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What is the perfect keyboard?

I've tried them all stock, SwiftKey, swype, SwiftKey x beta, smart, better keyboard, an all are mediocre. Does anyone have a really good keyboard? It seems that wp7 and apple hav flawless keyboards right now and its upsetting android is letting me down with quality.
Edit: notice how the spelling isn't even perfect when making the thread. (using SwiftKey x beta)
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After getting used to it, the stock gingerbread has quickly become my favorite onscreen keyboard. I've used them all and I like Swype and Swiftkey as well, but I really dig the speed of the gingerbread keyboard. It's a personal choice of course, I hope you find your perfect keyboard!

Sometimes I find it hard to click on the right letter, but the stock keyboard is indeed the most responsive you will find.
Ultra keyboard also seemed ok to me, very customizable and has a tool bar on top of it that offers quick acces to basic actions like copy, paste, cut, settings etc from a single touch. It also supports gestures. I really enjoyed typing on it but it has this small issue that was a deal breaker for me: typing on the enter button requires a small pause to be clickable, I think the space button as well. I think its there to prevent accidental typing on them while you are typing words, but it really pissed me off.
The keyboard from HTC Sense also seemed to be very ok, I found it to be the most accurate on suggesting words, just google HTC_IME mod and give it a try.
Other then that they are all the same for me, except that the stock GB keyboard is definitely the most responsive one.
Swype and swiftkey are a no-no for me, people just think they are faster but its just a new type of typing, something new. Typing with 2 thumbs is much faster then swyping with 1.

I tried Swift Key and Swype, nothing beats the stock keyboard, really zippy

Tried everything. Stock is the best, except for the occasional ddouble lletters.
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SwiftKey ftw!
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I have tried a few also. Ever since gingerbread keyboard on the market came out it been my favorite. Don't see what's great about iPhone / windows keyboards? Same stuff.
My one gripe is the android keyboard sound. I hate it. I know better keyboard has the iPhone sound which is much better.

I'm using the gingerbread keyboard. I think is the best for fast typing...

thanks for all the responses and after fast texting with all the keyboards I find stock to be the fastest but it does still have some bugs like the double letters idk if any of you have experienced that but hopefully ice cream sandwich fixes that! (if we even get it haha)
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try it slide keyboard

Smart Keyboard Pro

Stock gingerbread is the best then the 2 best would have to be
HTC sense

I used to use stock Keyboard only
But one day Amazon App Store gave away Flex t9 keyboard app for free and I've been using it ever since.
You guys should all try it, I fell in love.
on an interesting side note, Nuance is the developer of the keyboard which is a company in which apple is interested in acquiring. not that I favor apple, but shows the quality of what this keyboard can be.
It's like swype + swiftkey put together
I just had to mention it since I guess I saw nobody else did.

Best keyboard app

What's the best keyboard app (best meaning least amount of bugs and no complaints) specifically for the G2X?

To be honest man i say just stick to the stock keyboard. I've tried several on the Market and well i just don't see what the big hype is. It lags, it misspells, and they try to add like all these feautures that just causes you to misspell things and all that good stuff...
i say stock

I'm not a huge Swype fan so I've been looking around at different keyboards to make my typing more comfortable. I'm currently settled on the TouchPal keyboard. I loved this keyboard back in my WM6.0 days with my HTC Touch and I do enjoy the new version they have updated for Android.

A classic one I always trust is Smart Keyboard Pro.
It'll cost you a pretty penny, but it does its job very well.
It's a classic tap-tap-tap keyboard (meaning, no fancy swiping).
It looks great, it sounds great, it is great.
Customizable sound setting: iPhone / Android / Galaxy
Very customizable, and has many languages available.

JRudnik said:
A classic one I always trust is Smart Keyboard Pro.
It'll cost you a pretty penny, but it does its job very well.
It's a classic tap-tap-tap keyboard (meaning, no fancy swiping).
It looks great, it sounds great, it is great.
Customizable sound setting: iPhone / Android / Galaxy
Very customizable, and has many languages available.
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Agreed! I'm using this one myself. You can get the free version in the market and test it out!

I really like Smart Keyboard pro. But I've just started using the free gingerbread keyboard on the market, very responsive and fast

Im a HUGE fan of swiftkey's new beta, SwiftKey X. Responsive, good prediction, and easy on memory.

How is 32 mb easy on the memory compared to the 5 or 10 mb from others?
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I prefer better keyboard 8, I've never had any issues with it and the themes are slick.
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Ill have to agree..stock is always the stable way to go
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I've been using SwiftKey, it's such an awesome keyboard that saves you a lot of touches. It's prediction of the next word is really good, definitely my go to. You have to force yourself to use it for like two days before you get the hang of it
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i gotta second Swiftkey or Swiftkey X worth the price of admission!

Smart keyboard!
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+1 for SwiftKey

I also have to recommend Swiftkey. I've used the Froyo, the Gingerbread, Better Keyboard (both versions), and Swype. Hands down, Swiftkey is the best simply because it remembers your past conversations and predicts what you are about to say before you say it. Hell, it practically tells you what say! I love it.

I've purchased and used Smart Keyboard Pro for months, but now use Hacker's Keyboard from the Market on my G2x and ASUS Transformer. I use ConnectBot frequently and need Ctl/Alt/Esc keys.

+1 for swiftkey
Also before you buy this app make sure you have alot of text messages on your phone. The more the better...reaosn is because swiftkey reads and learns your typing pattern for word prediction.

I use better keyboard 8, i like it because i can make it take up more of the screen so the keys are bigger but i would like to see someone port the new htc trace that comes with the sensation since i like htc ime and its basically htc ime but u can also use it like swype

Do you want your keyboard to focus on stability/accuracy, typing speed, or breath of features?
If you want stability, use stock.
If you want speed, use Swype.
If you want features, use Swiftkey.
Me, I use Keyboard Manager so when I'm in portrait I have Swype and when I'm in landscape I have Stock. I'd rather use Swiftkey in landscape, but swiftkey and keyboard manager don't play well together.

Stock Gingerbread keyboard ...
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A. I. Keyboard

I have used swype, swiftkey, t9, better keyboard, even that ridiculous rotary keyboard.
I am a keyboard geek (among other flavors of geek).
I gotta say, A.I. Type keyboard (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.aitype.android) is simply amazing.
It seems smarter than swiftkey and is completely customizable. (Background images, colors, layout, even keyboard type (iphone, windows 7, gingerbread among others).
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thumb keyboards better

luciferii said:
thumb keyboards better
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Alas, I lost my thumbs in a freak hitchhiking accident.
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Not going to lie.. this keyboard seems pretty good.. though not that many people use it. But I think ill stuck wit ny swiftkey x. Because look at that last sentence swiftkey wuloukd have corrected it all..
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I have to admit to being a keyboard whore. I have since early 2009 bought almost every keyboard out. I have better keyboard, perfect keyboard, smart keyboard, swiftkey long before it became the X version. I had been using Swiftkey until a few days ago when I tried the latest version of Go Keyboard. The predictions aren't as psychic as swiftkey, but the keying on Go Keyboard is much more accurate for me so I have to depend on correction and prediction a lot less. And, the correction is VERY accurate. As far as the keyboard in the OP, it looks like another gingerbread recompile. What makes it stand out from the crowd?
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SwimDrewid said:
even that ridiculous rotary keyboard
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Duh, you mean 8pen? Hey, it is very fun to use it you know. Except when you slide superfast, people around you think that you're crazy scratching up your own phone. lol
8penned from my blazing fast DHD

I love that it has themes and different sounds for space, tap, accept. However it doesn't do autotext which I cant function without now nor does it correct conjunctions and the comma is a pain. Promising tho

Loving it so far ..def promising ...
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So far it seems decent. Predictions are good (for both what's currently being typed, as well as guessing the next word) and I like the how the long-press for period brings up the sub-menu of common punctuation keys.

In spite of it not being perfect, AI is certainly a beautiful piece of work.

I have been using it from ages......!!
The best undoubtedly among all
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Is there a "swipe"-function planed?

Best Keyboard For The Gs3?

What keyboard do you like the best? Post a screen shot of it Please!
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Gingerbread 2.3 i think its called. Much better then stock Samsung. Hate how that either has auto complete or if you turn it off then you can't select a word from the list.

SwiftKey 3, easily the best unless you like to Swype.

swiftkey 3 is best imo

A.I.Type keyboard. BEST hands down IMO

I love the jelly bean keyboard. Fast and free .. Do a search on the market.

its gotta be swiftkey for me. so much customization a great keyboard and easily the best prediction software out there. takes up like 17 megabytes of ram but the s3 handles that fine. swiftkey ftw imo

Elite49 said:
Gingerbread 2.3 i think its called. Much better then stock Samsung. Hate how that either has auto complete or if you turn it off then you can't select a word from the list.
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I was beginning to think I was the only one that hated the Samsung one. I like the plain old stock keyboard. Whatever was on my Bionic with the leaked ICS was a great keyboard as well.

Swype Beta, so much better than the stock keyboard.

Stryker1297 said:
its gotta be swiftkey for me. so much customization a great keyboard and easily the best prediction software out there. takes up like 17 megabytes of ram but the s3 handles that fine. swiftkey ftw imo
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Just installed and mine runs at 52MB's....

8pen ^_^

I like the SmartKeyboard PRO ! it has hundred themes that can be used and nice dictionary for every language

Depends on what I'm doing. For longer thoughts and messages like this, I use Swype Beta since its by far the fastest form of typing on a mobile phone, but for other things like web browsing, I the use jelly bean keyboard. It's easier to type passwords and URL's.
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pecana said:
I like the SmartKeyboard PRO
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I agree 100%, that is my favorite KB hands down!!

jmorton10 said:
I agree 100%, that is my favorite KB hands down!!
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Having always had hardware keyboards it never occurred to me that I could install a different one. Trying swiftkey now and it is several orders of magnitude better than stock samsung.
I'd be willing to bet any aftermarket keyboard is better than stock.

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swiftkey 3 is best imo
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I second this. I prefer Swype, but if you don't then swift key is your best bet
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I've tried SwiftKey 3, Smart Keyboard and a few others and strongly prefer SwiftKey
The options it has are nice and it's very fast and responsive while still offering an auto correct that learns your typing
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Best Keyboard to Me...
I feel the best keyboard is between the Go Keyboard or Thumb Keyboard.
Currently the new Thumb Keyboard is my favorite, I can't find any drawbacks except not able to use swipe.
The new Thumb Keyboard uses the new text as you talk feature that is embedded with ICS.
It just works so good and if you pay for it, you will see that it works very nicely with ICS.
Furthermore, it has clean looks and customization based off how big your fingers are and how you prefer to type.
Go Keyboard is nice because you can use swipe as well as a voice input option that works pretty good. (the main drawback is that it sometimes is glitchy when using google products and the adds if you haven't paid for the app)

Another vote for SwiftKey 3 here. It's been my standard for a long time now.

SwiftKey hands down.
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Who else loves the stock keyboard?

Have a Nexus 5 since yesterday and compared to Sense 5.5 keyboard this thing types like a dream. Seriously. Not to say that the keyboard on the One was bad, it is fine, but this one is just soooo.... GOOD. Not to mention the satisfying feeling of the pop sound if you choose to have that on.
Who else likes it? also INB4 Swype keyboard.

I love it, too!
I also tried Swiftkey once, but I don't need any of its additional features: the stock keyboard is just what I need, and its Swipe function works like a charm, not only in English (which has the best spellchecker), but also in Italian.

I also like the new stock keyboard, does what I need.

I still prefer SwiftKey. I mean I paid for the app so I have to use it otherwise my money is wasted.
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SwiftKey's predictions rule all for ease of typing tho
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Ben36 said:
SwiftKey's predictions rule all for ease of typing tho
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Meh, I don't like predictions anyway, always have them turned off on every phone I have.

zephiK said:
I still prefer SwiftKey. I mean I paid for the app so I have to use it otherwise my money is wasted.
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I have SwiftKey in my apps list too, but it's not installed. For some reason I don't trust it, probably just me being paranoid.

thecryof said:
I have SwiftKey in my apps list too, but it's not installed. For some reason I don't trust it, probably just me being paranoid.
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Lol. I think u may have some issues that need addressing in general
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Once you start to swipe type, you'll never go back. The stock swipe just isn't as good a predictor as Swype. I found myself having to slow down the swype for the stock kb to be accurate ( especially when you go horizontal with the wider kb). Tried swift key when swype was acting up (patched up now), but didn't feel the predictor was as functional as Swype's.
But if I didn't swipe type, the stock KGB would be more than adequate.

I'm surprised by how much I like the keyboard. I tried Swype a year or two back and it just felt like an unweildy gimmick so I gave up almost immediately. But with the N5 I started playing with it (Nexus variation) and really got into it. When it comes to writing text I find it's almost perfect -- and I've tried to see if I could screw it up. But in Google or the Chrome search bar it becomes awkward & dumbs down considerably, even seeming to miss letters altogether; most of the time I end up typing my search terms and definitely my addresses.

I have Been using SwiftKey for the last two years so when I got my n5 I tried the stock Google keyboard, and it only lasted a few hours before I went back to SwiftKey
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Try swipe typing Suriname Suriname sortilege Suriname Adirondacks Suriname Suriname Syrians Suriname... good Dan it.... AIRPLANE!!!!!!.... on the stick keyboard, it ducks quit badly.
sometimes it feels like when swiping on the stick keyboard nearly every word needs correcting afterwards
edit, everyone should post using swore typing with the stick keyboard without correcting anything.. a nice experiment to see how good it really is

I love it. The vibration feels so good haha

i love swiftkey!
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kurtyyyyyy said:
I love it. The vibration feels so good haha
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flesky for me

Really love the look of the stock. But SwiftKey is just better.
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Yup love stock keyboard and also because there is Cantonese input which is useful for me too

Swift key is amazy for me.

I like it as well and if you're on cataclysm you can do...this
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Swype is really awesome, much better than stock. I'd recommend to everyone to at least try it, there's a free version out there too. Has useful and very intuitive shortcuts, awesomely accurate swipe and predictions, bilingual predictions - most of the time there is no need to change languages.