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Hey, what keyboard do you guys use? I've started using the gingerbread one that comes with the virus rom instead of the stock HTC one. The stock one always seems to get in the way of the "send" button when it shows suggestions. I know there's swiftkey and betterkeyboard etc. as well. What do you guys use?

I use smart keyboard pro. It can look just like the stock HTC but you can also remove the arrows. Its pretty good with predictive text and awesome with dev support.

Flex T9 for me. Combines swype, T9, voice to text, and handwriting recognition. By far one of the most powerful keyboards I've used.
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I use smart keyboard pro with a windows phone 7 style theme.
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Normally I use slideit, but Ive been enjoing stock abd swift

Swype beta
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Swiftkey for me. Love it.

swiftkey is the shizz, followed closely by the stock gb keyboard.

IISiDeK1CKII said:
swiftkey is the shizz, followed closely by the stock gb keyboard.
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Swift for the win.
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I use SlideIT really think it works awesome!
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Another vote for Smart Keyboard Pro.

Swype all the way for me.
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I've tried quite a few and SwiftKey is the best for me.
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I Use Thumb KeyBoard with HoneyComb Theme :x

I'm using the gingerbread keyboard from the app market. i like it. It made me forget about hardware keyboards....

I was using Swype beta since my G1 and on multiple devices since but for some reason, it doesn't recognize much of what I'm trying to type on the Thunderbolt, not sure if it's the version or what. But i switched to the GB keyboard and it works great so far... In landscape, it is very easy to type quickly on this large screen.
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My paws like the gingerbread keyboard.
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SwiftKey ftw.
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I use smart keyboard pro with the tron theme, the black with blue glowing ring is easy on my eyes...
But I noticed when installing it has a lot of access to your phone, so whenever typing important info or credit card numbers I always switch back to the touch input real quick...
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hah, i never thought of that. but i do also use smart keyboard pro

Which keyboard are you using?

I thought I'd take a survey to see what people are using.
Usually I give up on a new keyboard within minutes.
(I'm too impatient to struggle with typing a text, but I do enjoy hearing opinions.)
I'm using gingerbread now. I dislike the square keys, but the minor autocorrect for misspellings is nice e.g. youre -> you're. I find it much less intrusive than predictive keyboards.

Using smart keyboard pro. Like the compact QWERTY.
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Swiftkey X +1

Smart Keyboard Pro, fer sure.

I'm using swype. Its annoying at first, but once you get used to it, it is much faster. I turn off the word prediction, and the stupid box. I will have to correct a word every once in a while, but for the most part, its smooth.

SwiftKey X here. I like it better than any other keyboards I've tried.
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Another Swift Key X user.
It was the free Amazon app. of the day a while back, so I nabbed it.
After tweaking a bunch of settings, I like it.

Been using SwiftKey X since it was in beta on my old phone. Never looked back.
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SwiftKey X here.
Bow chika wah wah Premium

I go back and forth between swiftkey and swype. I wanna like swype but I cannot seem to get into it, but I keep trying

Another Swiftkey X user. Started with the Beta and haven't looked back. I keep looking for other choices but none can beat out Swiftkey for me.

SwiftKey X!
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I switch between the GB keyboard and swype. I'm currently typing this on the GB one. I've never used Swiftkey, and I'm too cheap to buy it.
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TouchPal keyboard. Latest and greatest. Its still in beta but it is way smoother then any other keyboard. Just type in I want to be a beta tester and they will send you the app to your pm
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Hacker's Keyboard
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard
You can do a bunch of custom stuff in it.

I'm using Swype. It took some getting use to, but now I'm good to go.

Swiftkey X here but it hates Whatsapp so I have to switch over to the gingerbread one for that. I'm going to go look into Hackers and the other ones posted.

I barely even touched the stock keyboard. After coming from using an iPhone for 4 years, I was excited to finally use Swype and was surprised I was able to pick it up so quickly. Then I tried Swiftkey X for a week when it was free, it was pretty cool but I was still typing more slowly than Swype. So now I'm back to Swype but I want to try that TouchPal keyboard now. Need 10 posts before I can post in the dev forums, so here's my first!
I guess I shouldn't have lurked for so long. :\

stock samsung keypad here
blazing through on my VZ Droid Charge 4G

I like the gingerbread keyboard. I have used several (swype, swiftkey X, flex t9) and just keep going back to 2.3 or stock keyboards.

Go keyboard

Has anyone tried go keyboard! Its great! Along with all the other go stuff! Comments?
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Its okay. I perfer better keyboard 8
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I'll give it a try!
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I haven't found a keyboard better than the Gingerbread or ICS keyboard yet. Nothing else can keep up with how fast I type. I like Swiftkey X a lot due to it's fairly accurate predictions, but I can't type as fast on it without it's multitouch getting confused.
Also, themes and apps section next time!

I've tried most and use go keyboard also. I struggle hitting the period button when pushing space on most keyboards, therefore I have to be using one with a long spacebar or a spacebar that is shaded to the left right next to the back arrow.
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joho5 said:
I've tried most and use go keyboard also. I struggle hitting the period button when pushing space on most keyboards, therefore I have to be using one with a long spacebar or a spacebar that is shaded to the left right next to the back arrow.
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I do the same damn thing and it pisses me off sometimes. Sometimes I look back at something I wrote and I have a period like 7 times instead of a space.
I tried modifying the apk to increase the size of the spacebar, minimizing the size of the return or smiley key, however it didn't seem to change anything. If someone else is more experienced with modifying something like that, I would LOVE a new ICS keyboard build with a longer spacebar more than anything.

Hmmm...food for thought ajerman will look into that
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Yes dman that would be solid if you could work that.
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I prefer swype... I am used to it.

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You think it is that bad?

Thumb keyboard so far is my favorite. I love the spacing all though it does lag occasionally.
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Swift Key X. I honestly don't see how any keyboard could be any better. So many options, some alright themes and it corrects so quickly and I love the vibration every key. I hated it on Sammy's stock keyboard but it feels like I'm doing work. I can text so quickly and it will pick out nearly every butchered word. I love it. They have a month trial..
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey.phone.trial&hl=en (There's all the hard work done for you in the form of a link)

+1 to SwiftKey
I've always used it. Best keyboard in my opinion.
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Swift Key X. I honestly don't see how any keyboard could be any better. So many options, some alright themes and it corrects so quickly and I love the vibration every key. I hated it on Sammy's stock keyboard but it feels like I'm doing work. I can text so quickly and it will pick out nearly every butchered word. I love it. They have a month trial..
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey.phone.trial&hl=en (There's all the hard work done for you in the form of a link)
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Swiftkey would be my favorite if the multitouch was faster. It doesn't keep up well when you type fast.

I can't decide between TouchWiz and ICS Keyboard..

Ics keyboard
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I thought Go keyboard was pretty good at first until I tried its swiping capabilities which were awful. If you don't swipe the letters perfectly it doesn't seem to be able to determine what you were trying to write. I don't seem to have a problem with swiftkey lag. Maybe I just don't type fast enough

another +1 for Swift Key. Just a few minor quirks but with out a doubt the best as far as accuracy and speed.

AJerman said:
Swiftkey would be my favorite if the multitouch was faster. It doesn't keep up well when you type fast.
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Agree with you. I have to sometimes slow down a bit lol
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Swype

Anyone else notice that this version of swype is horrible? Anyone have workarounds or fixes? It hardly ever gets words right.
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Anyone else notice that this version of swype is horrible? Anyone have workarounds or fixes? It hardly ever gets words right.
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what version are you using? I installed swype beta and I love it! It is way better then what comes loaded on the phone.
http://beta.swype.com

Agreed my Swype I like better then stock so Smooth.
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I'm using stock right now and hating it. I used the beta on my fascinate and liked it. I'll have to switch.
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I thought the stock “Swype” was so bad that I was going to send the phone back. Got Swype Beta and it made all the difference in the world.
BigK52

I have to agree about Swype, I feel like the latest update has been a step back. My complaints are:
1) they removed the "delete whole words" shortcut found in the menu when you Swype to the #5
2) I dislike how my Swype button rarely highlights a word so I can change it. Sometimes it will just keep going to the beginning of every word until it gets to the beginning of the sentence/paragraph.
3) the responsiveness for punctuation seems to miscalculate and place an error more frequently than I've seen in prior versions.
It feels like a step back although not much is missing. I've been using it for roughly a year so I know how far Swype has come.
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Phasze said:
I'm using stock right now and hating it.
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Yeah, the stock swype keyboard is frickin awful. My accuracy with swype beta is probably > 90%. With stock swype it was probably < 50%. What a POS.

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Best first post ever! :laugh:

Wow.....just installed swype beta instead of this stock samsung crap that was on before. Probably 96% accurate now instead of ~50%. It's now bearable to put text down with just one thumb again Now I just want that microphone icon on the swype keyboard so I can talk if I wanted.

I have been using Swype since my OG Droid and I don't think I could ever use another keyboard again. One tip I have is to turn off the auto-correct, especially useful if you use any shorthand or slang in texts etc.
SlimSnoopOS - I totally agree on #2, I hate that it only highlights the previous word about 25% of the time now. I can't figure it out, its like its totally random now...

I was a huge fan of Swype. After changing android phones without Swype on it, I started looking. Amazon offered Flex T-9 as the free app of the day some time ago which I lucked up and downloaded for free. This is the BEST app out there right now.
Not sure if they have a free trial, but it's definitely worth the money!
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Agreed, stock swype is awful. It seems that it's attempt at "learning" has actually made it worse. I feel like it was more accurate 3 weeks ago than it is now.

Phasze said:
Now I just want that microphone icon on the swype keyboard so I can talk if I wanted.
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The voice detection is still there, it's just the flame icon now (at the bottom right next to the Search/Return button).
The icon change was because Swype was bought by Nuance, which also owns Dragon Naturally Speaking (the flame logo). They are branding the voice search, which is why the icon has changed. I hope this also leads to some under-the-hood improvements thanks to the merger.

You can consider using Swiftkey 3 as well
I find it to be a lot better at text prediction although it may not work for those who prefer swyping

Just saying thanks guys. Beta Swype is awesome and is a million times more accurate than stock solution.
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TouchPal VS Swype

Just curious as to how many people prefer one keyboard or the other.
Im switching between each one and im curious
Latest Touchpal
Or
Latest Swype Beta
And why?
I feel Swype beta is better predictive and more friendly to mess ups

SwiftKey is faster than all of them and provides the best prediction IMO.
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I 2nd that
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I'm for Swype much easier and faster to me plus Swype (mines) adapts to its user.
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Swype. However swift key is coming out with a new version that has swype ability, that should prove to be the best
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TouchPal wins if only for the way it handles numbers. Swipe up for a number is genius - press and hold on Swype and Swift seems so annoying now after experiencing the TouchPal way. It doesn't get in the way of swipe-to-type (because you're swiping up into nowhere) while still saving screen real-estate.
I still have Swype and Swiftkey (and Flow Beta) installed but just wanted to put this plug in for a little-known feature that I think is killer and deserves applause.

Uristocles said:
TouchPal wins if only for the way it handles numbers. Swipe up for a number is genius - press and hold on Swype and Swift seems so annoying now after experiencing the TouchPal way. It doesn't get in the way of swipe-to-type (because you're swiping up into nowhere) while still saving screen real-estate.
I still have Swype and Swiftkey (and Flow Beta) installed but just wanted to put this plug in for a little-known feature that I think is killer and deserves applause.
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Swpe from the "Swype" button to #5 and the numerical keypad pops up. Been that way since they introduced Swype to cut, copy, paste.
Edit: *it's been there 2011 actually.

Swype beta here
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Swype Beta

Swype Beta here also.

Swype beta 1.4 here.
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