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Your favorite keyboard?

I love using smart keyboatd pro, but I'm using swype right now.
Yours?
Captivate 2.2.1 Paragon

My favorite keyboard is the swype keyboard
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Swiftkey, the new beta is even better.

Portrait swype
Landscape gingerbread

I was digging the gingerbread keyboard, too.
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Swype has been my favorite. Typing is lighting quick!
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SwiftKey is so good it's the first app I ever felt like I needed so bad I had to purchase it.
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swype is king for me...just wish I could theme it.
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Swype for me. Just blows away every other keyboard in terms of speed. Works great in portrait mode even with my clumsy fingers.
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Gingerbread keyboard all the way ... I fail at swype for some reason.

HTC_IME themed for portrait, Thumb Keyboard for landscape.

A mixture of Swype and SwiftKey, although always SwiftKey while in Landscape.

I'll admit that when I first tried swype I wasn't a huge fan, but I gave it a chance and now I find that I can't live without it!

Swype is great in portrait mode but in Landscape nothing beats SwiftKey. The predictions are in amazingly accurate.
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Easy one: Thumb Keyboard

loving the 2.3 Gingerbread keyboard. lol, but i feel stupid, i wanna give Swype a chance finally, but do i get it on the market? it doesn't show up...

Ive tried many k/b's over the years, on the windows platform as well.
Swiftkey is quite good, Touchpal was great on Windows and as many have mentioned Swype is good but on the Android platform, esp the more recent 2.15 version, its not as accurate as it used to be especially when you swype fast.
I find Slideit v3.0 much faster. On windows. Swype was much better but on Android, Slideit is more accurate, you dont have to bother with double circling for double letters and there are more languages supported etc. The cool feature i like about it is it can learn abbreviations not just words so you can slide the letters eml for instance and this can be your email address etc. Also like the suggested words appear on top of the keyboard in a single line for easier faster tapping like most keyboards, why Swpye insist on having it above in some floating section beats the hell out of me lol.
v3.0 also allows you to slide and tap during words. ie/ for the word accommodation or whatever, you can slide accom and then tap the rest and vice versa.
Downside is Slideit looks boring, i dont think they have ever released a new skin lol.
Not affiliated with any keyboard blah blah, just my opinion.

Ireyn said:
Gingerbread keyboard all the way ... I fail at swype for some reason.
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I can't do **** with swype either

On DroidX its Gingerbread KB with Blue mod, for Tab its thumbs KB for landscape. The 7" tablet KB is awesome, splits the KB for the larger screen.
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For things like text messages i love swype. For Apps like ConnectBot i prefer Hacker's Keyboard.

keyboard

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

Swype for XOOM??

I know there were some grumblings about Swype on the XOOM around release time and the team at Swype haven't returned any emails so I come to my community.
Is there any word on the XOOM getting Swype? Soon? Ever?
Anyone have a way of hacking it on? I've tried but keep getting the error "Screen resolution not supported".

Have you tried installing the beta?
http://beta.swype.com
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Last i checked the beta didn't work on the xoom, that was the day i got my xoom too, so not sure if a new beta has been released since, but i also heard that swype had no intentions of making a swype version for the large tablets (keeping to the 7" of the galaxy tab) but those could have been hear say, just lending my 2 cents! I'd love to see a mini-swype that takes ups just one side of the screen and you use one thumb, that'd be sweet...

Still not working on the Xoom, but last I read on their forum they still intended to make it work for us.

Just go to themes and apps in this sub forum and you'll find thumb beta. It works pretty flawlessly for a beta
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I just tried loading it few minutes ago. No dice. But I downloaded Thumb Keyboard last night and it is a massive improvement overall the stock keyboard. I love that it splits for thumb use in landscape mode and that a long press allows numbers and symbols on the main board without needing to jump back and forth boards like on the stock.
I figure if they can't get to market, there's always the competition.

I use SlideIt. I like swype better, but it's not a bad option. It's not free though, but pretty cheap.

Thanks for all the good info! Looking into it now.....
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I'm using the new swift key for tablet beta and like it. Give it a shot.

ggareis said:
I'm using the new swift key for tablet beta and like it. Give it a shot.
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I have both swiftkey and thumb keyboard. They're basically the same concept but I find it easier to type on the thumb keyboard thanks to its responsiveness and functionalities. Nevertheless, swiftkey interface is tron like which is wohoo nice. Though it still has more bugs to ve worked out than as of thumb keyboard
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Anyone tried the Nuance FlexT9 keyboard?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nuance.flext9.input&feature=search_result

roadratx said:
Anyone tried the Nuance FlexT9 keyboard?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nuance.flext9.input&feature=search_result
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Phone keyboards won't fit very well on a bigger screen. I be tried smart keyboard too. The keys are squished down to the bottom of the screen and are longer.
I doubt that flext9 will work. But still 4.99 is still a bit too much for testing lol
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Actually I'm using the flext9 keyboard on my Xoom to type this...
It does work Swype style, but not sure if typing is faster or swiping.
I guess it depends if you are using two hands or one to type. In portrait it seems better to swipe but not necessarily in landscape, if you have the tablet on the desk.
After 15 minutes of use I decided to keep it and still using it as my default keyboard so it can't be bad
I like the word prediction bar and the long press for punctuation... haven't tried the voice or handwriting recognition though.

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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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1188114
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.

What keyboard do you use?

First time in a whilenthat I have used on-screen keyboard curious on what keyboard app is your favorite or are u just using stock?
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I've had Swype since my last phone (original droid), so using it seemed like second nature to me. A lot of people really like Swiftkey X too.

Smart keyboard
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smart keyboard pro for me. simple, accurate enough, no extra bells and whistles and lots of skins. I'm not a huge fan of 'swiping' to text and don't care about all the herp derp super accurate word prediction stuff thats a big issue with a lot of people
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge

The latest Swype beta.

I have fat fingers so. I need something that I can adjust the height. Of. The keys. So. Yeah...
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bfitzpatrickd2d said:
I have fat fingers so. I need something that I can adjust the height. Of. The keys. So. Yeah...
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smart keyboard lol
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge

SwiftKey x. Nothing else compares, or is as accurate.
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There was a thread about this a while ago... I use SwiftKeyX or Swype Beta when I'm using one handed.
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Better Keyboard

Stock gingerbread or Swype.
Stock GB is the only keyboard without lag, in my experience. If it wasn't for the lag I would say Smart Keyboard. SwiftKey would be amazing if it had an option to make the space bar larger. My texts are full of extra periods throughout from using it.
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Swype beta for the win!
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I mean ftw lol
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I like Thumb Keyboard the best.

I'm using the newest Swype beta and love it
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I got the new Swype beta too
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SwiftKey X is the best I have used, and once it learns your style, sometimes you can just use the predictions.
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Smart KB Pro is hands down my favorite.
~John

I use this themed version of HTC IME mod. just unzip and install apk. then go to settings, keyboards and check box. has tons of settings for key adjustment ,Smileys etc.if it has any lag,its faster than I can type

I alternate between SwiftKeyX which I love and the standard Samsung keyboard which always works.
By that I mean the SwiftKeyX hangs on most drop-down boxes on sites. For example, when selecting state for shipping, it will hang after selecting the drop-down. Otherwise it learned my typing style and works great!
For anything with an address, I switch back to the Samsung keyboard which is functional like the IOS keyboard.
I am hoping that when I root and update my phone, SwiftKeyX will work better.