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Wich keyboard best for HD2?

I know EZinput, Finger Keyboard. Resco Keyboard......
Wich one works best on the HD2? In portrait and Landscape mode.....

in my opinion the Touch Pal keyboard in both modes. With the less sensitive cab in addition i write igual as with a hardware keyboard - finally.

touch pal all the way

Oh really looks impressive... i wasnt that happy with resco´s...where can i get Touch Pal?

Touchpal is the best.

touchpal!!!!

I was about to say spb keyboard but if everyone is so waaauw about touchpal then I'm going to try it first

thomas_pieps said:
I was about to say spb keyboard but if everyone is so waaauw about touchpal then I'm going to try it first
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I'm going to stick with SPB, much easier typing on HD2

I am still waiting for my HD2 but on my Diamond 2, fingerkeyboard seems far more accurate and simpler to use than Touchpal. Having said that, I am quite impressed by the Touchpal keyboard and perhaps a larger screen will make it more friendly to use.
I need to get used to swiping... that may be my main issue....
Anyone here know how you can remap keys? That was something I really like about fingerkeyboard. being able to remap keys so I dont have to go into alternative layouts, hit shift, etc to get the stuff I use 99% of the time... all my smileys, ".com", and even "..." were on that one layout.... seemed much faster IMHO... If I could do that with Touchpal and swipe down to get smileys etc instead of swiping to get a different set of symbols, I would be a happy camper!

eskasi said:
I am still waiting for my HD2 but on my Diamond 2, fingerkeyboard seems far more accurate and simpler to use than Touchpal. Having said that, I am quite impressed by the Touchpal keyboard and perhaps a larger screen will make it more friendly to use.
I need to get used to swiping... that may be my main issue....
Anyone here know how you can remap keys? That was something I really like about fingerkeyboard. being able to remap keys so I dont have to go into alternative layouts, hit shift, etc to get the stuff I use 99% of the time... all my smileys, ".com", and even "..." were on that one layout.... seemed much faster IMHO... If I could do that with Touchpal and swipe down to get smileys etc instead of swiping to get a different set of symbols, I would be a happy camper!
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maybe you should try SlideIT. You can find it here: http://www.mobiletextinput.com/
IMO its even better than FK

I use Touchpal, and I've written an editor for the user dictionary.
It was developed on a QVGA device, but I've seen that it works quite good on WVGA and then on HD2.
I've released it for free on this forum, also.

Trying to find my challenge code, but can't find it. Because I can't find my settings\personal?
1. Go to "Start" -> "Settings" -> "Personal" -> "Input".
2. Find "TouchPal" in "Input Method" list and then click "Options...".
3. Click "Activate..." to bring up "TouchPal Activation" dialog.

SkywalkerPD said:
Trying to find my challenge code, but can't find it. Because I can't find my settings\personal?
1. Go to "Start" -> "Settings" -> "Personal" -> "Input".
2. Find "TouchPal" in "Input Method" list and then click "Options...".
3. Click "Activate..." to bring up "TouchPal Activation" dialog.
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Do you activate the Owner Information for your device???

ghale said:
Do you activate the Owner Information for your device???
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Found it! Thnx for the tip!

You're welcome

Cliquick is also a very good keyboard. Only 268 kB. You can find it here:
http://cliquick.com/

I can't find some keys on standart keyboard, please help.
Keys are:
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2. Ctrl
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I always use the 'compact qwerty', it works better then the original qwerty so think i.
But, still i think that the original qwerty from the iphone better works.
That qwerty from the iphone has some spaces between the marks.
Is that possible to make here on xda?

Novadecasa said:
I always use the 'compact qwerty', it works better then the original qwerty so think i.
But, still i think that the original qwerty from the iphone better works.
That qwerty from the iphone has some spaces between the marks.
Is that possible to make here on xda?
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Yes iPhone qwerty touch screen keyboard is the best keyboard I ever use. It's very accurate, you can't press two keys at same time like in WM. It's like, when you press on key, the radius of invis button is increasing, so if you touch other buttons around, thny not triggered.

Touch Pal freezing and cannot see how to Activate
I have the Me Card filled in under People, which covers the Owner information requirement but the instructions to get to where to enter the registration code does not work on the HD2. At the moment CooTek are unable to solve this.
I was premature in wanting to register as the programme currently freezes when the phone comes out of standby and I cannot choose any other keyboard until I soft reset the phone.
I have Touch Pal installed in main memory.
Any ideas folks?

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5、Add space key when turn into “www” mode
6、Correct the error of Sweden derivative letters
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Just being able to skin won't convince me to switch over, I'm a function over appearance guy, that's why my GO Launcher remains skinless.

Does this have option of the Keypad styled keyboard ??

would love to see dedicated buttons for moving the cursor. (arrow keys)

mmm nice

Nice looking keyboard but the multi-touch function is awful.
They claim that you can type faster with this keyboard but I don't see any advantages.

It's pretty fast...but I think you miss some options, like the ability to choose to show or not the language botton, the mic botton, the smile botton and the icon in the status bar...
With these options you can make the space bar bigger and more confortable.
A bug maybe...in samsung spica when you turn off the predictions....the predictions still appear.
And another idea...in others keyboards when you touch and keep pressing the numbers botton...you can press another botton like the ? botton...then when release the numbers botton the keyboard came back to normal (like the shift botton in a pc keyboard)
These are only ideas that I want to see in the next release if you can....I think a lot of people would be happy.
Exelent work and I´ll be waitin for an up date.

i love this keyboard! Just a suggestion, can you include an option for us to remove the preview of every single letter? i think it makes the keyboard a little choppy. Also being able to remove the voice input and language icon would along help.
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i like the skinning but like someone already said there's no multi touch which means slow ass typing, but it's from the go team so i know there's gonna be constant updates

this keyboard can't keep up with my typing speed.

I can type pretty fast on onscreen keyboards, and apparently i type too fast for this keyboard to recognize my keystrokes... just letting you guys know. PS I'm using a samsung epic (rooted).

We will quickly release a new version.

You need to do something like SwiftKey + Swype!
Sent from my MB525 using XDA App

other than colors on keyboard, no functionality that sets it apart from other keyboards that do same?
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nxdu said:
Just being able to skin won't convince me to switch over, I'm a function over appearance guy, that's why my GO Launcher remains skinless.
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I agree. 1) There's no enter button. 2)The predictions are horrible. It spelled i agree to i agreen is that even a word?? and finally it gets really laggy when your trying to type fast. Ill stick with swype

also can you put an option where we can disable the auto correct? I use some language that your keyboard doesn't support.
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Hopefully there's a DEV here listening....
There's a bug with this on the HTC G2. Go Keyboard causes problems with my hardware keyboard on my HTC G2 when the "Enable Go Keyboard Input Method" is checked. The Shift (and CAPSLOCK) key and the Alt Key no longer work. I can not type a capital letter or a number because of this. I had to turn this feature off.
Steps to reproduce the error:
1. Enable Go Keyboard Input Method
2. Open any app
3. Long press on an input field and choose Go Keyboard as the input method.
4. Open your keyboard and try to type a number or capital letter.
This issue exists with Google's "Sample Soft Keyboard" as well (I'm assuming you used this as the starting point for your keyboard).
FWIW - I had the same issue with the LastPass keyboard and they were able to fix the problem. However, I have no idea what they did to resolve it.

One question: this keyboard hasn't 'Enter' key. Does Somebody know if is it possible put it? It's strange, isn't it?
Thanks a lot

very nice, thanks for hard work.

I still can not get my gt connect to pc

[Discussion] keyboard phones doomed..

Hey guys,
You guys remember the days of touch pro2, now that was an awesome keyboard phone. But, now with the age of slim being the new trend. Would we see more phones that resemble the keyboard of the touch pro2. So, let's begin the discussion on what you think the future of keyboard phone is. I wish htc goes back to those key features which made it so great....
sorry, if there is another thread like this....

They might disappear eventually, but I think some heavy texters still prefer physical keyboards. With Swype I can almost meet the speed of a physical keyboard, but it's not quite the same. Optional bluetooth keyboards that attach in some way might start to become more prevalent, though.

HTC Universal (Ago 2005)
This was the master of keyboard devices
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Still active and none even close to this beauty

It seems like its only a matter of time before software keyboards get better - there just isn't space to put a physical keyboard on a phone. the swype system seems to be the best currently but anyone might dream up newer and better ways. speech recognition is also getting better all the time.

Tactile screens will probably bring about the real end to physical keyboards as they're the only way to really replace them. It'd be the best of both worlds as well. Imagine a physical keyboard that's context sensitive!

I don't see them dying completely. I know a lot of people crying when Blackberry is brought up, but there are still quite a few people over there that won't give up on a physical kb.
I have even contemplated it myself with a 9900. If not for the bricking issue....it really is an amazing phone, IMO.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using Tapatalk

I think there will continue to be a market for hard keys, but all things have their time.
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I'm a fan of the Droid 2 and 3's keyboard, but I rather have a touchscreen now.

I Am Marino said:
I'm a fan of the Droid 2 and 3's keyboard, but I rather have a touchscreen now.
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yeah, but those keyboards are nothing compared to the keyboard on touchpro2...

Touch screens are annoying sometimes, on keyboard phones you always hit right button, anyway I prefer touch screens (dictionary is very helpful while typing). Today I had a chance to play with speech recognition on iPhone and its preaty cool...Someone should start doing research on mind keyboards, just think instead of typing

I agree that there is still a market for keyboards, but with phones becoming thinner, there's really no way to have a real keyboard anymore. I'm personally all for touchscreen digital keyboards, but I understand some people don't like change.

The strongest point against physical kb is the space issue. Period. It is literally a waste of space. I was on bb for a good while and swore I'd never leave, so loved the keys blah blah blah. Swiftkeyx made me just as fast, and the tech, as everyone has mentioned, is only getting better
Jesus Christ is a real person. If you would like to know more about Him, feel free to ask me.

I could live without physical keys while typing (even though its a struggle) but nothing is ever going to replace physical buttons for playing games.

Pickx said:
I could live without physical keys while typing (even though its a struggle) but nothing is ever going to replace physical buttons for playing games.
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Agreed. Not only do on screen buttons take up space, they aren't as easy to use as physical buttons.

i feel the pain
my work just switched me off the blackberry and onto touch screens..... our hands are to dirty to work them!

I think there will continue to be a market for hard keys

I love my Epic because of the keyboard. For long emails and typing in terminal mode where I have to type a lot of symbols and and numbers, you can't beat a physical keyboard (don't have to keep hitting the symbol key and alphabet key just to switch between symbols, numbers, and letters). Also, while playing emulator games like Street Fighter II, I can use my Game Gripper and it feels just like a controller. Also having that extra half screen of visual real estate while typing does help as well.

I like the HTC Desire Z

lilshortomi said:
I like the HTC Desire Z
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yeah, the desire z was good, but the keyboard was a bit small...

I had a hell of a time finding a qwerty smartphone to replace my G2 (T-Mo branded Desire Z) - ended up with a Captivate Glide and haven't looked back since. I've tried using Swype, but it just isnt the same. I can't see where my finger is and no tactile feedback for on-screen keys, and the OSK covers up (for example) the message I'm trying to reply to...
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[Request] Do It Yourself Keyboard

I didn't read anything about whether it is ok to make requests here or not, so I just give it a try.
If I do something wrong, please tell me.
######################################################
Introduction:
Many of you may already know it, the lack of functionality on your keyboard.
No matter what kind of keyboard replacer you installed, there is always this situation where you need some other functionality like a different key layout.
Just imagine those situations:
The standard android keyboard fits quite well for you and there are no problems surfing the internet and sending some mails.
But you work as an html and php coder and you like to do some work on the train. You could download a fitting keyboard for that, but now you have to change the keyboard all the time depending on what you are doing.
In addition you are a math/law/chemistry/whatever student and need those damn +-*/%&$§ so often it drives you crazy. Another keyboard would fit, but again: changing the keyboard all the time?
In addition you are from spain and speak german with your family. You would want to have äöü aswell as ñ in your keyboard.
There are so many scenarios a developer needs to consider when creating a new keyboard app, it's nearly impossible to cover all of them.
Those keys are there on the keyboard, but the user needs to press 1 or 2 additional buttosn just to find them!
So by bringing those buttons to the main keyboard (or wherever the user needs them to be faster) we can enhance productivity on tablets and smartphones a lot!
Just imagine you had a keyboad that allowes you to:
- create your own unique keyboard layout, fitted for YOUR needs!
- create profiles for YOUR activities and switch them easily with just 2 taps!
- asign profiles directly to apps, so they get set to active whenever that ap is opened!
Sounds awesome, doesn't it?
So how should this work?
Let me talk about the android keyboard and explain with that example how my idea could be realized.
This is what we have:
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We can divide the elements in different parts.
The core of every keyboard are the letters, a-z:
(Note: I centered the keys)
These are the core keys on your keyboard.
In addition you have some advanced controll keys, like caps, tab etc.
And last but not least (actually the thing we need to fit stuff to our needs) are additional keys that can take various functions like '.' ',' '!' '?' '@' etc....
So these are the keys we need to add to make the keyboard work like we want, so it actually improves our productivity.
ok ok, we got that. Get to the real deal!
What does the user need to make a keyboard fit his or her needs?
1) Add rows
The easiest way is adding an additional layer above with more keys, for example the numbers 1-9 like ASUS did.
Easy, clean, exactly what we need.
But just adding more and more layers would result in confusion, so we need to change more stuff
2) Change the Size of the buttons
Sounds simple, but making buttons smaller is a real space safer! And that's exactly the point, we need SPACE to add additional keys. If I get space for 2 additional keys per row it can be a great advantage for my productivity!
3) Add buttons
Already talked about it and this should be the main feature.
We just got some nice space for buttons and we just add them with the function YOU want. need < > to fasten your html coding? add it to your keyboard! Using a lot of € $ + - / * since you are a smartass stockbroker? Add it directly to the keyboard! Learning another language you need other letters for at school? Add those to your keyboard!
Once again: you CAN get those keys on your keyboard already, but it always takes time and additional taps on your screen. if you want to have a key on your main keyboard because you are usign it so ****ing often THIS will save you time and enhance productivity!
If anybody of you guys is interested in creating something awesome, please contact me!
I am not a coder.
I just had the problems described above a lot and didn't find a fitting ap.

The truly greatest keyboard I ever used was the "Day Hand Input" (or something like this) for Symbian.
It's speciality was, that besides the ordinary button press you had 4 additional characters on each button used by pressing it und then sliding your finger in one of the four directions. You had literaly every available character reached by one button press. Also the thing was more or less easily configurable.
When I'll got some free time apart from college, I may start reviving this thing for Android.
Also, here's a screenshot of it:

that's not exactly the point.
What I mean is something like the possibility to create different keyboard profiles with layouts fitted for me + a fast switch so when I want to code something or write an assay it just fits ;-)

[APP][4.0+][v1.0] Always Keyboard - the small mistake-less keyboard! Finally..

Keyboard in android is an essential tool but isn't it annoying that every android keyboard pops up moving the entire screen and covering more than half of the screen? NOT efficient!
July 29th 2014:
v1.1 - NEW: a way to delete last character or last word.
CHANGED: 1st long tap on 'Delete' key erases the last letter; 2nd long tap erases last word; 3rd long tap clears whole text.
ADDED: if bottom right hotspot disappears turn the screen off then on to have it reappear.
FIXED: button keys sometimes not showing up when showing keyboard.
YOUR FEEDBACK PLEASE!
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Download free at the play store!
Presenting you, the Always Keyboard - a full featured minimalistic Keyboard that barely takes any screen space yet still fully and conveniently functional using a "mistake-less" input method; and the best part is: its always a swipe away when needed!
*Fill web forms super fast! *Write phone numbers from any screen instantly! *Take notes on the fly! *and more! so many uses.
By using the "mistake-less" input method, you can interact immediately with each key in 3 different way; Tap, Hold tap and Swipe in any direction. This method potentially does not let you make any mistakes while typing and can be utilized to type at a fast pace.
Always Keyboard includes Features like *Auto capitalization *Break new line *English, numerical and symbol characters *Space between characters *Counts keystrokes to share with your friends! *and more! + Future Features like *Saving typed text into text files *MORE languages support! *emoji and smilies *Share and send text directly to apps *Improving landscape mode *and so much more!
NOTE: a ROOT version will soon be released where it types directly without using the Clipboard.
DISCLAIMER:
Always "Keyboard" was built on an actual android device AND have been tested on many android devices in order to achieve maximum compatibility for android devices all over the world for people in need for this productive & Educational app!
No android emulators were used in the making of Always "Keyboard".
Negative feedback will not resolve your issue; Communication will !
Enjoy Always Keyboard!
Download free at the play store!
Thanks for your support in advance!
:good:
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I have been using this for the past 2 days and i really like this.
It feels like a pc where you know the keyboard is always there. Swipe from anywhere and i take a note, save a number or type something real quick.
The typing is VERY intuitive, i literarily do not make mistakes on this keyboard.
This keyboard is really useful in web form.
Great work!:good:
Will there be a feature where it saves what you write?

dudilevi said:
Will there be a feature where it saves what you write?
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Yes in the next version it will save what you write into a text file and also have a menu the will show the typing log.
Thanks for your support and feedback!
Sent using my Purple Xperia Z while underwater.

July 29th, 2014:
v1.1 - NEW: a way to delete last character or last word.
CHANGED: 1st long tap on 'Delete' key erases the last letter; 2nd long tap erases last word; 3rd long tap clears whole text.
ADDED: if bottom right hotspot disappears turn the screen off then on to have it reappear.
FIXED: button keys sometimes not showing up when showing keyboard.
Link on main post!
Sent using my Purple Xperia Z while underwater.

Not bad, though screens are now getting bigger, making the keyboard less obstructive

Guy Konan said:
Not bad, though screens are now getting bigger, making the keyboard less obstructive
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Hi & thank you for your feedback!
Can you post a screenshot as an example? Thank you.
Sent using my Xperia Z3 while typing underwater.