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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.
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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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Hey there SwiftKey fans,
We have a brand new Beta for you to try out! As always, we have made changes based on feedback from our VIPs, and we want to thank them for helping us to make this version of SwiftKey 3 Beta the best yet.
This new Beta has:
Improved prediction algorithms
Better, more consistent punctuation key behavior
Smarter Smart Space functionality (which will make it easier to enter email addresses etc)
A refined experience in Google Chrome Beta
Fixed missing predictions on the longpress of @ and .com
Improved gestures
Eliminated lag on letter pop-ups
Various other minor bug fixes and usability improvements
You can download the new Beta for your phone here: http://vip.swiftkey.net/sk3beta , or for your tablet here: http://vip.swiftkey.net/sk3tabletbeta
Thanks for this, looks nice, I'm using it to type this message, soo much better than the crappy old version!
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Thanks downloading now....
Edit.. Awesome keyboard loving it already.
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Is there a tablet version too? It says it isn't optimized for tablets but its still very usable.
Thanks!
Downloaded onto my HTC Sensation and works a treat
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Is there a tablet version too? It says it isn't optimized for tablets but its still very usable.
Thanks!
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Yes! but swiftkey servers are down... I'm trying to access. I'll update the tablet version as soon as i can.
Thanks I'm waiting for hours because swift key site its Down.
No gestures?
Thanks for the share!
What does everyone think about the beta? I love the new themes and bigger space bar, but having no gestures and all punctuation on the same button having me scratch my head. I loved the swipe to delete a whole word feature!
Thanks for the link. Have been trying to grab this since I read about it earlier, with no luck from the SK site.
Totally genius app!!!love it like he'll!
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Thanks for the downloads. using it right now to type out this post. The layout on the keyboard is great but the app seems to lag a bit.
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Thanx, been waiting to try this.
Does anyone know if there's a way to stop the "Select Input Notification" to constantly pop up while using this? I've looked thru the SwiftKey settings to no avail. It's super annoying and distracting.
Anyway to change the period to a question mark? They had a question mark there before. Now it takes so long to add commas and question marks
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I really hope they put back in the long-press duration setting. I find this one of the most appealing parts of SwiftKey.
Will they update SwiftKey X to SwiftKey 3 or do we need to buy another keyboard?
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I dont known but you can have two kbs installed and choose one of them. In my list of kbs appears "Swiftkey X" and Swiftkey 3 Beta".
Frank
Yea, I hope I don't need to buy another keyboard for what should be enough to justify as just an update.
As as for the lag, that seems to have gotten a lot better after switching themes from cobalt to holo. Still is kind of laggy though.
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There are two points that i dont like at all about last beta. The short size of letters/simbols amb my clear theme (like ics) that does not appear in theme list.
Enviado gracias a la magia del hombre blanco
Also, when you long press the period to access the punctuation, the first option after pressing should be a comma. Why should anyone long press the period only to select period.
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Swiftkey 3 is out of beta and 50% off at the moment.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey
I've been using the beta for about a month and love it (smaller keyboard footprint and better word prediction than Swype that I have been using for 2 years).
But I just switched over to the new Swype beta as it has a keyboard almost as small as the swiftkey and pretty good word prediction (though not as good as Swiftkey).
I did buy Swiftkey3 still, just to have available if Swype doesn't get any better.
I was using swiftkey X since i got my first android phone last year. The word prediction is awesome. Will buy the app later to support the devs
It just great. Spell check for three languages at the same time. Just what I needed.
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I also purchase this swiftkey 3. But the most accurate keyboard for me is Perfect Keyboard Pro.
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On ICS, Swiftkey 3 Tablet (i.e.the Tablet version of the keyboard) does work on our Notes but at the moment we don't get the handy split-screen keyboard in landscape mode that tablets get. This has to do with the way devices are classified in ICS.
More info here:
http://support.swiftkey.net/knowled...13th-june-2012-tablet-update-galaxy-note-fix-
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chickentuna said:
I was using swiftkey X since i got my first android phone last year. The word prediction is awesome. Will buy the app later to support the devs
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If you bought Swiftkey X before, you'll get a free upgrade to Swiftkey 3.
Tried it but thumb keyboard still tops for me with split layout
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I consider buying swiftkey pro after reading the possitive comments on google play store and three language recognation is also very tempting to me. Do u guys think swiftkey is much better then swype ? I'm really used to swype n i wonder if swiftkey is worthy compared to swype ? Does swiftkey also support swype input just like swype keyboard does ? Which version do u recommend ? The tablet version or regular phone version ?
EDIT: I try to download the trial version first but both tablet and regular version gives me this error : Error while attempting to process the purchase [DF-BPA-09]
EDIT 2: I cleaned google play store app cache and restarted to fix market issue and now i can run trial version on my gnote so i take back all my questions
The best keyboard out there for me, it automatically recognizes if I type English or portuguese, for that alone I give it 5 stars
Oh and I do get the split keyboard in landscape mode on CM9
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ryn888 said:
I also purchase this swiftkey 3. But the most accurate keyboard for me is Perfect Keyboard Pro.
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swift key function's well buy Perfect Keyboard has more themes though I do admit it doesn't recognise spacing errors as well as swift key but overall Perfect has the whole package. Maybe when Swift Key has more theme options ill like it.
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. Do u guys think swiftkey is much better then swype ? I'm really used to swype n i wonder if swiftkey is worthy compared to swype ?
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I can type faster using Swype. Even faster if I use the S Pen.
But I switched to the Swiftkey 3 beta because the old Swype keyboard was too big on the Note. Swiftkey was the best sized keyboard I found that I could still type pretty fast on with little need for correction.
Now that the new Swype beta is about the same size as Swiftkey set to small size, I'm back using that as I can type the fastest with that.
The new Swype beta feels like a combination of the old Swype and Swiftkey to me.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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!!
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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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I gave up my iPhone 5 for S4 and I must say....I was a flawless, fast texter on the iPhone but on the S4 I am making so many more typos than I have ever seen..What is up with this keyboard?? I even tried the iPhone keyboard from the Play Store...same old
I find the Swype keyboard a lot faster then typing. Nice thing about android is options.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey.phone.trial
The stock Samsung keyboard is awful and doesn't have autocorrect (apple patent apparently) so get your hands on a new keyboard, I personally like Google keyboard
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I just switched from iPhone 5 and couldn't disagree more. Get swift key it will change your life.
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Have to agree with swift best ever so many options that actually work. :thumbup:
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+1 for Google keyboard. Also I reccomend jellybean keyboard. But of course this phone is larger than the iPhone 5 so its not a one hand texting phone.
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SwiftKey all the way. Stock Sammy kb sucks lol
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Your used to a smaller screen and a different keyboard...of course your texting speed I going to be affected. Give it time you'll get used to it
+1 for Google keyboard
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+1.. from 4s to s4 whenever i try to type fast i keep hitting "." or "b" instead of space bar. also kept hitting the "9" instead of "o".. will get used to it soon.
I was in the same boat. Came from iPhone 5 too. I tried a few keyboards until I found swift key. It made everything right again.
Same here
Then I got Google Keyboard....and then I became just as proficient again
Switfkey or Google keyboard will help. I prefer swiftkey for the personalization aspect.
the texting Guinness world record was set on a Samsung Galaxy, and there's a ton of keyboard apps available. try 30 and see what you like.
Swype (really come a long way, you can even ctrl+A, C, X, V to select all, copy, cut, paste, just like a real keyboard, makes my life so much easier)
SwiftKey (not much to say, autocorrect on crack, requires 0 accuracy and somehow gets it right 99/100 times)
Thumb Keyboard (most customizable keyboard ever made, you can spend hours tweaking this keyboard to perfection. fully customize the layout, key placement, what each key does, long press keys, gestures, subsidiaries, and a zillion other details itd take too long list)
Voice Input!
voice talking
face to face talking
talking to people around you
air mail
carrier pigeon
okay I'm stopping now.. its 328am ffs why am I still on the computer -___-
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I have a Note 2 and an S4 and can tell you that the S4 seems to handle the keyboard much more slowly. SwiftKey is significantly slower on my S4. I can type extremely fast on the Note 2, but have to slow down on the S4. It often misses letters because it can't keep up. TouchWiz ROMs slow down the keyboard even further. I've been running CM 10.1.3, CM 10.2, AOKP, and the results are always slower on the S4.
SwiftKey. Type or flow (swype) are amazing!!! SwiftKey SwiftKey SwiftKey.
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mikeDCMDVA said:
I gave up my iPhone 5 for S4 and I must say....I was a flawless, fast texter on the iPhone but on the S4 I am making so many more typos than I have ever seen..What is up with this keyboard?? I even tried the iPhone keyboard from the Play Store...same old
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+1 For Google keyboard. Swiftkeys doesn't look as good on the s4 but the stock Google keyboard looks good and works great.
SwiftKey is amazing
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I have S4 as personal phone and iPhone 5 as work phone. I much prefer Swype typing to peck typing. IPhone keyboard doesn't even show lowercase and uppercase keys.
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mikeDCMDVA said:
I gave up my iPhone 5 for S4 and I must say....I was a flawless, fast texter on the iPhone but on the S4 I am making so many more typos than I have ever seen..What is up with this keyboard?? I even tried the iPhone keyboard from the Play Store...same old
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Guess you guys haven't seen these test results, I think it may be a sad but true Apple win:
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/iphone...-compared-to-android-touch-screen-23-09-2013/
I never have owned an iphone but whenever I use them there does seem to be something smooth about the touch response.
Android still rules in my book, also I have found the voice to text on the S4 much faster than my previous galaxy nexus.