Hello all,
Is their a better keyboard for this phone? I really dont like the ones it comes with. Also what about the spell checker? Is that part of the keyboard program?
What ones are you using?
Thanks
join the swype beta.
http://beta.swype.com
Once you go Swype, you never go back.
If you don't like Swype style, try the Gingerbread keyboard on the Market.
Smart keyboard
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I've always liked the Gingerbread kb! But, Smart is also cool...
I only use swype when I only have 1 hand available, but I mainly use gingerbread keyboard pro from market cause I can make the spacebar super big on it (I normally miss it when it's small lol)
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Is there a keyboard where you could turn the phone sideway and it shows you the keyboard as well as the screen? I don't like how it only shows you the keyboard.
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Is there a keyboard where you could turn the phone sideway and it shows you the keyboard as well as the screen? I don't like how it only shows you the keyboard.
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Better Keyboard 8. I previously used it with the I/O skin & it could splitscreen.
Smart Keyboard FTW.
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I tried all the rest, used Swype for a year, then switched to SwiftKey. Best keyboard hands down. You won't regret it. Free beta on the market.
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For me and for now I use the flext9, which is powered by dragon. But I already paid for it a while ago. But I suggest use what others have already said. Try the beta swype for yourself and see if you like it. I have used swype and would get pissed at it when it got buggy...yes I know its a beta , but I would go to another kb. The GB kb is great for a plain jane kb, also, swiftkey X beta works well too.
If I were you, I would try all the free versions of kbs, starting with the most popular to what you like and narrow it down from there.
Smart Keyboard Pro. I've had it since my Nexus one days, and it's still the best.
Thanks everyone, I will check them all out after work today.
I wouldnt mind also trying a new browser, any suggestions? I know a little bit of whats out there but still learing.
Thanks again everyone.
only swype ... still best //
SwiftKey is the nuts. I think it's made from actual magic
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You would think hTC stock keyboard would have arrows for this mighty screen
Swype FTW I never had a keyboard where I could type that fast.
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SwiftKey is the nuts. I think it's made from actual magic
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ive heard a lot of good stuff about swift but i feel like my fingers r to fat for it so i make mad mistakes and i theres no option to turn auto-capitalization off?
SwiftKey is very good at predicting text even with fat fingers
As far as the browser goes, I prefer opera.
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nerdo said:
You would think hTC stock keyboard would have arrows for this mighty screen
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Swiftkey X has the option to add arrows in the kb. FTW!
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What do you think of htc's keyboard? It's decent, but does anyone else think those arrows are a waste of space? i wish i had a smiley key too , and i find the space key too small, i keep pressing the "." all the time , i switched to the gingerbread keyboard but i REALLY miss the bilingual prediction , thats what keeping me from dropping the htc keyboard
Same as the egos
But then again I use smartkeyboard pro skinned to droidx
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there's a opinion over at inspire apps check it out
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I liked the inspire keyboard better then the gengerbread keyboard. I fat finger more on the gengerbread keyboard.
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Same here, when I first got my inspire the first thing I noticed was those unnecessary arrow keys. The stock gingerbread keyboard is much more to my liking
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there are lots of different options for a good keyboard
You can use inspired ace from gtg465x. You can flash a no arrow keys add-on.
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Better keyboard..check it on the market
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I like the Inspire keyboard, but in portrait mode it is to small and in landscape it is to big. Any suggestions of one similiar but just a bit smaller? I'm still stock, so it would need to be installed. Is there an apk file for the gingerbread keyboard?
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I absolutely HATE the stock keyboard! I usually end up having to re-type everything 2-3 times because the "autocorrect" grabs the wrong words. I can't stand the way shifted characters change positions on the screen if you press the "12#" key.
I'll be the first one in line to buy a "Inspire 4G Shift" if HTC adds a slide-out qwerty keyboard, much like they added to the Evo.
Evos
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I have all prediction, correction, completion turned off. I'm just needing a keyboard with a better feel size wise. It would be nice if there was an option to size the keyboard.
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zuriken said:
I absolutely HATE the stock keyboard! I usually end up having to re-type everything 2-3 times because the "autocorrect" grabs the wrong words. I can't stand the way shifted characters change positions on the screen if you press the "12#" key.
I'll be the first one in line to buy a "Inspire 4G Shift" if HTC adds a slide-out qwerty keyboard, much like they added to the Evo.
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shifted characters?
basskidd said:
You can use inspired ace from gtg465x. You can flash a no arrow keys add-on.
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is that the keyboard form the htc sensation?
Why not just install the older HTC sense keyboard? It is identical but without the arrows, and it has the Smileys button. Over in the nexus one forum is where i get it.
I like the keyboard, the arrows are unnecessary but they don't bother me
Is there any good keyboards in the market?
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Is there any good keyboards in the market?
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Swiftkey is nice. Recently got flex t9 free from amazon market and liking that one as well.
I like the arrows. They come in handy when you need to navigate to different fields. But support for that is kinda spotty. And I agree, key board is too big in landscape mode. Makes the rest of the screen unusable, at least its got a handy hide button.
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Coming from an iPhone, I like the keyboard on my Inspire much better than the iPhone and easier to use.
What do you guys think of HTC's take on Swype? Personally I hate it, doesn't seem to guess words right....
I just downloaded Swype Beta from the website, it works so much better!!!
I believe the beta is still open to all who sign up, so if you guys are looking for an alternative check it out!
The problem is with the swype keyboard is if you don't want to swype, the keyboard sucks
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greengoldmello said:
The problem is with the swype keyboard is if you don't want to swype, the keyboard sucks
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Not anymore, now it has the horizontal word choice window just like other keyboards (with auto correct)... so you can swipe or tap as you like.
The ultimate keyboard would be if SwiftKey and Swype had a love child....
Just updated my Swiftkey to the "X" version that came out today I'm loving it so far. Does anyone else here have it? Thoughts?
Love it, best keyboard in the market.
I used it a lot during the beta, and I didn't hesitate to get it the second it went "official" it has got to be the smartest and best keyboard I have used on any android system. Including one with full qwerty. I absolutely won't live without it on my Inspire 4G.
I bought the original Swiftkey when it went on sale for .99 a while back, best .99 cents ever spent!
I agree with all of these statements.. I have been using swiftkey, then the beta, and bought it when it when live.. Best Keyboard, for my use, that I have tried.
The beta wasn't that great but I got it since it was half price and I hear nothing but good things about it and it's great I love this keyboard
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I was using nuances t9 keyboard but had used SwiftKey keyboard in the past. I ended up buying both tablet and phone versions. The love it!
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Nick281051 said:
The beta wasn't that great but I got it since it was half price and I hear nothing but good things about it and it's great I love this keyboard
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Me too... Got it at half price... Its free at mobilism... Lol... but now I get instant update in all android devices...
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how does it stack up to swype? I have really gotten used to it and can type very fast with it but I am always open to alternatives.
I love it personally. It's very fast and has me almost figured out to a T. It gets a little confused sometimes because I use acronyms sometimes and sometimes I spell a word, but other than that, it does everything I could hope for and more.
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how does it stack up to swype? I have really gotten used to it and can type very fast with it but I am always open to alternatives.
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IMO it is better than swype. You can Swype words really fast but with Swiftkey it learns your language patterns and you can often write entire sentences just clicking on the predictions.
has anyone noticed a little high drainage with swiftkey X??
when i didnt have it installed i usually got 1-8mA
and now that i have install it i usually got 1-40mA (almost 10-22mA constantly and some picks to 35mA)
any help?
Found it was Free on Amazon App store today so no excuse not to try it out now
+ 1 to Swiftkey being awesome. I got it from amazon today and am quite pleased. It is way better than smart keyboard pro.
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After using it for a day, I like it a lot. Looks like it will replace Sywpe for me and I never thought that would happen.
I love Swiftkey X. It tends to make me be a little more sarcastic than I would be normally, but I am still teaching it how I type. Definitely would recommend it to anyone.
I've been using Swiftkey X since it released. I used the beta version also. AMAZING keyboard only gripe i have is for some reason it resets alot almost everytime i reset phone or shut it off for whatever reason.. any help would be appreciated
I love it as well but sometimes when I am using it certain keys won't respond, normally its a or e or n. If I switch to landscape it works fine though... Never had this problem with other keyboards.
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I love it as well but sometimes when I am using it certain keys won't respond, normally its a or e or n. If I switch to landscape it works fine though... Never had this problem with other keyboards.
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I've had this problem before, Thought it was just my screen protector for my OtterBox Def. but apparently not.
I have an otterbox and screen protector and i hadn't thought about that but it seems like a possibility I suppose.
I have tried a ton of keyboards and I just can't seem to find anything that is useful with our skinny little screen. I dislike the non-configurationablism of the stock keyboard.
Anyone have a preference? I'm not big on sliding keyboards. I have slideit full version, but dislike it as well. I dislike prediction and prefer double-touch enabled keyboards.
Any recommendations?
Tried:
Stock (heh)
Go Keyboard
Swiftkey X (Phone)
Thumb Keyboard
slideit
better keyboard 8
probably others I'm not remembering
Have you tried thumb keyboard? You can adjust pretty much anything including keyboard dimensions and layout.
I use it on both my xoom and sensation. Its great!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.beansoft.keyboardplus&feature=search_result
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Have you tried thumb keyboard? You can adjust pretty much anything including keyboard dimensions and layout.
I use it on both my xoom and sensation. Its great!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.beansoft.keyboardplus&feature=search_result
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yeah I bought it and use it on my tablet. I will give it a shot right now.
Yeah.. I stopped using that one because it is not multi-touch. The creator of that app told me he will be releasing a multi-touch version later.
I type too fast for a single touch display. often one finger will not fully lift before another drops down and it causes me to miss very often.
Better keyboard is great in that respect, but is lacking the features of thumb keyboard.
Just tried go keyboard for the first time. It's pretty good but it's multitouch works differently than better keyboard 8. If you press F and then press U before F is released on BK8, it puts the U in on keydown but if you do the same with GO it puts the U in when the F lifts.
My top favorites are SwiftKey and A.I. Keyboard..they work great for me!
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bought swiftkey X (phone). Not sure I will like it, but I'm going to play with it some more later to see if I can tweak it out. Looks very nice for prediction junkies though. pretty nice.
I'm going to see if I can get into prediction typing.
May I recommend GO Keyborad??
To me its just the perfect size and have the keyboard theme set to white which compliments alot of pages I visit and the pressed color to it is also nice....... Lime in color!!
Also I would suggest editing your OP with a listing so at least folks know what you have used ;-) food for thought
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May I recommend GO Keyborad??
To me its just the perfect size and have the keyboard theme set to white which compliments alot of pages I visit and the pressed color to it is also nice....... Lime in color!!
Also I would suggest editing your OP with a listing so at least folks know what you have used ;-) food for thought
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Yeah listing would have been a good idea. I just couldn't remember off the top of my head and didn't have my phone handy.
I tried GO. it's decent. I want better! '
I think I'm just going to be hosed because the width of the keys are too small for my fat fingers when used with this small screen in portrait.
Maybe I will just be stuck in landscape and double thumbing.
Best keyboard imo is swype. You can't get it on the market for now but you can register on beta.swype.com it works like a charme! You may need 2-3 days but then you will be definitely faster than typing.
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Yeah.. I stopped using that one because it is not multi-touch. The creator of that app told me he will be releasing a multi-touch version later.
I type too fast for a single touch display. often one finger will not fully lift before another drops down and it causes me to miss very often.
Better keyboard is great in that respect, but is lacking the features of thumb keyboard.
Just tried go keyboard for the first time. It's pretty good but it's multitouch works differently than better keyboard 8. If you press F and then press U before F is released on BK8, it puts the U in on keydown but if you do the same with GO it puts the U in when the F lifts.
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I'm the developer of Thumb Keyboard. I stumbled upon this thread because I have a Sensation myself (love it btw).
Thumb Keyboard 4.x is already multi-touch.
If there are any suggestions to improve the keyboard let me know. I already built in an option to resize the font, because the high resolution of the qHD display will reduce the size of the font (which is great in the case of some other apps btw). Any other suggestions/requests for the sensation display are very welcome.
Btw an update will be released this weekend or begin next week with, amongst others, a split keyboard with cursor keys. Works great on the Sensation. But that's my very biased opinion. Also it will be packed with a ton of downloadable high Res themes.
try smart keyboard...its amazing and full of options to costumize...im using this keyboard since my first android phone
You can always give 8pen a go. Who knows? Maybe you'll be the one that fully masters it. I'm also waiting on the beta of Touchpal Curve Input to be released. You can find a few videos of it on YouTube.
Best keyboard imo is swype. You can't get it on the market for now but you can register on beta.swype.com it works like a charme! You may need 2-3 days but then you will be definitely faster than typing.
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Interesting...I just signed up for it. I knew our standard keyboard wasn't Swype, but how is Swype different?
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try smart keyboard...its amazing and full of options to costumize...im using this keyboard since my first android phone
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+1 for smart keyboard, has arrow keys configurable to be on the main screen, key size customization and a bunch more. I regret it does not have copy paste commands, afaik.
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.cdeguet.smartkeyboardpro&hl=en
I'm sure there will be something out there for your talented fingers and I literally laughed out loud when you stated about the size of this screen.
You must be a bodyguard?? J/ K
GL again and I am sure that you will find something ;-)
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BETTER KEYBOARD... it should be named as "Best keyboard"
chisleu said:
I dislike prediction and prefer double-touch enabled keyboards.
Any recommendations?
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Ultra Keyboard if you haven't already tried it.
FlexT9? I think is double touch. It's basically a combo of swype and dictation. Also you can actually write your letters out a la Sony Clie days lol. Pretty much a jack of all trades but does not do one particularly well, but gets the job done. The Dragon software is pretty spot on for me.
Gingerbread keyboard from the market. U can adjust size.
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Gingerbread keyboard from the market. U can adjust size.
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Agreed! i am so used to speeding through my texts now that i pretty much only use the gingerbread kb mainly because of the multi touch but i have grown very fond of thumb keyboard
swype all the way !
Which do you prefer? I'm more used to the gingerbread cuz im a cyanogenmod freak
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Swiftkey X all the way
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Swiftkey X all the way
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What makes it great? Never gave it a try
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Tried both and don't like either. For certain reasons i have been using Smart Keyboard. Just my opinion as I always have searched for the ideal KB with manual customization, enlarging buttons, increasing haptic, etc...
If swift has all of this, then maybe I didn't give it enough time however I don't like hopping around.
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Tried both and don't like either. For certain reasons i have been using Smart Keyboard. Just my opinion as I always have searched for the ideal KB with manual customization, enlarging buttons, increasing haptic, etc...
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You can enlarge the buttons in smart keyboard? How? I would like to use the entire space so that the buttons actually are touching each other instead if having small spaces in between them.
I need a keyboard with arrow keys, so far smart keyboard is the only one that does the trick for me. Sense and GB keyboard both lack it
I actually use an old version of "shape writer" that is a non market app that I found either on xda or android central forums.
Easily the best swipe style keyboard I've ever tried. And I've tried a LOT
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Sense keyboard is awesome imo. works great. previously i own a nexus one. the keyboard keeps giving me problem. that prompt me to sell it away =\. great phone though
Luv'n gingerbread keyboard!
Swype... But GB keyboard > HTC keyboard
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Sense keyboard
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GingerBread keyboard has arrows as well, just press the space bar and drag it upwards!
Seems like no one has found this before...
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i just don't like how the GB one always puts unnecessary periods
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I'm using the 3vo keyboard and it's pretty good. It's just a modified Gingerbread keyboard. SwiftKey X is probably my favorite though.
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I'm using the 3vo keyboard and it's pretty good. It's just a modified Gingerbread keyboard. SwiftKey X is probably my favorite though.
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Mind sending me apk both
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I had the nexus s the gingerbread keyboard was my favorite till I tried swiftkey X .... It's an awesome keyboard it really is.
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GB keyboard. i like the arrow keys.
Sorry for late reply. (SMART KEYBOARD).
Settings>general settings>key height(there you can manage height & width).
And if needed there is an option to pad the bottom of keyboard for "added lift ".
1 of the best features, are the addition of free skins in options. Just one tap and you can have almost any other keyboard variant.
Side note-Not sure if "pro version" varies as I only have this.
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GingerBread keyboard has arrows as well, just press the space bar and drag it upwards!
Seems like no one has found this before...
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How? I have the GB qhd keyboard from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1230810
When I press space and then slide up, it just moves to the letters above it, no arrows there
Thumb keyboard!!!!! The matza with butter!!!!
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im not 100% sure but i was lookin at it the gb keyboard in the market and i notice there are two versions of the keyboard. one free one paid. the description under the paid version mentions this option while the free one doesnt. so i am guessing that only the paid version has this feature. but im just takin a guess here. sowy
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