I've been looking for a keyboard better than aosp and swipe (i hate swype so much.....). On both of those i make typo's constantly and the autocorrect sucks hard... Please let me know what keyboard you use and what you think about it.
I use swype because it's the poo, but I hear swiftkey is good...
love swiftkey!!
I second SwiftKey! Try the trial
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I use SwiftKey as well, it's pretty good. I like it more than Swype I think.
I have used the android, swype, samsung, gingerbread, droidx, bestkb, swiftkey and smart kb.
Swype is the best for one handed typing. DroidX is decent, but lacks many options. Swiftkey has the best predictive text for the lazy typer. IMO, smartkb is the best for 2 handed typing, plus its options/settings are usable and not in excess.
All the others are a waste of time.
Skywalker offers a really nice wp7 keyboard. Doubled my typing speed. Its in rom manager in his modify existing rom folder
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I personally like the HTC keyboard found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=624416
I keep wanting to like swiftkey, but don't see the appeal. Smart Keyboard Pro wins my vote.
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jadambpharm said:
I keep wanting to like swiftkey, but don't see the appeal. Smart Keyboard Pro wins my vote.
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I'll second this. SKP is probably the best I've used. The WP7 one is really damn good too - but didn't have haptic feedback last I tried it.
IME, swype is very good and I have used it more than anything else. If you rely on prediction I'd say Swiftkey. If you manually hit every key in landscape, smart key pro. In portrait its hard to beat swype though. Its nice to have several to choose from I think I have 5 installed now myself but I mainly rotate between the 3 aforementioned
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IME, swype is very good and I have used it more than anything else. If you rely on prediction I'd say Swiftkey. If you manually hit every key in landscape, smart key pro. In portrait its hard to beat swype though. Its nice to have several to choose from I think I have 5 installed now myself but I mainly rotate between the 3 aforementioned
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Thanks for all the suggestions! i cant believe i didnt know about all of these. So far im loving the wm7 keyboard... it really does increase my typing speed by a ton, but the no haptic feedback is annoying.
thefunkbot said:
Thanks for all the suggestions! i cant believe i didnt know about all of these. So far im loving the wm7 keyboard... it really does increase my typing speed by a ton, but the no haptic feedback is annoying.
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where did you get the wp7 keyboard?
I like better keyboard 8 alot myself.... I like how you can adjust height and width of the keys ....
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italysfinest327 said:
where did you get the wp7 keyboard?
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rom manager. in skywalkers stuff
davidstre said:
rom manager. in skywalkers stuff
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none of his keyboards have haptyc feed back for either. i like the win7 kb, but i cant stand not having feedback.
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Its the best keyboard I have used so far. Ive used the htc stock one, swype, droid x multitouch, and swiftkey is the best for texting. Its in the marketplace right now.
I might check this out. How does it work with Fat Fingers?
I just gave this a shot. It's definitely better than the stock keyboard for texting, the word prediction is great. However, my speed/accuracy easily surpass this with Swype, maybe it's just me (Slow with this/Fast with Swype?). But still a great find for those that don't have/want Swype.
In response to the fat fingers question, the letters are slightly narrower than the stock HTC keyboard, although the predicted words are on quite large buttons that makes them easy to select.
I just can't do swype. I need to look at the screen to find the letters and with the aria the screen is to small.
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I installed and tried this out this morning. It's scarily accurate at predicting the next word (sometimes it knows what I want to say even before I do).
I'll stick to SWYPE for portrait mode texting (getting to be fairly fast and accurate now), but for landscape I'm definitely going to try out SwiftKey a bit more.
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Yeah this application is pretty awesome at predicting text, and is my preferred keyboard at the moment.
oahceasgnikgneas said:
I'll stick to SWYPE for portrait mode texting (getting to be fairly fast and accurate now), but for landscape I'm definitely going to try out SwiftKey a bit more.
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This is a good idea, I may try this as well for the same reasons.
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i actually prefer slideIT to swype...i installed swiftkey and plan on trying it out for a day or two, but slideit i type crazy fast with for the most part
not to be "that guy" but I personally have alot better luck with the droidx keyboard posted over the stock sense one and swiftkey
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not to be "that guy" but I personally have alot better luck with the droidx keyboard posted over the stock sense one and swiftkey
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After further use i have to say that the droid x keyboard is faster but not by alot
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i'd like to try droidx keyboard, where can i get an apk? i didnt see it in the market.
domin8 said:
i'd like to try droidx keyboard, where can i get an apk? i didnt see it in the market.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723289
The keyboard is awkward after switching from a iPhone, I found a iPhone keyboard skin but since the screen is small it won't put the keyboard on there. The numbers is in a odd spot to get to. Is there any other keyboards for the Aria?
i see two on page one of this forum and another on page 3.....
Swype is okay but takes some getting used to IMHO. I've been using Swiftkey beta and liking it.
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My favorite is SwiftKey keyboard It's free in the market It's very good coming from a iphone my self. Its every bit as good as the iphones keyboard
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The HTC IME mod keyboard is pretty good as well and you can make your own skins for it.
http://www.gimpsta.com
I'm digging Swiftkey. Tried Swype and like SK better. I tried typing as fast as I could in landscape mode and it got all the words right. In portrait it was so-so... but that is expected (and heck, I wanted a smaller phone, so I asked for less keyboard real estate).
I just saw this while searching for something new because swype stopped working as of today. First time I ever heard of SwiftKey and I really like it! Pleasantly surprised.
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How do u use the skin ucreate?
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You have to drop it onto your SD card and then use a file manager to navigate to your SD card and install it.
Once installed you go into settings then languages and keyboards and select the keyboard you just installed.
Once selected long tap in an input field and choose input method, choose your new keyboard and you are done.
pgill34 said:
My favorite is SwiftKey keyboard It's free in the market It's very good coming from a iphone my self. Its every bit as good as the iphones keyboard
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Downloaded the swiftkey beta, used if for a day, liked it so much I took them up on their offer of a reduced price to buy the non-beta version on initial release(today). Good stuff and it was only US $.94.
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+1 for Swiftkey. In my mind it combines the best of a traditional touch keyboard and Swype.
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+1 for Swiftkey. In my mind it combines the best of a traditional touch keyboard and Swype.
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+1 for SwiftKey here, too.
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+1 for SwiftKey here, too.
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Cool, thanks for this info too, I am going to try SwiftKey later on.
Am I crazy, I liked the keyboard on 2.1 over 2.2 or are they the same, just a different color?
So this is my first phone that doesn't have a physical keyboard and I'm having some trouble. I came from both Droid one and two and the LG touch so I have always had a physical keyboard and now without one I'm somewhat lost. So please anyone with a keyboard app recommendation please speak up!
P.s. I have big hands and tend to hit the wrong key because of that.
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Swift key. It learns as you type. Once using if for a while it predicts almost everything you are going to type
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I use flext9 because you can swipe the keyboard or use the keys normally, way smoother than swype IMO.
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swype http://swype.com
Definitely swift key! It's so good at predicting your words that some times it feels like it's reading your mind.
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I've been using the gingerbread keyboard found in market. I find it fast and accurate.
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Definitely swift key! It's so good at predicting your words that some times it feels like it's reading your mind.
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+1 for swift key.
Well I already had swift key from it being the free app of the day so I loaded it up and started using it again and so far so good everything is at least better than the stock htc keyboard so I'm at least happy about that.
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i really like and use smart keyboard pro, love the skins you can put on it and it just does what it needs to do for me
better keyboard ftw
syu78 said:
I've been using the gingerbread keyboard found in market. I find it fast and accurate.
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+1 been using this one as well and I love it. its called "keyboard from android 2.3 +" in the market. when installed it shows up as "gingerbread keyboard"
+1 for flex t9 if you like swyping or swift key for just regular keyboard use. Although t9 can do both, just doesn't predict.
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+1 been using this one as well and I love it. its called "keyboard from android 2.3 +" in the market. when installed it shows up as "gingerbread keyboard"
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+2.. I use the paid version, so I can bring up the directional arrows as needed. At $0.99 it isn't bad.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.moo.android.inputmethod.latin&feature=order_history
+3 lol paid too, deff worth it.
Keyboard from Gingerbread 2.3
There's a free and paid version. Best keyboard available.
+4 for gingerbread keyboard
i love how fast it is
I've also been using the gingerbread keyboard from the market for a while now (even back on my Droid X) and I love it.
I have used swype, swift and the GB keyboard.
For texting, landscape or portrait they are great.
The problem is for emails. Once you lay the phone over to landscape and start to type an email, the kbd takes up the whole screen. Is there a way to shrink the keyboard say 20% or so?
I got Gingerbread, the paid one
I had the G2, and Swype sucks on a bigger screen in comparison, not to mention Thunderbolt doesn't even come with it. I downloaded it and said wtf is this. Idk if its the screen or just not being pre-installed
I use the HTC_IME keyboard
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=624416
If you use anything other than the stock keyboard, you have to try this:
A.I.Type Keyboard Beta (search the Market for "A.I.type").
I've used Swype since the first beta came out and this blows Swype away. It's faster and more accurate. It reads your mind!
Not only does the word you're looking for appear after you enter only one or two letters, it also autocorrects misspellings.
Try it, you'll love it!
So its Swiftkey?
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So its Swiftkey?
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It predicts similar to Swiftkey, but better. And it's free!
You can read more about A.I.Type Keyboard here.
Its pretty awesome. I love this keyboard.
Definitely worth a shot.
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I'm using Kii keyboard. Awesome auto correct the trace texting performs way better than swype. This is the after market keyboard I've used so far.
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Good thread!! I'm ulusing ai but it has auto correct issues and dont like custom words. Going to try kii out
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miketucky350 said:
Good thread!! I'm ulusing ai but it has auto correct issues and dont like custom words. Going to try kii out
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Kii is the truth.
I love the 90s good times
Google keyboard. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.inputmethod.latin I like its slide keyboard better than swype and swiftkey. It's not as obnoxious as those other two when using it like with popups or word changes. I make less recorrections.
I use a SwiftKey and it's fine for me!
I'm using Google keyboard and its auto correct and swype is pretty good for me. I'm trying the Kii keyboard but not seeing enough to keep me using it very long. But we shall see.
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Swype . . . for life. It's one of the first apps installed. I wish I could do it before the registration of the phone.
I tried Kii for the first time and I love it. Auto correct and suggestion works in Google search like most don't. This keyboard was a huge relief.
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Tried so many and my favorite is MultiLing. It offers many customization options. I even paid for this, it's so good.
SwiftKey. Seems the most refined of the ones I've tried.
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Thickbuttons,been using it for yrs on my last phone, it had small 3.2" screen (lg optimus s),but will probably check out some others now that i have gs4
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Thumbs keyboard.
Gotta be honest, i'm actually loving the TW keyboard.
I use the Samsung Keyboard. The OCR input blows all other devices and keyboards away.
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I enjoy the stock keyboard but the Google one is pretty awesome as well.
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I almost didn't read this thread but I am glad I did Kii FTW Thanks OP!! Thumb Keyboard pro was good but not this good.
LAYGO said:
Swype . . . for life. It's one of the first apps installed. I wish I could do it before the registration of the phone.
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Me too. Tried the stock one, Swiftkey flow, SlideIt, Thumb Keyboard, TouchPal, and a few others. Always come back to Swype.
I use the samsung keyboard. I like the number row above the qwerty keyboard. My only gripe is that it doesn't have auto correct.
jo0b4k4 said:
I use the samsung keyboard. I like the number row above the qwerty keyboard. My only gripe is that it doesn't have auto correct.
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Kii has an option for the number row and autocorrect and bout a zillion other options its worth trying the free version.
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I never really gave the Samsung keyboard a chance, but since rujelus22 themed it for his Blu Kuban rom, I decided to check it out. Glad I did. I was using his themed google keyboard, and liked it, but I like the stock more. I am impressed, Sammy got a lot right this go round.