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Since it has become hard to find a good working version of Swype (Legally of course), I've been looking around at other keyboards that are similar to Swype, or even completely different, but are still better then the default keyboard.
When I did use swype, I actually only used the swyping feature 50% of the time, so that believe it or not is a feature I won't really miss too much. The big deal with Swype, and the reason why I still keep swype on my android is the design of the keyboard. I find it much easier to type on it at a fast pace without actually messing up. I always screw up with the default one.
Anyone have any recommendations for swype replacements?
Edit: I want this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6eKm1gUnTE
If you like the keyboard design, you might want to consider using HTC IME mod, you can customize button size and spacing. All in all, the default keyboard is much better than you think, because of the many options.
I still use swype though, it's just too sexy.
OK, so a small update for people in the same boat as me...
I downloaded and tested several new keyboard.
SlideIT, Better Keyboard, Smart Keyboard, and Ultra Keyboard...
IMO Ultra Keyboard is the winner BY FAR! It's pretty cheap, and IMO i like it alot better then swype. It has some amazing features, like camera mode, where it will show the view from your camera while your walking and texting so you dont run into anything, it also has swyping, which works just as well as swype. Tons of other features too!
DeMiNe0 said:
OK, so a small update for people in the same boat as me...
I downloaded and tested several new keyboard.
SlideIT, Better Keyboard, Smart Keyboard, and Ultra Keyboard...
IMO Ultra Keyboard is the winner BY FAR! It's pretty cheap, and IMO i like it alot better then swype. It has some amazing features, like camera mode, where it will show the view from your camera while your walking and texting so you dont run into anything, it also has swyping, which works just as well as swype. Tons of other features too!
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Interesting. I've never heard of Ultra Keyboard. I'll have to check that out.
Sounds interesting, gonna give it a try
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Shapewriter.
I've been using ultra keyboard for a few months now. The customization is really second to none. It's built in vocabulary/dictionary is very in depth as well. You're going to have to spend some time fine tuning sensitivity and such. The built in mic and translator is very useful as well.
I am currently using the Droid multi-touch keyboard and it works good for me
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Ultra Keyboard a monster. I think imma go back and play with it again a little more now that I have my rom and kernel on lock.
That keyboard lets you limit the number of suggestions and you can even move the suggestion bar wherever you want. I even think you can "swype" with it. They did some work with that keyboard. Good buy. That and Smart Keyboard Pro and IME Mod. Those are the keyboards right there.
I'm honestly liking Ultra Keyboard more than Swype right now for a few reasons:
1. Adding and removing words from the dictionary is extremely simple and actually WORKS (I could never remove anything from the Swype dictionary; I swear I told it to delete "wil" 20 times).
2. I don't get a pop-up every 5th word telling me that the word I typed was "hidden" by another word like with the latest Swype beta.
3. Different pop-up menu means I can quickly select the word that I want if it wasn't detected without pressing a button to open the word choices menu.
So far the only thing that Swype has over Ultra is being able to swype from the exclamation point/question mark to the space bar to insert one or the other.
I had the black and red themed swype and it was by far the best keyboard I've ever used. It even seemed to swype better than the beta. I'm currently using swype. A friend logged into his gmail on my phone and got me the latest version. I feel for you though, when I lost my b/r swype I quit typing all together for a week, nothing can compare.
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Shapewriter.
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I have to second this. I have had swype for a while and gave shape writer a shot since the newer version of swype wasn't as good as the old. I'll tell you what I like far and away more than swype with one exception. I haven't figured out how to type a _ Small price to pay for a much better experience.
mgene63 said:
I have to second this. I have had swype for a while and gave shape writer a shot since the newer version of swype wasn't as good as the old. I'll tell you what I like far and away more than swype with one exception. I haven't figured out how to type a _ Small price to pay for a much better experience.
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I remember that when using Shapewriter! It's like they just totally forgot about the underscore.
mgene63 said:
I have to second this. I have had swype for a while and gave shape writer a shot since the newer version of swype wasn't as good as the old. I'll tell you what I like far and away more than swype with one exception. I haven't figured out how to type a _ Small price to pay for a much better experience.
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Press the "@" and it is there in the suggestion bar. I had to search for a bit myself. But I agree with oyu. I've used SWYPE and find Shapewriter to be much better.
i liked shapewriter. havn't been able to get it to work right since they sold.
swype is nice, but they seem to be playing some kinda stoopid game. either put the app on the market for us or retract it and sell it to a manufacturer or provider.
thank you for the heads up on UltraKeyboard. i look forward to trying it out. the idea of the camera-view is a nice idea.
DeMiNe0 said:
OK, so a small update for people in the same boat as me...
I downloaded and tested several new keyboard.
SlideIT, Better Keyboard, Smart Keyboard, and Ultra Keyboard...
IMO Ultra Keyboard is the winner BY FAR! It's pretty cheap, and IMO i like it alot better then swype. It has some amazing features, like camera mode, where it will show the view from your camera while your walking and texting so you dont run into anything, it also has swyping, which works just as well as swype. Tons of other features too!
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Dude, thanks for this. Just downloaded Ultra Keyboard and I love it! I was down in the "Swype-beta-expired blues" and now I'm up and rockin' again .
definitely like ultra keyboard better than swype thus far. any good tips for ultra keyboard?
I have a love-hate relationship with swype. I love to use it, but only when it works. I am in th beta program, but unfortunately the software decides to stop working all the time, and the only remedy is to switch to the stock keyboard (which is a great keyboard... until you try swype, which makes it seem like an archaic means of typing) and switch back to swype. This is extremely annoying, the newest beta is riddled with problems like this (including bugs and issues with dictionary words). I'm going to try ultra keyboard, see how that fares for me. Maybe I'll go back to swype when a new update comes out.
ultrakeyboard is nice. it'd be helpful if they allowed a 3 or 5 days to muss with it. so many options!
Ultra Keyboard for sure! I have also used it for several months. I liked Swype but didn't like that it doens't have a microphone. The microphone for Ultra is soooo good - it gives you severla options for what you said in case it "captured" it wrong (which it rarely does). Plus it is fully customizable.
Ultra + Handcent = daBomb!
Which texting method do you like best? Swype, SwiftKey, or FlexT9?
Personally I loved swype when it came out, then when Swiftkey came out I liked that better and changed to that now, (the free app of the day on the amazon app store is FlextT9 so grab it today cuz it's 4.99 regularly) I started using this FlexT9 and I'm not %100 sure yet but so far I'm really liking it, Maybe even better than swiftkey, it's pretty nice, I recommend you at least try it. Like I said, today only it's free on the amazon appstore, so it won't cost you anything to give it a try.
after using it a little while here I noticed this little wierd swirly looking key at the bottom of the keyboard and I didn't know what it did so I pressed it and that makes it so you can text with your voice, and it works perfectly. I sent about 10 texts using it and it pics up what I say correctly every time. I'm definitely making a permanent change to FlexT9.
I loved using swype after I got used to it but for some reason it just got boring for me. I've been using the Gingerbread stock keyboard for months now. Love the look and the speed.
Swype. It requires some practice but done that it's great.
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I first got swype when it first came out, I found that it worked much better on my Droid then it does on my Thunderbolt. Then I was using Better Keyboard 8 for the longest, but FlexT9 is my new favorite by far. its pretty awesome and so far I haven't had any problems. and it spell correct is the best compared to the other two also. The Better Keyboard had terrible auto correct, it was like I was drunk texting for something.
Swype always. I couldn't even stand my G2's keyboard after Swyping for over a year.
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The one that gets modded and themed to match whatever is currently on my phone. Which had been mainly swype so far.
I like swype, but I ahve to admit I've never tried SwiftKey nor FlexT9. BTW, it seems like swype can be laggy sometime. Perhaps I should text out SwiftKey and FlexT9.
I like Swype, but you loose time if the word is unknown. I tried SwiftKey and 10 minutes later I already decided to purchase it from the Market. And the comming version 2 seems to be even better in predicting the next word that you want to type.
I use all 4 ways! Swipe, On screen keyboard, phyical keyboard, and voice... They all have their needs...
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Which texting method do you like best? Swype, SwiftKey, or FlexT9?
Personally I loved swype when it came out, then when Swiftkey came out I liked that better and changed to that now, (the free app of the day on the amazon app store is FlextT9 so grab it today cuz it's 4.99 regularly) I started using this FlexT9 and I'm not %100 sure yet but so far I'm really liking it, Maybe even better than swiftkey, it's pretty nice, I recommend you at least try it.
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I've gone down the same road as this. I keep switching it up because I get bored with one.
I think SwiftKey is the best way.
Tried many but swiftkeys is best imo. Waiting for the long promised themes though.
Hardware keyboard for sure
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t9 because I use it from a life
deliriousDroid said:
Hardware keyboard for sure
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Agreed. No software keyboards for me.
JL
Swype . But I personally use the trace keyboard fature in i00's Real Sense ROM also found in , in RCMIXHD
Swype all the way!
Stock gingerbread keyboard.
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Gingerbread stock for me fingers to big
Swiftkey, by a long shot.. Had I known it existed prior to buying an Android phone with a physical keyboard, I would have skipped the physical keyboard altogether.. I barely ever use my physical keyboard on my Evo Shift 4G..
Sorry if this has been posted, I searched and found nothing. Anyways, I got my phone last night and have not installed swype yet. I unlocked it today and went to reply to a text. Used to using swype on my MT4G I just started swyping on the HTC keyboard and it worked. Its Swype capable. Works pretty good, swype itself works a little better but for those of us that want HTC's keyboard for typing and swype ability now we have it!
setzer715 said:
Sorry if this has been posted, I searched and found nothing. Anyways, I got my phone last night and have not installed swype yet. I unlocked it today and went to reply to a text. Used to using swype on my MT4G I just started swyping on the HTC keyboard and it worked. Its Swype capable. Works pretty good, swype itself works a little better but for those of us that want HTC's keyboard for typing and swype ability now we have it!
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I think you are using "trace"... HTC's version of swype.
it's not very good.
sign up for the swype beta and install it. you'll be much happier.
Called Trace, it's a start. Swype 3.0 beta is a vast improvement though.
Mainspring said:
I think you are using "trace"... HTC's version of swype.
it's not very good.
sign up for the swype beta and install it. you'll be much happier.
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Ah, yes, your right. I just went into settings. I didn't know about trace before. I haven't use IME in a long time. Been using swype for the last 8 months.
As I said, it works ok, has some issues. Swype is better but I hate they keyboard layout (i.e. number locations) versus IME when regular typing. I will install swype.
I started a poll on sms preference, but I wanted to start one on keyboard too. I personally use Swift Key x. I've tried the other ones (mainly swype style key boards) and I just realize at the end of the day, I can type faster with two thumbs than dragging one. What keyboard do you guys use and what theme?
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I use AOSP when CM7 comes out. At the end that one is my favorite.
I tried a bunch of different keyboards before settling on Smart Keyboard Pro. I just wanted a simple keyboard (no swiping, fancy predictive text that tries to guess what I'm typing, etc.) that could be themed and remove the period. That damn period was bugging me and Smart Keyboard had the option to remove it. I also like the Honeycomb theme I'm using for it.
At the moment i use SwiftKey X and i'm happy with it so far.
I use the stock one and have never tried another one. Now that I wanna try something different, I will wait a little bit to see the result of this poll.
I like the way swift key auto corrects, it does it well. Something about smart keyboard pro annoyed me. I can't remember what. I think it was something about typing smilies
Swift Key X all day in the blue neon look. Excellent sizing to the keys, great look, and great features such as the fact that if you use spacebar to automatically fill out the predicted word and then want to put punctuation, it will automatically put that punctuation up against the last word even though the cursor was spaced out one space past the last word (that was probably confusing lol).
Thumb Keyboard
Thumb Keyboard rocks! I have tried several keyboards and by far this one is the best. Granted, no swipe, but then again I'm not a big fan of the swype (I have put in the effort and am still faster with a standard qwerty). After I loaded the free version of this keyboard and trying it, I was instantly sold. It is SO easy to get used to, and the portrait mode is a one hand wonder!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.beansoft.keyboardplus&feature=search_result
I've used SwiftKey X since the first beta... I love it.
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Swift key x for now I liked the stock sense keyboard but my rom erased it
You're right I love smart keyboard pro. It's like soap keyboard but just a Tad more customizeable
phalanx said:
Thumb Keyboard rocks! I have tried several keyboards and by far this one is the best. Granted, no swipe, but then again I'm not a big fan of the swype (I have put in the effort and am still faster with a standard qwerty). After I loaded the free version of this keyboard and trying it, I was instantly sold. It is SO easy to get used to, and the portrait mode is a one hand wonder!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.beansoft.keyboardplus&feature=search_result
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Absolutely thumb keyboard is the best if you have issues with hitting the "." Button when trying to hit the spacebar, on the stock keyboard and basically every other market keyboard the spacebar is way to small, I miss my genuine swype, but nothing else compares to thumb keyboard with the blue nuance theme....
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Stock keypad works more than fine for me...
phalanx said:
Thumb Keyboard rocks! I have tried several keyboards and by far this one is the best. Granted, no swipe, but then again I'm not a big fan of the swype (I have put in the effort and am still faster with a standard qwerty). After I loaded the free version of this keyboard and trying it, I was instantly sold. It is SO easy to get used to, and the portrait mode is a one hand wonder!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.beansoft.keyboardplus&feature=search_result
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That actually looks very interesting. I missed this one, gonna give it a shot now.
I used better keyboard since my original mytouch 3g and it worked great for me. But I have to say that since I downloaded the Swype beta keyboard from www.swype.com I have fallen in love with it. This keyboard is not just quick and easy to use but it is also 100% FREE! I honestly feel that if you give this keyboard a try for a week that you will not new disappointed.
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I'm happy with stock Sense keyboard. I like the auto-complete of things like gmail etc...
I like Hacker's keyboard. I type fast in them and their interface is cool.
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I haven't used the stock since the update, but before the update the stock keyboard was absolute schite.
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Ive gotten so used to multitouch and the speed of gingerbread keyboard and i cant use any other keyboard without getting frustrated with how slow they are
the_scotsman said:
I'm happy with stock Sense keyboard. I like the auto-complete of things like gmail etc...
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Swype does that as well, Also, why is SWYPE Beta not a choice in the poll? That's what I use and it's RAD
Swype beta I was including as swype.
Check out perfect keyboard in the market, it's real nice. Awesome T9 keyboard and nice ICS theme as well. Enjoy
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=free.inputmethod.latin.perfectkeyboard
This looks like the stock GB/ICS keyboard but when in landscape it has the extra digits...how is it different?
collins521 said:
This looks like the stock GB/ICS keyboard but when in landscape it has the extra digits...how is it different?
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If you like T9 it gives you that option, which stock doesn't. That's why I put great T9 keyboard... a lot of people have been bummed cuz the HTC IME keyboards will not work on ICS. So to fill that gap this is a great app
I tried this keyboard a while ago but it kept slowing to a crawl on my Inc. Probably because I'm running Abduction ICS. Back to stock for me. ICS stock is very very good. Just wish it had a compact setting.
Oh ya didn't think about the T9....does anyone use that anymore lol.
Yeah, me! Ha. And a couple people were still looking around for one. And I'm running abduction ICS by the way, v1.8