This is not the tablet version..It's the phone version.
I don't have the nook color with me at the moment. Has anyone tried this on the Nook yet?
I tried to use the beta version on it and I had some issue with displaying the keyboard itself on it back then.
I would try it if I had it with me.. but I won't be able to try it for like 12 hrs from now.
Anyone?
Other than the keyboard being truncated in landscape, which may be a feature of my density being set at 200 I love it.
The tablet version also has this problem. Good thing I was still able to return it when I bought it a couple of days ago.
Arbelzapf said:
The tablet version also has this problem. Good thing I was still able to return it when I bought it a couple of days ago.
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eh? The tablet version has no such problems. The phone version for some reason the keyboard is small in landscape, but not all of the time... it's wonky.
But the tablet version? No such issue. However I'm running the stock CM7 DPI, could be if you're tweaking that.
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eh? The tablet version has no such problems. The phone version for some reason the keyboard is small in landscape, but not all of the time... it's wonky.
But the tablet version? No such issue. However I'm running the stock CM7 DPI, could be if you're tweaking that.
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If by truncated you mean the numpad in the middle is missing, then yeah. mine does that too at stock dpi.
So i'll take this as not perfectly working on Nook color. for the phone version at least.
So what would people recommend? I've come to like this keyboard on my phone. Is it worth buying the tablet version for the NC? Or just use the phone version?
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So what would people recommend? I've come to like this keyboard on my phone. Is it worth buying the tablet version for the NC? Or just use the phone version?
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Jus the use the phone version for now. I have both and the phone version is works as it should. The the tablet version isn't optimized for 7" screens. The the number pad doesn't appear in landscape mode, the space key is unresponsive at the edges and there is no padding options to raise the height of the keyboard to a more comfortable portion of the screen.
My suggestion is to use SwiftKey x and thumb keyboard. There is a awesome paid app called km launcher that will automatically switch keyboards when changing from landscape to portrait and back. The only reason I didn't return SwiftKey tablet x was because it was on sale an I will eventually update to another tablet in the future.
Additional tip: select the arrow keys option in SwiftKey x to raise the keyboard a bit. I hate have to hold my nook at the bottom edges just to type on the keyboard. There is so much screen, and why no give me the option to place the keyboard where I see fit?
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The latest Swiftkey X update seems to have helped the landscape problem.
Any tips for getting Swiftkey Tablet setup properly on a manual-nootered Nook Color? On the 2nd step when it wants me to pick a default keyboard, it just bounces me to the desktop and won't continue. I read something about copying the apk file to /system/apps, but I cannot find the apk (I'm guessing setup gets rid of it). Paid full pop for it on the Android Market, so I'd really like to get it working.
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer,
Edit: OK, I resolved it. Couldn't see the .apk because I wasn't in r/w mode when browsing the folders - I was using Alpha file manager. When I switched to Root explorer and mounted r/w, then I could see it, copy it from /data/apps to /system.apps, re-install it, and get it setup after a reboot. Hope this helps someone else. Yeah, I know it's posted in myriad places, but what the heck?
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Hey guys,
New Market (3.2) from ICS has been leaked. I tried it on my Tab (Blazaar's 3.1 non-TW rom) and it force quits on me. Tried clearing data.
I installed it through ADB and made sure to change permissions after pushing it. No go.
Anyone have any luck? Not much seems to have changed aside from the icon but I like having the latest and greatest.
Not many ICS apps are gonna work on HC bro
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Hey guys,
New Market (3.2) from ICS has been leaked. I tried it on my Tab (Blazaar's 3.1 non-TW rom) and it force quits on me. Tried clearing data.
I installed it through ADB and made sure to change permissions after pushing it. No go.
Anyone have any luck? Not much seems to have changed aside from the icon but I like having the latest and greatest.
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3.2 works fine on my Tab and Nexus S; rename Vending.apk in system/app, drop in replacement market, rename, set permissions, however 3.2 is not optimized for the large screen, have a look for 3.1.5 for honeycomb which will give you the new market style for big screens, including portrait mode.
Go to System/app/
Rename vending.apk to vending.apk.old
Move this attached vending.apk to system/app
If necessary reset permissions to rw-r-r
Restart Tab and enjoy
Edit: anyone having luck with this one I have posted..it is made for the tablet. Supports both landscape and portrait
Hey guys,
Thanks for your replies. I did install through ADB and set permissions (chmod 644 which is rw-r-r) but it still doesn't work.
As far as not working on Honeycomb...the 3.2 works fine on Gingerbread, assumed it would work OK on Honeycomb (I know this doesn't mean anything - just figured I would try).
Which ROM are you guys using that it's working?
Also, as far as not being for tablet screens - don't think that's true. When I launched 3.2, it launched full-screen with the little menu in the upper right - a sure sign it is tablet optimized. Was it just not working for you in Portrait mode?
However, seconds after it launches and tries to load, is when I get the force close.
DanRyb said:
Hey guys,
Thanks for your replies. I did install through ADB and set permissions (chmod 644 which is rw-r-r) but it still doesn't work.
As far as not working on Honeycomb...the 3.2 works fine on Gingerbread, assumed it would work OK on Honeycomb (I know this doesn't mean anything - just figured I would try).
Which ROM are you guys using that it's working?
Also, as far as not being for tablet screens - don't think that's true. When I launched 3.2, it launched full-screen with the little menu in the upper right - a sure sign it is tablet optimized. Was it just not working for you in Portrait mode?
However, seconds after it launches and tries to load, is when I get the force close.
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On 3.1.5 for honeycomb I have the menu plus My Apps in the top corner and a two column menu in the main part of the screen, 3.2 doesn't show My apps on the main screen and it is a single column on the main part of the screen.
3.1.5 Honeycomb vs 3.2.0 ICS markets on the Tab:
To be quite honest...I don't see how having different market versions really changes anything. Just get one that works and leave it at that. Every version is gonna have the same apps anyway..
Tivo7 said:
To be quite honest...I don't see how having different market versions really changes anything. Just get one that works and leave it at that. Every version is gonna have the same apps anyway..
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True, although 3.1.5 offers a nice improvement in the form of portrait mode, a feature sorely missing from the original honeycomb market.
Just because an app is designed for ICS it doesn't mean that it is an improvement for Gingerbread/Honeycomb users.
Thanks was an accident btw
rgbc said:
True, although 3.1.5 offers a nice improvement in the form of portrait mode, a feature sorely missing from the original honeycomb market.
Just because an app is designed for ICS it doesn't mean that it is an improvement for Gingerbread/Honeycomb users.
Thanks was an accident btw
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I only use my tab in landscape mode unless I'm on an app that doesnt support landscape. Market supports landscape, so thats where I am. So that update doesnt affect me personally at all. Others may like it though.
It's preference. To some people it doesn't matter - to some it does. So far the leaked ICS apps have been an improvement over the existing released versions.
For instance, the 4.0 Music app is an improvement to me over the 3.0 app. And the changes to Google+ in the ICS version are very nice and makes things better. Market, doesn't seem like much has changed except the icon but it DOES seem faster than the 3.1.5 or 3.1.6 versions out there now.
On my phone, Samsung Galaxy S II, these apps are working flawlessly. It's on my Tablet that they are force quitting.
Tivo7 said:
To be quite honest...I don't see how having different market versions really changes anything. Just get one that works and leave it at that. Every version is gonna have the same apps anyway..
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Anyone change their stock CM7 keyboards I like some of the replacement keyboards I've seen but wonder if it's safe to install these? I would like a keyboard with bigger keys and a .com key
Hacker & Swype installed without issue here
using thumb keyboard which has pretty big keys. might want to try that out.
I like thumbs keyboard as well, but I have had some occasional force close issues with it. they are rare. I use this keyboard with my phone, tablet, and nook
Using Swype and Slideit both successfully on CM7. Swype in CM9 becomes almost half size and I have to install from backup.
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Anyone change their stock CM7 keyboards I like some of the replacement keyboards I've seen but wonder if it's safe to install these? I would like a keyboard with bigger keys and a .com key
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I'm using hackers - no issues.
I'm using perfect keyboard with no issues. I can confirm both the free and pro versions work fine.
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If any of you have used the Nook app on the Galaxy Note, you probably already know what I'm going to ask.
Problem: at stock 320 dpi, the text in eBooks is ridiculously large in the Nook Reader, even at its smallest setting. You have to go down to 260 dpi before text becomes small enough to read comfortably--but 260 dpi leads to force closes for me. 240 dpi solves the force close problem but for some reason ICS Objection is very sluggish at 240 dpi.
280 dpi is a good happy medium for me for all my aps but the Nook. Thing is, most of my eBooks to date have been purchased through the Nook store... ugh.
So! I started mucking about with font changing apps in the store and found one called "Font Size Setter" that actually works pretty well in ICS. Unfortunately, while it does scale fonts all over the OS itself, it has no effect whatsoever in whatever calculations the Nook app uses to display fonts in an eBook.
So what I'm wondering is, does the Nook app have a settings file of some kind that I can manually edit to scale down the font display? Does anyone know? I don't know enough about how Android is laid out even begin looking...
Thanks for any help you can provide...
EDITED: I just realized it may be as simple as finding smaller versions of the fonts the Nook uses for display purposes and overwriting the default ones. Are android fonts .otf files? And does anyone know if there's a way to find smaller ones?
Just out of curiosity I flashed Saurom and the Nook app doesn't display this problem at all. Does Gingerbread handle screen DPI differently than ICS?
re: Any way to fix the Nook app on the Note?
I'm dying to know this myself. The Nook app is probably the biggest reason I bought the thing to begin with - it was really great back on the older version of Android, but this new thing just looks ridiculous. I called Barnes & Noble about the problem and they seemed genuinely concerned - I was on the phone with them for about 30 minutes. They said they'd get back to me within a week but that was like 3 weeks ago.
Between this and Next Issue not working (and all of the other problems listed at the Geekitarian blog), I'm considering dropping the Note altogether and going with something new.
If you figure out a solution, please do come back and share it, as this phone was AWESOME before the Android 4.0 update.
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If any of you have used the Nook app on the Galaxy Note, you probably already know what I'm going to ask.
Problem: at stock 320 dpi, the text in eBooks is ridiculously large in the Nook Reader, even at its smallest setting. You have to go down to 260 dpi before text becomes small enough to read comfortably--but 260 dpi leads to force closes for me. 240 dpi solves the force close problem but for some reason ICS Objection is very sluggish at 240 dpi.
280 dpi is a good happy medium for me for all my aps but the Nook. Thing is, most of my eBooks to date have been purchased through the Nook store... ugh.
So! I started mucking about with font changing apps in the store and found one called "Font Size Setter" that actually works pretty well in ICS. Unfortunately, while it does scale fonts all over the OS itself, it has no effect whatsoever in whatever calculations the Nook app uses to display fonts in an eBook.
So what I'm wondering is, does the Nook app have a settings file of some kind that I can manually edit to scale down the font display? Does anyone know? I don't know enough about how Android is laid out even begin looking...
Thanks for any help you can provide...
EDITED: I just realized it may be as simple as finding smaller versions of the fonts the Nook uses for display purposes and overwriting the default ones. Are android fonts .otf files? And does anyone know if there's a way to find smaller ones?
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Ditto trying to find solution to this as well. Anyone?
Emailed B&N Support; no reply yet
ubersoft said:
If any of you have used the Nook app on the Galaxy Note, you probably already know what I'm going to ask.
Problem: at stock 320 dpi, the text in eBooks is ridiculously large in the Nook Reader, even at its smallest setting. You have to go down to 260 dpi before text becomes small enough to read comfortably--but 260 dpi leads to force closes for me. 240 dpi solves the force close problem but for some reason ICS Objection is very sluggish at 240 dpi.
280 dpi is a good happy medium for me for all my aps but the Nook. Thing is, most of my eBooks to date have been purchased through the Nook store... ugh.
So! I started mucking about with font changing apps in the store and found one called "Font Size Setter" that actually works pretty well in ICS. Unfortunately, while it does scale fonts all over the OS itself, it has no effect whatsoever in whatever calculations the Nook app uses to display fonts in an eBook.
So what I'm wondering is, does the Nook app have a settings file of some kind that I can manually edit to scale down the font display? Does anyone know? I don't know enough about how Android is laid out even begin looking...
Thanks for any help you can provide...
EDITED: I just realized it may be as simple as finding smaller versions of the fonts the Nook uses for display purposes and overwriting the default ones. Are android fonts .otf files? And does anyone know if there's a way to find smaller ones?
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I emailed B&N to bring this issue to their attention - how the Nook for Android app that worked fine with Gingerbread no longer works correctly after updating to ICS 4.0.4 (SGH-i717 AT&T model, in my case).
Fingers crossed they reply, as the issue makes reading Nook books on the Galaxy Note practically unreadable due to ridiculously oversized fonts, the inability to hide the status bar, etc. - all of which worked fine on 2.3 Gingerbread Note before I ran the update to ICS (which seems to have changed the dpi/ppi resolution reporting between the device and the Nook app).
flash back to GB.....It sounds like our only hope...unless B&N pulls their head out, and supports ICS with their apps...g
Nook Updated 3.2.0.81 - better Galaxy Note & Tablet support & built-in dictionary
Good news: Nook 3.2.0.81 updated yesterday and there's some better support for the Galaxy Note, including ability to hide status bar, and (for all devices) a built-in dictionary option to download the dictionary of your choice so you no longer need to launch out of the product to look up definitions. (Interesting note: The iOS version update also offers downloadable dictionary even though that version of the app has had dictionary lookup using the iOS's own dictionary feature since earliest versions.)
To me the updated version helps make using Nook on the Galaxy Note more comfortable, though the font sizing still seems off, because even the smallest font still looks too big to me.
That said, I'm pleased this app has finally gotten a reasonably helpful update after so many months of gargantuan fonts and unhidden status bar and whatnot.
I just long-pressed the left button (back button) to bring up the settings and fix the text size. Now it reads just like it did on my Samsung Galaxy S4.
I have a RAZR Maxx on ICS and an Atrix Lapdock. The lapdock with webtop 3.0 works great and you can force the tablet UI to be used (navigation bar on the bottom, etc. etc.). However, when you open apps it still uses the phone version of the apps, which is somewhat annoying for certain apps.
For example, the gmail app. On a tablet, it has a neat interface for a larger screen with a split screen. On a phone, it's just one screen and looks a bit ridiculous when scaled up to a 10" screen.
Anyways, my question is if it's possible to force the tablet versions of the apps to either be used or installed (i'm not sure if the tablet versions of the apps are included when installed or if a different app is installed.) Perhaps the .apks could be extracted, slightly modded, and reinstalled under a slightly different name to use when on the lapdock.
I'm going to guess that anyone who uses the lapdock in ICS with any frequency would love to see a way to do this. And, to be honest, it'd just be nice to do this for a few apps, not every single app I have installed.
So, what do you think? Can it be done?
+1 for this
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To respond to my own question....
It seems like the applications that dont have a nice webtop mode are the preinstalled system apps. You can enable the webtop mode by replacing the .apks for the system apps inside the /system/app folder with an .apk from a tablet. Not sure how well it will work after an update. For instance, I grabbed the gmail and talk .apks from my nook tablet and replaced the .apks on my phone...voila webtop gives the tablet view and the phone view is still good.
Razr Maxx on Atrix Lapdock - resolution?
blewis87 said:
I have a RAZR Maxx on ICS and an Atrix Lapdock. The lapdock with webtop 3.0 works great .....
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Hi. Sorry I can't give any help on your question, but could you please tell me how you got Maxx to work with the Atrix Lapdock? I have tried my Maxx with an Bionic and Atrix lapdock and the resolution is terrible. Things are stretched horizontally and the viewable portion of the screen is in letterbox. Almost 2/3's of my lapdock screen is wasted.
I really prefer the old version of webtop and do not like webtop 3.0 at all. Mostly because of the terrible resolution and small screen size.
Any help you could give would be appreciated. Thanks.
CrystalG said:
Hi. Sorry I can't give any help on your question, but could you please tell me how you got Maxx to work with the Atrix Lapdock? I have tried my Maxx with an Bionic and Atrix lapdock and the resolution is terrible. Things are stretched horizontally and the viewable portion of the screen is in letterbox. Almost 2/3's of my lapdock screen is wasted.
I really prefer the old version of webtop and do not like webtop 3.0 at all. Mostly because of the terrible resolution and small screen size.
Any help you could give would be appreciated. Thanks.
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For most apps, there is a tablet version you can force inside webtop 3.0 by changing from phone version to webtop version with the little "maximize" looking arrow in the bottom right. You'll probably have to do it manually the first time for each app. (you'll see what I mean). As for the launcher, I setup my system so that I use apex when I'm normally using my phone and nova for when I'm using my lapdock. I simply change the default launcher back and forth when using one or the other. I setup nova to have a ton of icons in the dock (kinda ends up looking like MacOS with the program shortcuts on the bottom) and much more rows and columns on the desktop. I leave an easily accessible shortcut to apex on one screen for when I take my phone out of the webtop. I've thought about messing with the webtop init.d scripts or something to automatically change between launchers or trying to figure out how to have a launcher change some settings automatically. In general, it'd be nice to have a certain number of settings automatically change when bringing up webtop 3.0 in general.
Anyways....it all works pretty well once you get the tablet/webtop versions of everything going.
Good luck!
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For most apps, there is a tablet version you can force inside webtop 3.0 by changing from phone version to webtop version with the little "maximize" looking arrow in the bottom right. You'll probably have to do it manually the first time for each app. (you'll see what I mean). As for the launcher, I setup my system so that I use apex when I'm normally using my phone and nova for when I'm using my lapdock. I simply change the default launcher back and forth when using one or the other. I setup nova to have a ton of icons in the dock (kinda ends up looking like MacOS with the program shortcuts on the bottom) and much more rows and columns on the desktop. I leave an easily accessible shortcut to apex on one screen for when I take my phone out of the webtop. I've thought about messing with the webtop init.d scripts or something to automatically change between launchers or trying to figure out how to have a launcher change some settings automatically. In general, it'd be nice to have a certain number of settings automatically change when bringing up webtop 3.0 in general.
Anyways....it all works pretty well once you get the tablet/webtop versions of everything going.
Good luck!
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Thank you! Nova not in market, I will find it somewhere. Tried Halo launcher. Nope, better resolution but still letterbox. Does Nova fill the entire screen? Or will it still be letterbox? Thanks again!
Ok, so this is really just a heads up. I don't know what keyboard all of you are addicted to or put up with, but an update that SwiftKey just received via its beta channel makes it perfect for our phone. It's the 4.3 Beta update.
I'll post links for the download on their website and a small review that Android Central did earlier today, but essentially all the same functionality that's great is still there along with the ability to reposition the keyboard in several ways. You can split it down the middle (great for landscape typing on our phones), make it compact to fit to either side (great for one hand typing on our phones, which does actually works fantastically now), and you can leave it as a normal, full sized phone keyboard. Additionally, you can now resize it dynamically without leaving the keyboard to five(!) different sizes (all increasing the keyboard in height) and most importantly, you can undock and dock the keyboard to your liking. They've essentially combined their tablet and phone offerings and enhanced them. Which is perfect, because we have the definition of a tablet/phone.
I believe it's free in its beta state, so the least you can do is give it a try. But honestly, this keyboard is leaps and bounds ahead of any other in the market.
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Link for the review:
http://www.androidcentral.com/swiftkey-43-beta-debuts-new-keyboard-layouts-we-go-hands
Download link: beta.swiftkey.net
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been running this for a while and its working great
Not that fond of SwiftKey to be honest, and the stock keyboard is fine but I always hit the damn punctuation key when I want to hit space, but I'll give SwiftKey a try again. It's been awhile.
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LordManhattan said:
Not that fond of SwiftKey to be honest, and the stock keyboard is fine but I always hit the damn punctuation key when I want to hit space, but I'll give SwiftKey a try again. It's been awhile.
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I use swiftkey because first of all I use all my devices in english and in android it's a bit tricky when the stock keyboard uses the system language to get å ä ö. And I'm able to turn off all the autocorrections and to remove finish word on spacekey to gain full control of what's going on when I'm writing something. It's also not bloated with animations, email-activation system and special keys other than the swiftkey symbol.
stock keyboard (Xperia Keyboard with handwriting) is garbage (to me)
I press "space" and it pressing "dot".
Cuz space button and the dot button is located close to each other.
And sometimes even when you starting typing fast it gives 0.5sec
interval of lag. (the delay lag can be felt through the sound and vibration)
Well now briefly about the main "Google keyboard"
i used to use swype... then migrated to swiftkey when it introduced 'flow' ... now im running sony stock. They are all pretty similar.
i know that swiftkey and sony stock can be changed so the dot is not on the page, and it will auto full stop if you press space twice.
...so thats what I'm doing. BOOM!
hamdogg said:
i used to use swype... then migrated to swiftkey when it introduced 'flow' ... now im running sony stock. They are all pretty similar.
i know that swiftkey and sony stock can be changed so the dot is not on the page, and it will auto full stop if you press space twice.
...so thats what I'm doing. BOOM!
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Well I'm damned if I can get rid of the dot on the stock sony keyboard mate
Until then I'll continue running the google keyboard.
LordManhattan said:
Not that fond of SwiftKey to be honest, and the stock keyboard is fine but I always hit the damn punctuation key when I want to hit space, but I'll give SwiftKey a try again. It's been awhile.
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Yeah that's my issue with the stock keyboard, the spacebar isn't big enough. The swiftkey one just seems to run a little heavy on the resources, that's always be the case more or less.
I like the way the Sony one looks but I can't seem to get used to smacking the period key all the time
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hamdogg said:
i used to use swype... then migrated to swiftkey when it introduced 'flow' ... now im running sony stock. They are all pretty similar.
i know that swiftkey and sony stock can be changed so the dot is not on the page, and it will auto full stop if you press space twice.
...so thats what I'm doing. BOOM!
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Do you mean that you were able to get rid of the punctuation mark? How did you manage to do that
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This SwiftKey beta is superb!