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I'm tired of hitting period by accident - bigger spacebar anywhere?

What is the best keyboard possible that includes the longest spacebar size anywhere?
By "best" keyboard I mean good auto correct and fast number entering.

Borg1982 said:
What is the best keyboard possible that includes the longest spacebar size anywhere?
By "best" keyboard I mean good auto correct and fast number entering.
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I'm a fan of Swype. Works well and the number / symbol toggle is opposite the period and ample size to avoid hitting the key next to it (comma).
-kp

I like Smart Keyboard Pro.
Paid app, but well worth in IMO

Swype all the way.
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Ah same here,i wonder if the droid x KB,or any other, could b modded to have a longer space bar. Its very annoying.
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SWYPE FTW! I used the normal keyboard for 1 day before I couldn't take it anymore. Tried Swype & have NEVER looked back. I only get back to stock keyboard to occassionally use the mic to text while driving.

LAYGO said:
SWYPE FTW! I used the normal keyboard for 1 day before I couldn't take it anymore. Tried Swype & have NEVER looked back. I only get back to stock keyboard to occassionally use the mic to text while driving.
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Hey just an fyi.. If you hit menu while the keyboard is up there its a speak option
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Swype. I can't go back now.

Keyboards for the Sensation

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.

SpankDaHobo said:
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.

yourpassenger said:
SwiftKey is the nuts. I think it's made from actual magic
Sent from my brain
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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!

Who uses FlexT9?

I just wanted to ask people what they think of FlexT9 on their Sensations. I am currently using Swiftkey X and really like it, but I am getting a little itchy and want to try new things. Unfortunately the 15 minute refund period is annoying me somewhat as it means it's impossible to properly test the app.

Its really good, but there's 2 things that makes me use SlideIT instead. No user dictionary, and I can't change the hold down duration to get to the symbols behind the letters.

I got it when it was the Amazon free app of the day. I dig it it swyping feature over the default keyboard, and the layout works for me.
Tried using swiftkey, but it was not for me.

I use it and love it.
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I love it.
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better than Swype (R)
esincho said:
Its really good, but there's 2 things that makes me use SlideIT instead. No user dictionary, and I can't change the hold down duration to get to the symbols behind the letters.
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it has dictionary and you can change the symbol by holding the letter.
is the best keyboard yet for android I have in English and Spanish, fast swype, draw, type, and speak, it uses Dragron so is a good voice recognizer. (handy when using ur hands)
always try the last version or one before

i'm using swype...felt that FlexT9's buttons were a little small and the trace pattern was too thick lol. Could never get used to how FlexT9 kept repeating a word when i pressed the "back" button. Maybe I just didn't know how to use it properly haha

keyboard for our tiny screen

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

El Daddy said:
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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solrac.dc said:
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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chisleu said:
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?

orihuri said:
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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robotnoize said:
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 !

"Swype" HTC

After the last update was added as in the Swype function. Simply select your keyboard in the system "to track the text." Good thing.
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Sorry I don't understand what you mean? And as a Swype user am curious.
Something great in Swype is when you swipe your finger from left to right across the bottom left two buttons on the Swype keyboard, you get a great new keyboard with cursor keys and copy, cut and paste functions.
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He means that HTC have provided their own version of swype in the recent update

al89nut said:
He means that HTC have provided their own version of swype in the recent update
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Yes, but on my phone its not working. There is no change or a other keyboard when i write a sms. There is no change.

You have to enable it in settings - it's called Trace

I've been using trace keyboard for a year since i bought ds. It's not new

Anyone who has used both trace and Swype (or Samsung trace) could they please give their own opinion of which is better and the real differences as i've used
Swype for long tone and love it
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Frankly, I don't see a difference or if there is, what the big deal is. I've been alternating between Stock & Virtuous Unity; lately, Endymion as well. If there's any big leap in Swype, I simply don't see it. I need enlightenment!