Not sure if this has been posted but the virtual keyboard does swype function. If this has been posted sorry for the double post.
you mean the stock prime android keyboard? This is the 1st i've heard of this...
They posted about this in the Themes/Apps section. However from experience the TF101 stock Asus keyboard had the same functionality. However unless something is different with the TF201 you could just install Swype beta if you like as they updated it for Honeycomb. Now once ICS is out that will be a different story.
I guess Swype is a successor to Palm's Graffiti, if you remember that tech from the PDA days.
Swypeing (sp??) Felt so weird on such a large screen. Thumb Keyboard, however, is awesome.
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I love Swype on my Galaxy S, but even in landscape mode on that it feels wrong, so I'm sure that it would be odd on a tablet! The actual Swype keyboard can be made smaller I believe, though, so that it's about 1/3 the width, which would make it more feasible.
Yes it does have a type of Swype on the default kb...however i thought it was not as accurate as Swype.. I didn't get to play with it much but I'll know more after tomorrow
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the asus swype thiing is pretty horrible. If u want swype you can install the beta on the tablet. to sign up just go to beta.swype.com
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Ok so i hate the stock asus keyboard on this thing. What do you guys suggest for an alternate?
I love swype on my evo 3d but i hear that it doesnt work that great on the prime. I would like a good swype alternate or a split keyboard.
All suggestions are greatly appreciated!
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I am using thumb keyboard. I like it way more than stock
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Smart Keyboard Pro - skins, tons of great useful settings. Use it on my tablet and phone.
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Smart Keyboard Pro - skins, tons of great useful settings. Use it on my tablet and phone.
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Does it split by chance?
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I have been using swift key tablet. It works great for me. There is a 30 day trial on the market
I dont really care about keyboards since im going to be keeping mine docked most of the time.. but my wife loves Slide IT. It is pretty much Swype for tablet. It is normally $5.99 I think but right now its on sale for $0.99 Has lots of nice free themes all over the market too.
https://market.android.com/details?...t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5kYXN1ci5zbGlkZWl0Il0.
Try A.I.type keyboard.
I used it alot on my HP touchpad (running android). It was very good. Just got my prime this morning and haven't had a chance to do too much with it other than update it to ICS.
here is the Link
I've now used Swype (doesn't fit the screen and a pop-up message to that effect comes up every time you type something). It does work in landscape mode, but not at all in portrait -- you end up with something entirely different than the keys you swyped or tapped. So that was a no go.
I've been using Thumb Keyboard for a few days, but it doesn't work all that well for me, especially since there seem to be many times when I'm holding the device and need to type one-handed. So, it's better than stock, but not perfect for me.
Now I'm using SlideIT, with the metal blue skin that matches ICS perfectly. It's beautiful, fits both landscape and portrait modes flawlessly, and works like a charm.
Unless and until Swype releases a version that works with the Prime's screen resolution, I'm sticking with SlideIT.
I use Swift X Key Tablet
I also have THumb Keyboard which is great but seems like its not as fast as Swiftkey X
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I use Swift X Key Tablet
I also have THumb Keyboard which is great but seems like its not as fast as Swiftkey X
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I'm the developer of Thumb Keyboard and I'm very interested in this. Do you mean that the performance of TKB is worse or are you referring to the text prediction?
The strategy of Thumb Keyboard is to have user adjustable layouts so that typos are reduced to a minimum. (So correction can be reduced to a miminum). In particular for the Transformer there's an option to adjust the width of the two halves so that the keys are reachable despite the large bezel.
I'm working on a new update (version 5) that will make use of the advanced spelling engine of Ice cream sandwich. Tests have shown that these are as powerful as AI prediction.
flext9 better than sywpe in my opinion
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nuance.flext9.input&hl=en
The ASUS keyboard can function the same way Swype does, you just have to enable it in the settings. Having said that, I use Thumb Keyboard.
I am a using SwiftKey x on phone and tablet. The tablet version has a split keyboard which I am trying to get to grips with.. The phone version is great.
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I have been using swift key tablet. It works great for me. There is a 30 day trial on the market
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I use Swift X Key Tablet
I also have THumb Keyboard which is great but seems like its not as fast as Swiftkey X
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I am a using SwiftKey x on phone and tablet. The tablet version has a split keyboard which I am trying to get to grips with.. The phone version is great.
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hey guys - I use the phone version and I LOVE it. I installed the free trial on my prime just now but it doesn't pick up what I'm typing. If I'm typing quickly, it skips letters unless I slow down. Do any of you have this issue? It makes it impossible to type on!
Gonna try an uninstall/reinstall real quick.
edit: no go might just give up on this
I like SwiftKey Tablet X.. Works great and like the word prediction and split keybord.
Haven't had any problems. You with problem have you download the correct one? and have you tried to type in different apps/place so there isn't the program you uses that make the SwiftKey to perform bad.
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hey guys - I use the phone version and I LOVE it. I installed the free trial on my prime just now but it doesn't pick up what I'm typing. If I'm typing quickly, it skips letters unless I slow down. Do any of you have this issue? It makes it impossible to type on!
Gonna try an uninstall/reinstall real quick.
edit: no go might just give up on this
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No I dont have this problem but i do not do much typing where i am speed typing. My biggest gripe, which is not the keyboards fault, is the autp rotation is too sensitive. Many times i am typing something slightly move the screen and rotates and i lose my spot or completely lose what i'm typing because i hit the back button.
On my phone (Desire with CM7) I use and love Swype. I understand that an ICS-compatible version will be available at the end of January. That said, I can see that it won't be as neat on the Prime's form factor. We'll see.
In the mean while I'm using Thumb Keyboard 4, on the recommendation of another thread on this forum. Current view: the best of the bunch; fairly good but has some flaws (e.g. doesn't auto-capitalise "I", no visible key for a comma; auto-complete/correct doesn't feel quite as smooth as I'd like). Also doesn't suit my fat fingers
In short I really miss Swype, but fear that it won't be quite as good as on my phone, particularly in landscape.
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best keyboard for tablets
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I am using thumb keyboard. I like it way more than stock
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I wholeheartedly agree
It's the best keyboard I've used. Swype and the likes aren't very efficient on tablets.
I'm loving thumb keyboard as well. I even started using it over HTC ime on my phone, which I have used for a year and a half on my Droid X, t bolt, and bionic.
I am not the developer of thumb keyboard and i have every app mentioned here and then some. Hands down thumb keyboard for tablets. Not even close. Having the options for split keyboard and for a half screen keyboard for when you are walking around cradling the tablet with one hand and typing with the other is the greatest. No other feature can be more valuable.
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Hey guys and gals,
I'm trying to find the best keyboard app for our phone, as it seems like I keep having issues typing on the phone without deleting and retyping a gazillion times.
What are your suggestions?
Thanks a gazillion.
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depends what your needs are since there's variety. I switch between thumb keyboard and slideIT
if I helped then hit the "thanks" option
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Swype, no question.
I'm not a huge fan of Swype, I guess it's either you love it or you don't. I like the ICS keyboard if I'm going for more of a stock look or Swiftkey
Hard to beat the word predictions on Swiftkey. I only have to type about half the words if that much.
I don't have the same phone, but I find two to be top of class for their respective categories.
For slide keyboards that work by swiping, I find FlexT9 to be the best experience in terms of speed and slide recognition.
For a standard keyboard, my recommendation is always SwiftKey. My friend swears by Thumbkeyboard mentioned in another post.
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I'm using FlexT9 right now. Works better on the Rez then Swype.
I use Hackers keyboard from the market.
I use Ice Cream sandwich keyboard from the market. Also, swiftkey is very good at prediction. I hate swype with a passion.
I've been trying lots and lots of different keyboards the last few months and still looking for the ideal one.
Used to use SwiftKey, but feel likes it lags behind too much on the Rezound when typing fast, plus the theme's it has (only 4) stink and the font is too small (especially when in the sunlight). Swype is good, but just way too short in my opinion and cannot be height adjusted like a lot of others out there. I'd probably use that one if they added custom height options...
Use SmartKeyboard Pro probably the most, and lately use UltraKeyboard too - lots of themes available, can make it nice and tall, and can swipe it too (not as accurate as Swype though). But need to dial down the key vibration setting or it'll lag.
Use SwiftKey !! It is really fast
Smart keyboard pro. Lots of themes and awesome multitouch.
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Smart keyboard pro. Lots of themes and awesome multitouch.
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Same here, SKP is the best hands down IMHO.
Loving the Swype!
The 8Pen. Don't knock it until you try it.
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I use Ice Cream sandwich keyboard from the market. Also, swiftkey is very good at prediction. I hate swype with a passion.
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+1 for the ICS keyboard. The one from VLLWP.
I like stock keyboard with trace on
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Used to use swype on the eris. Seems like the longer it was out, the worse it got. Swiftkey is the only one I'll run. Predictions are so dead on it's like it's reading my mind sometimes! Saves so many keystrokes it's not even funny.
i have honestly tried a good majority of the ones mentioned and i like swift key and swype the best, though on swype i have it set for more accuracy as opposed to speed.
I'm sticking with a stock ICS keyboard for now, can't seem to enjoy anything else currently.
I just got my Transformer Prime about a week ago, super kick ass by the way, and I love SwiftKeys on my phone. However.. first off I think it sucks you've got to buy the SwiftKeys Tablet version. It wouldn't be that hard to just issue a license that let you download the SwiftKeys Tablet for free once you purchased the base model. Even better just create one version and have the user select in the initial options "Tablet or Phone" during setup. I haven't had to re-buy any of my other apps thus far, they all just work. So I wanted to call bull****, bull**** and get it out of the way.
Related to that I was wondering if anyone was just using the regular SwiftKeys app (meant for the phone) on their tablet with any success, or do you have to break down and buy the tablet version?
Next does SwiftKeys Tablet work with the Transformer Prime? I know because it has a docking station it's a little different, and when I downloaded the trial version of SwiftKeys Tablet it was kinda flaky. At times when I'd plug in my keyboard, it wouldn't type, and it was always prompting me to choose which is the default keyboard. So I wanted to know if SwiftKeys Tablet actually worked with the Prime and if so, were their some tricks I was missing?
Lastly in lieu of SwiftKeys is their a better keyboard app for the Prime? The default onscreen keyboard is okay, but the word prediction sucks, and it's not very intuitive. I know the Prime having a physical keyboard throws a monkey wrench in most of the keyboard apps, so is there perhaps a defacto app that's as awesome as SwiftKeys but is designed with the Prime in mind?
I've tried regular Swiftkey on my Prime, and it works, but not well. It defaults to the same behavior as on a phone, which doesn't translate over to a tablet very well. I think that the reason why there is two versions is because keyboards actually need to behave differently between phones and tablets, so there is really two separate apps that had to be developed. I'd rather not pay for two apps in this situation, but I'm all for free markets, and nobody is making anyone else buy anything.
As for other keyboards, I use Thumb Keyboard and I like it. Its word prediction isn't even close to Swiftkey's, but it's better than stock, and you can adjust the size of the keys, as well as lots of layout options. I mainly just use the dock for typing anything more than a few words, though.
Doesn't Jelly Bean have lots of Swiftkey style features? Might be worth just waiting and saving money.
Mind you, that could be a long wait.
I use SwiftKey, it works great for me
But I don't use the dock on my Prime
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I use the tablet version too. Docked though, seems a little odd having the three suggested word boxes show at the bottom of the screen while I type on the dock (as I'm typing this now). Overall, I do like it. I also use Swiftkey X on my phone.
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SK is ok on tablet, but Thumb keyboard is better IMHO
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SK is ok on tablet, but Thumb keyboard is better IMHO
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Agreed. I love swiftkey on my phone, but Thumb Keyboard kicks ass on a 10" tablet.
Its here. Swiftkey Flow Beta. Not bad at all. I wish the trail was a little darker but works great.
Direct Link to Swiftkey Flow
http://bit.ly/skflowbeta
Thanks for the link. This is nice.
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I'm trying it out and love it. I also have the paid version of Swiftkey Tablet which has the flow function in it but it looks like the version number is 1 behind. Going to play with both over the next few days to see if there are any other differences, and if there are-purchase the Swiftkey Flow once it comes out of Beta.
I haven't decided if I like it better. It seems to be picky with my words. Changing certain ones when it shouldn't. But, I'll give it more time before I switch back to Swype.
I am most defintely purchasing it when it's out of beta. I've always been a huge supporter of SwiftKey. The keyboard is amazing! Simply said, I can type amazingly fast with it with the power of prediciton and Swype. The only thing I miss is swyping right-left to delete words.
So will Flow be a separate product from Swiftkey? In other words will current owners of Swiftkey 3 be required to purchase Flow or will it be provided as an app upgrade?
How do you enable the Swype style where you can draw the words instead of typing out?
question is are you typing faster flowing or swift keying? I'm still getting use to flow and find that i can type faster with presses and predictive text
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I know it is a good keyboard. How ever i wish it popped the words up like the 4.2 keyboard and hard darker trails.
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So will Flow be a separate product from Swiftkey? In other words will current owners of Swiftkey 3 be required to purchase Flow or will it be provided as an app upgrade?
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Im sure it will be a seperate product. Unless we ***** and maybe they will do a discount or something.
Does anyone know a "swipe" type of keyboard that supports one-handed input? I'm referring to the keyboard setting that makes the keyboard skinnier and bumps it against the left or right side. Swiping is great on a smaller phone, but these larger tablets can be fatiguing trying to swipe all across the bigger screen.
Thats a good question
The Samsung stock keyboard that comes with the Note 2.
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I'm finding that I'm having some issues with 'it's'. I can't seem to type it correctly. Any words that anyone else has had issues with?
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It needs polishing. I do wish it would recognize ellipses........ And not capitalize the next word. I use ellipses alot!
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It's a beta. I'm sure they will work out the kinks.
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Just realized how much of a resource hog this keyboard is. Not good.
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I love the fact that it has the looks at SwiftKey 3. But have the swipe functions. It really helps me type faster I don't want to stop using it!..... Time to find someone in Facebook to stalk.
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Thanks for the heads up I've been pleased with it so far
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It dont spell SEX. Always spells SEC
Anyone else run into the same thing with the virtual keyboard? I don't like the look and feel of the ASUS keyboard, so I've always used the ICS Android one (even on Androwook JB, the JB keyboard can't seem to handle my speed).
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The only keyboard worth using in my opinion on a 10.1" tablet is thumb keyboard 4. I can hold the tab portrait or landscape and type easily, the split keyboard is fabulous. I use SwiftKey 3 on my phone, but the tablet winner is hands down thumb keyboard.
I agree... I also use the thumb keyboard and find it is fast and easy to use on a tablet. Having said that I do find myself missing the space bar on the right side and hitting the notification icons which is very annoying. I wish that Google/Asua would either move the notifications to the top or detect when the keyboard is active and disable it so you can't hit it.
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So no one types home-row?
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I've always used swiftkey, but thanks to everyone's comments I'm trying thumb. Its gonna take some time to get used to the nuances vs swiftkey's, but it might be better... so far,really missing auto-space after punctuation and the comma to the left of the spacebar...
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I've always used swiftkey, but thanks to everyone's comments I'm trying thumb. Its gonna take some time to get used to the nuances vs swiftkey's, but it might be better... so far,really missing auto-space after punctuation and the comma to the left of the spacebar...
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I "miss" it quite often too.. although I'm stock, locked and rooted so am putting it down to general Asus TFP woes of slow response. Although I can't say I ever had this problem prior to JB - it's disappointing as I quite enjoyed typing on the Prime.
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So no one types home-row?
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I "home-row" it. It is still the fastest way for me to type, and most comfortable for me as well. Since the screen keyboard is a little smaller I end up using my right index finger to space a lot of times. I still miss sometimes, but a lot less than trying to use the side of my thumb on the space bar.
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I "home-row" it. It is still the fastest way for me to type, and most comfortable for me as well. Since the screen keyboard is a little smaller I end up using my right index finger to space a lot of times. I still miss sometimes, but a lot less than trying to use the side of my thumb on the space bar.
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Interesting method! I'll give it a try...
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