Hello guys..
As stated in my title, any suggestions for a lightweight keyboard? I tried Go Keyboard and my unit seems to be sluggish after some usage (unit is LG E510)..tried Thumb Keyboard, a great keyboard app but consumes more memory than the android stock keyboard. Just need a lightweight, fast, full keyboard.
Suggestions are highly appreciated. Thanks.
I've always liked A.I keyboard :
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.aitype.android
Free and pro versions available, and plenty of options to boot. Works well on phones and Tablets.
And Swiftkey is another cracker ;
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey.phone.trial
Regards
I like TouchPal Keyboard.
https://market.android.com/details?...wsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5jb290ZWsuc21hcnRpbnB1dHY1Il0.
I like Smart Keyboard its not so 'heavy' and it has many themes
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Ics keyboard in the market is nice.
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There's perfect keyboard. There's a thread open for it. The maker of the app is letting xda members buy it now. N is giving full refunds. I bought it now got a refund. Its very nice.
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@orb3000: sorry for the wrong thread post. this is the second thread that you moved. so sorry for that. would post on the correct forum section next time. thanks.
@ all: thanks for the suggestions. but from the selection given, how's the memory management? would like to have a keyboard app that hogs 5mb max of mems...
I'm looking for the same, a lightweight keyboard to replace the "Samsung keypad" in my Galaxy S I9000 which takes 12 MB of memory since boot!
If you find something, please let me know.
Thanks.
Try having a look at smart keyboard. Never had a problem with it hogging memory, plus it lets you remove period and comma, something I love as I always hit period instead of the space bar.
Give it a look..
I'd post a link but I'm a noob and I'm not allowed.
Trial in market is a bit annoying but it's definitely worth the money. Best keyboard I've tried yet. And I've pretty much tried them all
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i seem to like the swiftkey keyboard, and the haptic feedback that comes with it
Tried smart keyboard trial, but it doesn't feel like I'm into it. I'm still looking forward for a lightweight keyboard, and FREE! hehe!
Try looking on blackmart for it.
You'll have to google blackmart apk since it's not on market.
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MultiLing ram usage
It supposed to be a professional forum, if you don't know, don't post. The guy asked for a lightweight input method because he tried some keyboards and found them heavy. You don't help by posting what keyoboard you like without further info.
I tried today Multiling keyboard, it holds (when closed) 8.6 mb ram, compared to default input method that use 7.3 - 9mb. It pops up very quickly, faster that default input method.
I would suggest to try it, aside with default IME.
I have X10 mini with minicm7
Multiling is the fastest keyboard I have experienced. The only drawback i found is that the word prediction/swype feature is not very efficient. Also, it does not come with cloud backup so you would have to do that manually through tools like titanium backup.
The word prediction is very erratic on English. It throws up words sometimes that I have never heard of.
Chris_Ord said:
Try looking on blackmart for it.
You'll have to google blackmart apk since it's not on market.
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u cheat a dev, u cheat us all as a community..
Warez isnt allowed in here.
Simple keyboard is really ok,no features just the keyboard
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Have you seen that input method?
Swype, check it out! They show with HTC's Diamon later in the video:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/700774
does anyone knows more about a cab ^^?
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here more information:
http://www.swypeinc.com/product.html
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Yup, cabs are not yet publicly available, we'll all have to wait. And if this is going out to anyone but OEMs we'll have to wait even longer, right now our hopes are on a demo version or something I guess.
Same discussion here.
oh not seen it...
thank you!
close it! delete it!
try this if you are still looking : http://www.1800pocketpc.com/2009/12/10/swype-input-keyboard-ported-to-all-windows-mobile.html
Or Here
http://www.modaco.com/content/i9x0-omnia-http-omnia-modaco-com/297340/swype/
Tried the cab from modaco on Touch HD. Find it kinda sluggish.. not so much the swyping part, but the words appearing pretty slowly.
This could be because XT9 is present too. Didn't see this in the video on Swype website. Don't know how to turn it off. Anyone?
Swype? No thanks!
Swype? No thanks It don't works!!!! I prefer Dasur SlideIT it works perfectly on my Sony Xperia X1 and on the Htc Diamond 2....I think Swype has some kind of problem to get in to work or maybe is not compatible at all.....they make me laugh when they appear with their video copy like Apple-style Brand and try to shock the world with a new invention when on the markey there is already better product. Please Swype- men do a better job next time. Ciao
SLIDEIT
Yes the name is DASUR SLIDEIT, you can even try it for one month then if you like it you buy it...if you don't.....
Any kind soul can help - how to make HTC XT9 predictive word suggestion not appearing when using Swype? This makes Swype sluggish.
I suppose this is because this cab is meant for Omnia, which do not have XT9.
try to find the setting of ezinput...
btw,this function isn't working in the cab file provided.
Statistical Tracking
Keep track of your speed using Swype’s built-in statistical tracking.
just installed the cab couple days ago, it works pretty good on my fone.
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Swype? No thanks It don't works!!!! I prefer Dasur SlideIT it works perfectly on my Sony Xperia X1 and on the Htc Diamond 2....I think Swype has some kind of problem to get in to work or maybe is not compatible at all.....they make me laugh when they appear with their video copy like Apple-style Brand and try to shock the world with a new invention when on the markey there is already better product. Please Swype- men do a better job next time. Ciao
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eh, Swype works perfectly fine here, but the cabs floating around are English-only. I'm going to have to guess that's not the language you're wanting to use..
I've tried both and in my view Swype is infinitely superior - it even looks slicker. I'm on an HD2 mind you, perhaps the processor and larger screen help.
It's worth noting that the original thread for Swype was closed down at the request of the Swype developers as they were working OEM only. I also saw a thread today suggesting Swype was to be made more widely available...who knows!
meh i don't like this one :/ I just can't write anything on this app
where the hell can i find swype for my hd2 , looking every where.....
smoothy666 said:
where the hell can i find swype for my hd2 , looking every where.....
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flash a new rom from NRG
he included Sywpe in the VGA version of this ROM so i assume it will be in the version for the Leo aka HD2
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where the hell can i find swype for my hd2 , looking every where.....
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A 2 second check on google for swype cab found it for me!
Swype works way better than I expected, I've been looking for a good sip for one handed operation and I can use this with my index or thumb and its as quick or quicker than my X1 hardware keyboard. This is pretty much the best sip I've ever used easily, only problem is I'm having problems where it switches back to the horrible default windows mobile keyboard very often... might have to try sipchange or something... But very impressed with swype, from the same creator of T9 input, its very versatile easy to correct and add words so it's my sip of choice, I just gotta figure out why it keeps going back to the default keyboard
Coming from the Palm Pre, I used to be able to type abbreviations and make the Pre substitute the full meaning (ie. "ilu" becomes "I love you").
Obviously, this autotext functionality is not built into the Photon but there are keyboards that support autotext. The keyboard I am currently using is Smart Keyboard Pro but I'm not that satisfied with it. I just installed A.I.type Keyboard which also supports autotext. Are there any other "good" keyboards out there that support it? I used to use SwiftKey and Go Keyboard but neither of them supported it at the time.
Try Perfect Keyboard. IIRC there's an option in the settings for custom shortcuts. The free version won't let you use it, but there's a demo version you can try before you buy.
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Thanks, I think I've tried PK before and didn't like it too much. However, I'm willing to try it again.
I've always said this would be a cool feature to have in a phone. Didn't know it actually existed.
Going to submit this as a suggestion to Swype. I would try the other keyboards, but it's very hard to switch to other keyboards after Swype.
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Yes, I feel you. For me, it's hard to use keyboards that don't support autotext. Adding this feature to Swype would be awesome.
My wife has an Atrix and I have a GSII. She likes my Samsung keyboard and a couple other apk's that are on in my phone. Can I use those on the Atrix or is there a compatibility problem?
Also, any suggestions on the best keyboard? Her keys seem so small.
From some research, it looks like installing these type system app is a little difficult. Any guigence would be appreciated
BigMc71 said:
My wife has an Atrix and I have a GSII. She likes my Samsung keyboard and a couple other apk's that are on in my phone. Can I use those on the Atrix or is there a compatibility problem?
Also, any suggestions on the best keyboard? Her keys seem so small.
From some research, it looks like installing these type system app is a little difficult. Any guigence would be appreciated
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Keyboards will definitely have a compatability issue, most others will as well
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20831177[/URL]]My wife has an Atrix and I have a GSII. She likes my Samsung keyboard and a couple other apk's that are on in my phone. Can I use those on the Atrix or is there a compatibility problem?
Also, any suggestions on the best keyboard? Her keys seem so small.
From some research, it looks like installing these type system app is a little difficult. Any guigence would be appreciated
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There are plenty of alternative keyboards on the Market, there's even one that let's you change the keyboard skin and sound to resemble that on the SGS2 or even iPhone. I don't remember exactly which one was it but I think it was Ultra Keyboard, Keyboard Pro or Go Keyboard. Look it up on the Market.
For the other APKs, I'm not sure which apps you are referring to.
Cheers!
Rayan
Hi guys i had a question about apps.
Are there any apps meant for android but doesnt excist in play store? If there is can you please give. Apk or downloadlink with description of the app?
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What ?????
Is it the app store not enough for you there is over 100 000 probably more
Thats funny hilarious
so what in particular are you looking for???
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if there are any app they are either hacked or cracked which will be useless in this forum since we are not allowed to post this kind of link app or any thing like that
Dont forget about ACTA !!!
No man, someone told me there are really usefull apps outside the play store.. Thats why i was wondering maybe it would be usefull information..
I mean apps have no kind of it on the playstore or whatever
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Here you find some sometimes ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=530
there was an app that kill wifi for all other devices on the network, and it was abandon from the market ..
There are loads of apps outside of the google store, and well the XS has a few stores of its own built in from sony.
But as for good apps, swype from http://www.swype.com/
Its the keyboard from the Samsung galaxy S series and once you swype you never go back. It takes a little getting used to but it is so much easier / faster / accurate to use!
It was one of the first things I tried on my XS and was so glad that it worked straight off.
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There are loads of apps outside of the google store, and well the XS has a few stores of its own built in from sony.
But as for good apps, swype from http://www.swype.com/
Its the keyboard from the Samsung galaxy S series and once you swype you never go back. It takes a little getting used to but it is so much easier / faster / accurate to use!
It was one of the first things I tried on my XS and was so glad that it worked straight off.
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But Swype is already on the phone out of the box so why would you install this? (Unless you ment your happy it was pre installed).
keithwalton said:
But as for good apps, swype from http://www.swype.com/
Its the keyboard from the Samsung galaxy S series and once you swype you never go back. It takes a little getting used to but it is so much easier / faster / accurate to use!
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Your S has Swype built into the default keyboard.
I didn't notice the default keyboard had support for 'gesture inputs' as they put it as the phone didn't mention it and I don't think I read it in any review either.
I shall give the default keyboard another whirl then and see which one I prefer
This is freaking awesome. I didn't know it was built in by default. I was using the Chinese keyboard and switching it to English.
Thank you guys!
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A simple ways is to google .apk or file sharing forum that would yield a lot of result..
there are thousand of alternative market, forum and warez sites for android out there..
Mostly i use it to get apps that are not available for my country like bing as well as to get maps to allowed voice guidance navigation
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if you go to mobiles24.com they have loads of apps, you can look for android apps or for a particular phone, xperia s isnt listed yet but ive downloaded loads of apps for the arc and havent had one not work yet aswell as a few wallpapers, also i got sky go from this forum somewhere and it works fine.
Can someone please tell me how to teach the STUPID Samsung keyboard on the S6/Edge a new word, or a word/letter that I don't want it to keep autocorrecting every single time!!
I've been trying to teach it "N" or "n" as I use that in place of "and" quite often, but every single time since the phones been released, its been turning it into "now" or "no". So frustrating.
This is just a single example of hundreds of my words it corrects, for instance, when I write "Hi" at the top of an email, it changes it to "His". Seriously, what kind of a joke is this by Samsung on all of us?
In the settings it says that any words entered repeatedly over a week will be added to the dictionary, but this is obviously bs, as not a single one of my words has been added so far, and I repeat them frequently on purpose!
Please help me out someone, this is driving me up the wall. I know I can change keyboards, but these days in trying to stand out keyboards are adding too much useless crap, instead of good features (please suggest some that have the same features available such as emojis etc)
I look forward to your replies!
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Choose between Swiftkey Keyboard and Google Keyboard. I personally use both, I switch for certain purposes.
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Thanks for your reply!
I like those keyboards, I just don't like their emojis!!
RoleX1 said:
Thanks for your reply!
I like those keyboards, I just don't like their emojis!!
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Hit the thanks button already.
Don't be ridiculous, the emoji's character code, which I assume is ASCII are all the same throughout the computer world. They just look different based on how a computer or app interprets the code.
Programming 101.
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Lets not forget the main question here, how to teach the keyboard a new word? Samsung claims it learns your writing style, but clearly this is not the case. Even when I click the suggested word, 50 times, it doesn't add it to the dictionary, so this topic is still open.
As for the emojis, of course each app interprets the same code with its own images, but I'm after the end user experience here, so the choice of emoji images used are important to me.
kind regards
RoleX1 said:
Lets not forget the main question here, how to teach the keyboard a new word? Samsung claims it learns your writing style, but clearly this is not the case. Even when I click the suggested word, 50 times, it doesn't add it to the dictionary, so this topic is still open.
As for the emojis, of course each app interprets the same code with its own images, but I'm after the end user experience here, so the choice of emoji images used are important to me.
kind regards
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Clear the data of the Samsung keyboard. Works fine on my end. Check out SwiftKey Neural keyboard.