftkey 3 I actually don't think I'd want to go back to a phone with a physical keyboard since I can type so much faster this way.
Maybe there's a writing-to-text type of keyboard. It seems likely. Here's one : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phatware.writepad . Don't know if there are others. Good investment if you don't like any of the digital keyboard options (Swiftkey 3 has a free trial, so you don't have to spend anything just to try it).
Ah, I see you don't actually have the tablet yet. Well, you don't really need a tablet for the calendar shared across all phones - but you could share one anyway for fun and to use apps that work better on a tablet.
If you don't care about it having the best specs, the TF101 is pretty cheap on eBay - and you can get it with the keyboard dock for ~$250. I have one and for everyday apps I can't tell a big difference between it and the TF700. I'd pick 7" or 10" first and go from there if you still want one. There are lots of tablets that still perform admirably or under $250 - and if you just need a basic stylus you can get one of those as cheap as $1 - there are nicer ones, but those will work pretty well anyway (got one free).
First of all thank you so much for this great reply!
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I'm not really sure about if you can share an app and its settings across accounts - I've never messed around with that functionality.
However, take a look here : http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37082
A Google account can have more than one calendar, so you could just make a "Family" one and give everyone all permissions or whatever.
This way, anyone could view the calendar from any computer or phone that supports it, too.
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I use the google calendar for myself but didn't thought it was an option since I have to use the onscreen keyboard wich I hate.
This get me to the following.
Pennycake said:
As for the stylus question, I don't really know. Have you tried SwiftKey 3 or a Swype type keyboard ? I was dead-set on having a physical keyboard phone, but didn't like the gimped specs that they all seemed to have - so I took a chance with the S3 - and after finding Swiftkey 3 I actually don't think I'd want to go back to a phone with a physical keyboard since I can type so much faster this way.
Maybe there's a writing-to-text type of keyboard. It seems likely. Here's one : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phatware.writepad . Don't know if there are others. Good investment if you don't like any of the digital keyboard options (Swiftkey 3 has a free trial, so you don't have to spend anything just to try it).
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I tried swype but never got the hang of it. Feels unnatural or something.
Never heard of Swifkey 3 so I will try that. If that realy works like you said it does I am a happy camper.
I have the same problem with the phone specs as you mentioned.
My Xperia pro is the 'fastest' phone out there with the physical keyboard but it needs replacing soon but there is no alternative atm.
I will install and try it on my xperia pro and let you know how it works out.
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Ah, I see you don't actually have the tablet yet. Well, you don't really need a tablet for the calendar shared across all phones - but you could share one anyway for fun and to use apps that work better on a tablet.
If you don't care about it having the best specs, the TF101 is pretty cheap on eBay - and you can get it with the keyboard dock for ~$250. I have one and for everyday apps I can't tell a big difference between it and the TF700. I'd pick 7" or 10" first and go from there if you still want one. There are lots of tablets that still perform admirably or under $250 - and if you just need a basic stylus you can get one of those as cheap as $1 - there are nicer ones, but those will work pretty well anyway (got one free).
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A tablet just seems to be handy with the larger screen. The phones work ok but browsing and calendar can be a pain on the small screens.
I have been looking at the TF-101 and it seems to be a great option for this. If swiftkey works ok I don't need to dock it evertime I use the calendar. The keyboard is ofcourse great when typing loads of text like I am doing now.
Going to test the apps and run it by the wife because well.........I am just a husband with plans and no authority. haha.
Thanks again for your effort.
[side note] Maybe the asus padphone would be great aswell but then with 2 phones and one tab. Sounds handy in theory.
I don't know about your use habits, but for Google Calendar, you can add/edit it from a browser on a desktop/laptop as well. I do this a bit when adding events/tasks to apps (I also use Astrid, a to-do list type app - also allows sharing between multiple users).
I like the "rapid" setting on Swiftkey 3 - I've been really impressed that it can correct most of the spelling mistakes I make as I type (and the suggestions it offers are usually good/time saving) - and with the arrows you can enable in settings, it's very easy to go back if you've made a mistake it didn't catch - no more trying to poke just the place I put in a wrong letter. The Asus keyboard on the TF101 is actually pretty good at making suggestions for words, though it's not as good at making corrections.
On the 10" tablet, typing on the screen is a bit more natural, too - you're not limited to just two thumbs.
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I don't know about your use habits, but for Google Calendar, you can add/edit it from a browser on a desktop/laptop as well. I do this a bit when adding events/tasks to apps (I also use Astrid, a to-do list type app - also allows sharing between multiple users)
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I used to use the Google calendar on my phone and manually add all of our home appointments in it with my computer. Just a pain in the ass to keep it up to date. Kinda stopped using it now because of that. But I really need it because of constant brain farts. That's how I thought if this. Astrid seems great a great tool to assist my brain so will definitely try that.
Pennycake said:
I like the "rapid" setting on Swiftkey 3 - I've been really impressed that it can correct most of the spelling mistakes I make as I type (and the suggestions it offers are usually good/time saving) - and with the arrows you can enable in settings, it's very easy to go back if you've made a mistake it didn't catch - no more trying to poke just the place I put in a wrong letter. The Asus keyboard on the TF101 is actually pretty good at making suggestions for words, though it's not as good at making corrections.
On the 10" tablet, typing on the screen is a bit more natural, too - you're not limited to just two thumbs.
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So far I am quite impressed. Typed this whole post with it and going ok but have to get used to it though. Might open a whole lot new world. I love the costumisation of the app. Lots of settings. Great tip!
Now I am not sure what I want anymore. Asus seems great with the keyboard dock and all. Easy for writing emails and stuff. We need 2 new computers so maybe just buy one that is killer and then a tablet like the Asus.
Brain is killing me again
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Just wanted to give an update.
Bought a transformer prime TF201 with keyboard dock.
Installed 'switchme' on it so my wife and I have a seperate acount.
Must say that it works like a charm.
Using swiftkey3 when not on the dock and I love. Great advice!
Google calendar is shared and that also work great.
Install the app 'calendar pad' to use the google calendar and it's great on the 10.1 tablet.
I ordered a slim case with a stylus for the prime just to test it out.
So far so good. Thanks for convincing me in buying a tablet toy.
Wife already told me she hates you because I have no more time for her
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