I'm in the Sprint store right now and just played with the EVO View and noticed the keyboard is the same as ours on the 3D but also has the arrow keys. Would it be possible to get this keyboard ported once we get root? I miss my arrows.
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I know that SwiftKey has an option to enable arrows, and plus its just amazing anyways.
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I know that SwiftKey has an option to enable arrows, and plus its just amazing anyways.
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I tried SwiftKey about a week after release and it only lasted me a couple days, I think I'm just too used to the stock keyboard lol.
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personally i think they got the keyboards reversed. the 3d should have arrows and the view shouldnt have them. the screen is big enough on the view to touch where you need to correct if need be. ive yet to use the arrows on my view but constantly try to use them on my 3d only to totally screw up what im typing haha.
On the keyboard part(physical) is there something available for the view similar to the ipad. I will never buy an ipad but recently I saw a co worker with an ipad binder sort of cover and opposite the tablet was a wireless keyboard that was the same size. It pretty much looked like a laptop setup and think this would be very cool to have in addition to the view. I plan to buy one for the wife but I know she would appreciate a physical keyboard. The only one I have seen so far is a fold able keyboard which looks too bulky.
I come from using the iphone for the last three years, its taking me a while to get used to the keyboard. swype is cool tho and the voice text its pretty accurate
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personally i think they got the keyboards reversed. the 3d should have arrows and the view shouldnt have them. the screen is big enough on the view to touch where you need to correct if need be. ive yet to use the arrows on my view but constantly try to use them on my 3d only to totally screw up what im typing haha.
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I totally agree! They defiantly got the keyboards backward.
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I am an original Motorola Droid owner. I love my phone. The one thing that drives me crazy more than anything? The inability to easily move my on-screen cursor to the proper location.
Why not use the D-pad you might say? I hate typing on a physical keyboard. I am sold on touchscreen keyboards through and through. In fact, I strongly prefer texting in portrait mode via touchscreen. Portrait keeps from taking up the entire screen (more viewable therefore imho more interactive, and easier to use than a physical keyboard
due to its superior access to the keys (no depressions such as on the physical keyboard)).
I was using a friend's HTC Evo 4G the other day and although I wasn't sold on the Evo's keyboard, I was definitely on board with the navigation arrows located below the normal bottom row (the one including the spacebar). This is enough of a reason to make me want to switch to the HTC keyboard as my default.
Has anyone looked into porting the HTC Evo 4g Keyboard over to other android devices?
How difficult would this be to do? I'm a newbie, but this is something I have been desperately searching for since I first got my Motorola Droid.
I switched from an iPhone and the ease of cursor changing is the ONLY thing I still dearly miss from my iPhone. It is also something my friends still hold over my head as a better solution than the missing D-pad for the on-screen typing on the Droid.
"Everything iDon't, Droid Does." Unfortunately this is not entirely true
Thanks in advance! and in case you don't want to read this entire post, here's the main question:
Has anyone ported the HTC Evo 4g Keyboard to other devices? If not, can it be done?
Am I the only one interested in the HTC Evo 4g keyboard? I figured at least someone else here would be interested in having the navigation keys on their keyboard.
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Am I the only one interested in the HTC Evo 4g keyboard? I figured at least someone else here would be interested in having the navigation keys on their keyboard.
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No not only you.....
Like the EVO 4G, the HD2 doesn't have a optical trackpad of trackball. This would be great if some could extract the EVO 4G keyboard (to a .apk file).
Please somebody do this!
Isn't it the same thing as the IME_Mod? I think Swype has arrows.
I currently have an HTC Desire Z and I really want the Thunderbolt, but all my android phones thus far have had a full slide out keyboard and I'm just not sure if I can do without one. Has anyone else switched from a phone with a keyboard to the Thunderbolt?
What is your experience?
I switched over from the original Droid. The change hasn't been bad at all, with swype or even the stock HTC keyboard, it's about the same. The only thing having to look at your phone to type.
I switched over from the original Droid. But then again I think I used the keyboard on the Droid about twice before realizing the on-screen board was monumentally better and never slid it open again.
I switched over from original Droid, I used to love the physical keyboard. But this screen is so accurate and big I've found the on screen keyboard to be more effecient and even in portrait mode its ridiculously accurate. I never plan on going back to a physical keyboard.
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You wont regret
you wont regret the switch extremely accurate.
My last 5 phones had a slide out keyboard, so I was worried about the switch, but it really isn't bad. It takes some getting used to, and I have to look at the phone to type. I also can't type as fast. I think when I type too fast, it tries to change letters I pressed thinking it was a mistake. Other than that, it isn't bad.
I switched from a tp2 and I love it. The landscape keyboard is almost bigger then the tp2's slider!
Own both Samsung Epic 4G with slide out keyboard and HTC Thunderbolt. I needed the slide out keyboard for the rare times that I'm oncall and need to use the phone as a laptop replacement to VPN and RDP otherwise touch is fine for casual use the rest of the time. HTC Thunderbolt's touch is much more precise than the Samsung Epic 4G.
This is my first ever keypadless phone. I've had the Tilt2 on ATT since it came out, and its predecessor, and several other phones, always with physical keyboards.
Now I'm just thinking what an idiot I've been. Swype is simply AMAZING. After just 3 days using swype, I'm already faster typing than I ever was with physical keys on any phone.
Never going to look back, and I doubt you will either.
I came from the original Droid and was worried I would miss the physical keyboard...which I used often. Honestly...I haven't had any issues. Flipping the phone to landscape gives you a nice sized keyboard. Although I don't know if its me or my screen but I seem to have trouble type the letter Y.
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I have a friend who moved to the EVO from her blackberry and has been loving the move so far. Plus she's using swype, which I think greatly helps the switch once you get the handle on how to use swype. Figured it was worth mentioning as it's effectively the same size phone/platform.
Yes, there is definitely a learning curve, but I have had mine since thursday and I seem to be getting the hang of a slate. I came from the D2 and had the TP2 before that. The speed of the phone definitely makes up for the lack of HW KB.
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This is my first ever keypadless phone. I've had the Tilt2 on ATT since it came out, and its predecessor, and several other phones, always with physical keyboards.
Now I'm just thinking what an idiot I've been. Swype is simply AMAZING. After just 3 days using swype, I'm already faster typing than I ever was with physical keys on any phone.
Never going to look back, and I doubt you will either.
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QFT. There is no reason to use anything but swype.
Also, I cannot for the life of me use a phone with a keyboard after having a touchscreen only phone. Had a friend get the evo shift and he used the keyboard once, and never touched it again.
Wow, wasn't expecting this much response. But thanks for all the input and it sounds like the opinions are all the same across the board. Probably will be making the switch soon, plus it will be nice to be back on Verizon. Thanks so much.
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rajuabju said:
This is my first ever keypadless phone. I've had the Tilt2 on ATT since it came out, and its predecessor, and several other phones, always with physical keyboards.
Now I'm just thinking what an idiot I've been. Swype is simply AMAZING. After just 3 days using swype, I'm already faster typing than I ever was with physical keys on any phone.
Never going to look back, and I doubt you will either.
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So this phone does have swype?
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So this phone does have swype?
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It doesn't come preinstalled from what I could tell from the in store model I played with. You can always install it yourself. Though apparently some people are having issues w/ spacing from what I read on another thread in this forum, probably worth looking into that to see if there is a fix yet.
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Wow, wasn't expecting this much response. But thanks for all the input and it sounds like the opinions are all the same across the board. Probably will be making the switch soon, plus it will be nice to be back on Verizon. Thanks so much.
(Typed the whole reply with my on screen keyboard lol)
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you just have to try other keyboard phones in the market, at this time theres only the droid 2 thats comparable to my og droid on verizon. the epic 4g is nice but i cant go to sprint. the phone's screen is so large it makes it easy. the only problem is that with my og droid i could type under the the table no problem if i had to send a message out, but with this i have to look at the screen.
My first smart phone was the samsung sch-i760, loved the hw keyboard, that's why I moved on to the tp2 afterwards. To be honest, the tp2 shows absolutely no wear after using swype. As soon a you get used to swype you'll wonder how you ever got along without it.
Bummer the thunderbolt didn't come with swype but the evo version is working fine for me now, but I do like the beta layout more to be honest. In due time I spose
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I switched over from an OG Droid running 2.3, and therefore a Gingerbread keyboard. I really loved my QWERTY, but now, I'm getting the hang of the on screen keyboard. I installed the 2.3 keyboard .apk and typing just kinda flows. It's different, but it's fluid. The switch is worth it in the end.
I came from OG Droid and it was smooth and great. always used touch screen on d1 anyways.
has anyone got a working version of swype yet? my beta copy still has spacing bug. or was beta updated? didnt want to install swype installer and go through all that if someone knows.
Ok this isn't a huge problem but it does annoy me. When I type on the phone and.if i wanna go back to fix a typo or write something else it seems very difficult to get the cursor where i want it..on the og EVO u would just tap where I wanted to type or whatever..now it seems a lot more difficult..it brings up like a green icon that you slide ..its just like the icon when you cut and paste a word..funny though as i type this it isn't doing it as bad..the thing just bounces around and moves by itself..
One cool feature about the HTC hero was the trackball. I miss that!
if you use honeycomb (edit... Gingerbread) keyboard, you can slide the spacebar up to reveal directional arrows.
...nice upgrade from hero
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Ok this isn't a huge problem but it does annoy me. When I type on the phone and.if i wanna go back to fix a typo or write something else it seems very difficult to get the cursor where i want it..on the og EVO u would just tap where I wanted to type or whatever..now it seems a lot more difficult..it brings up like a green icon that you slide ..its just like the icon when you cut and paste a word..funny though as i type this it isn't doing it as bad..the thing just bounces around and moves by itself..
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Yes. Drove me nuts. I wasn't sure what the hell was doing it...I've been using the GB cursor thing for months now so it ain't me...my tablet and other phones all work normal. drove me up a goddamned wall cuz it always seemed to work fine for everything EXCEPT the actual place you need to put the damned thing...like it knew and was ****in' with me.
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One cool feature about the HTC hero was the trackball. I miss that!
if you use honeycomb keyboard, you can slide the spacebar up to reveal directional arrows.
...nice upgrade from hero
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I miss my hero's trackball too
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Also if you use swype you can bring up directional arrows by swyping from the swype key to the symbols key right next to each other as well so very quick
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I miss my hero's trackball too
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To me that sounds like "You know what, I really miss Atari"...like you time traveled from 2 years ago just to get this phone.
Drove me nuts too, until I finally learned how to use it.
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Drove me nuts too, until I finally learned how to use it.
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I'd prefer to not adapt to a design flaw. It worked perfectly fine before, I refuse to believe this is a "feature" so much as a bug as they say, one man's trash...
Yea I can't figure it out ..ill press where I want it to go and it will go there there just bounce somewhere else..it drives me nuts when typing..also I always hit the period instead of space but I guess that's my fault
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Drove me nuts too, until I finally learned how to use it.
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Mind sharing your technique?
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Also if you use swype you can bring up directional arrows by swyping from the swype key to the symbols key right next to each other as well so very quick
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Similar with Swiftkey X, you can enable arrows in the options, allowing for finer control of the cursor.
Honestly, though, the touch-based cursor control is always something that iOS has done better than Android, in my experience. Android gets close, but iOS moves the cursor very smoothly within words.
Hello all,
I'm trying to decide between the Amaze and the SGII from Telus, and the most important thing to me is the size of the keys and how well both work in landscape mode. I have large hands, and I will be doing a lot of texting and e-mailing from my phone as I do use my phones as business tools as well. It doesn't matter that one might have a slightly better camera than the other, or that one is a slightly superior movie viewing experience. I have always had physical keyboards, so it will take some getting used to lifting my thumbs between each keystroke already.
The dealers around where I live have all been reluctant to let me see both side by side, but it seems to me that the Amaze, despite being a smaller screen, actually has larger keys in landscape mode. Is anyone able to confirm this? Thanks to any that can shed light on this.
Telus dealer's should have no problem letting you see them side by side. At first they didn't want to let me handle either one of them but when I told them that I'm not about to sign a 3 year contract without looking at what I'm getting they agreed and allowed me to play with both.
As to your question, it seems to me that the Telus keyboard is bigger and easier to manage, but since that wasn't the focus of what I was looking at, I'm just going from (a rather poor) memory. I'd go back to a store and TELL them you want to see both phones.
Yeah the Telus I went to they let me try out the Amaze. They got one from the back that wasn't connected to anything. They just handed it to me and left me alone to play with it. I could have just ran out with a working phone. I compared the two but I never tried landscape. I would think the Samsung has a bigger keyboard because the screen is bigger, the resolution is lower so things are stretched out more.
i just got my amaze from telus (upgrading from desire hd) and i notice a HUGE difference in the ease of the keyboard. number 1 the duel core makes it keep up as i type fast, unlike the ****ty 1ghrtz on the DHD which wud be a bit behind, and the letters blow up a bit bigger to i think cause im finding it MUCH easier to type on the amaze. oh ya the swipe keyboard is awesome to once you get the hang of it
Thanks for the info guys. For some reason they always put one away before taking the other one out. Maybe I look like I'm going to take one and run out, guess I'll have to be more insistent.
I also noticed that the Samsung's keyboard doesn't have a comma, that you have to go to the # screen to get to it. I'm guessing that I'll be able to find one on the market that has it.
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Thanks for the info guys. For some reason they always put one away before taking the other one out. Maybe I look like I'm going to take one and run out, guess I'll have to be more insistent.
I also noticed that the Samsung's keyboard doesn't have a comma, that you have to go to the # screen to get to it. I'm guessing that I'll be able to find one on the market that has it.
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Are you sure the comma isn't somewhere on the keyboard above one of the other letters? I know that at first on the Amaze keyboard I was going into the # screen to get to the question mark, then I realized that I can press and hold the "k" to get the question mark. Samsung may be similar. Have a look.
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Are you sure the comma isn't somewhere on the keyboard above one of the other letters? I know that at first on the Amaze keyboard I was going into the # screen to get to the question mark, then I realized that I can press and hold the "k" to get the question mark. Samsung may be similar. Have a look.
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There probably is one that's a long press, I meant a dedicated key without having to resort to a long press. Guess it's just one of those things I'm going to get used to coming from a physical keyboard.
Oh, and thanks for mentioning the question mark. Now I'm going to obsess about looking for an easy way to get to that
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There probably is one that's a long press, I meant a dedicated key without having to resort to a long press. Guess it's just one of those things I'm going to get used to coming from a physical keyboard.
Oh, and thanks for mentioning the question mark. Now I'm going to obsess about looking for an easy way to get to that
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Coming from a physical keyboard can be difficult. I came from a physical keyboard (samsung slide) to touch on the Hero. I never really got used to it on that phone. The keys were so small even in landscape. I'm finding a huge difference with the Amaze. Way easier on the bigger screen.
I'm hoping the larger keys will make the transition. Thanks for your input. I see you're from the greatest city in the world (yes I'm a Surrey boy). It was the Apex in Langley, and the Telus store by the WalMart on 64th that didn't want me to see both at the same time.
I went to Best Buy and they let me see both side by side after a little coaxing. And yeah....I'm not too proud to admit I'm from Surrey. Not all of us are riot crashers.
Went back to Apex, finally got someone to show me both. The SGII's landscape keyboard is bigger than the Amaze's, about 3x2 mm bigger. Enough of a difference for me. In portrait mode, not even close, the SGII's was about 20% larger. Might actually be useable for me and my monster hands. The Amaze's camera was definitely better, but I was surprised to see some shooting modes missing that the T-mo version has.
I'd be happy with either, I'm sure, but I have to go with the SGII for the larger keyboards. Thanks to those who lent their input, I appreciate it.
Amaze Keyboard
Just thought I'd suggest the "Gingerbread Keyboard" from Steven Lin on the market.
Honestly one of the best keyboards I've ever used, coming from the MT4G.
Haven't had a chance to try it on the Amaze but will do sometime soon.
Let me know if you like it any better or if it even works on the Amaze.
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Just thought I'd suggest the "Gingerbread Keyboard" from Steven Lin on the market.
Honestly one of the best keyboards I've ever used, coming from the MT4G.
Haven't had a chance to try it on the Amaze but will do sometime soon.
Let me know if you like it any better or if it even works on the Amaze.
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I had a look at that keyboard on my Amaze and it actually makes the keys smaller. Particularly in portrait. The bonus to that keyboard though is the addition of a row along the top with all the punctuation. That is a useful feature. Too bad it was added at the expense of key size.
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I had a look at that keyboard on my Amaze and it actually makes the keys smaller. Particularly in portrait. The bonus to that keyboard though is the addition of a row along the top with all the punctuation. That is a useful feature. Too bad it was added at the expense of key size.
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Oh really? That sucks. =( I do like that keyboard a lot.
Been using it for a year already on my MT4G. I do love the punctuation though.
The word selection comes easier for me too. Auto correct I mean.
I also like that after selecting a word it automatically spaces for me to start
typing my next word. And spacing twice puts a period. Holding enter brings up smiley faces. The list goes on. I may install on my Amaze anyway and see how I like it.
Thanks for the feedback though.
Hey a quick question, has anyone been able to get the HTC keyboard mod to work on their S3 properly? On mine it's really small, pushed up against the left of the keyboard area rather than filling the whole keyboard area which is quite annoying >_> lol
Been so used to that keyboard now it's pretty much perfect, hate the ICS keyboard that doesn't even have the punctuation on the letters section of the keyboard...
Thanks for your time.
Try the HTC IME mod keyboard.
Don't look at the crappy themes on the dev page, you can make your own and I'm fairly sure you can have the stock theme too.
That's the one I have, problem is on the S3 it seems the keyboard height is fixed, so it shrinks the HTC keyboard down and doesn't widen it >_>
Get Smart Keyboard Pro from the Play Store, it looks the same but is more configurable.
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Hey a quick question, has anyone been able to get the HTC keyboard mod to work on their S3 properly? On mine it's really small, pushed up against the left of the keyboard area rather than filling the whole keyboard area which is quite annoying >_> lol
Been so used to that keyboard now it's pretty much perfect, hate the ICS keyboard that doesn't even have the punctuation on the letters section of the keyboard...
Thanks for your time.
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I have exactly the same issue. I have also tried the suggestion Play Store download, and it just isn't as good or as user friendly as the HTC mod. I haven't even had my S3 delivered yet and I am concerned that I will be destined to not have a decent keypad. My first smartphone and experience with touch screen was the Hero, and I got used to the awesome phonepad style keyboard. HELP! (Please!)
To be really honest, Swiftkey 3 is better than the HTC keyboard... I'd just use that.
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I have exactly the same issue. I have also tried the suggestion Play Store download, and it just isn't as good or as user friendly as the HTC mod. I haven't even had my S3 delivered yet and I am concerned that I will be destined to not have a decent keypad. My first smartphone and experience with touch screen was the Hero, and I got used to the awesome phonepad style keyboard. HELP! (Please!)
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I'm in the exact same situation. Came from HTC Desire and really miss the HTC Sense IME. Especially, the T9 (keypad) version. Been looking around without finding a keyboard to match yet. Please update the thread if you find one and I'll do the same.
I really hope someone with the right skills will get this working. It sounds like a skin/theme problem of some sort...
Bumping this to see if there's any updates.
Getting s3 today but really want the HTC keyboard to work!
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Get Smart Keyboard Pro from the Play Store, it looks the same but is more configurable.
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That's exactly what I was looking for for my S3. I temporarily switched from HTC and Samsung stock keyboard is unacteptable for me. Big thanks.