I can't seem to find a good one. I like to Swype and type both and haven't been able to find one that is good at both. Hoping someone has a well kept secret of keyboard knowledge.
Tried:
Swiftkey
Swype
Kii
Touchpal
Stock Google
Stock Samsung
And probably others
I cycle between Google/Swiftkey and Thumb Keyboard
If swype+type is your main criteria my opinion is that Google Keyboard is as good as any of the options out there and is progressively getting better every update.
As a long time pro/beta user, I want SwifKey to be my default, but I always end up back with ThumbKeyboard.
It has the best split keyboard layouts and an indispensable row of user mappable keys.
As much as I like the other two, I find I miss the custom keys too much to offset the features of the others
One thing to keep in mind is each one is going to "feel" a bit different (spacing, heat maps etc). Spending a week with a keyboard will tell you more than a quick tryout will ( I speak from experience LOL)
In the end they are all good and in development, so it really just comes down to user preference.
Sick Google has gotten better but no prettier
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Just started using Swype. The standard keyboard is OK, and way more responsive than my old HTC Touch HD. But man Swype is good. Can type messages and emails much faster than I normally can manage.
Just thought I'd mention it in case nobody has seen/heard of it.
Can find out more here - http://www.swype.com
Cheers
Dazza
It really is the dogs cogs isn't it! I started off using SlideIT before they released Swype Beta.. didn't like swype at first.. but now I know how to use it.. I couldn't live without it!.. I was using it for ages before I realised that you can swype from the swype key to the "sym" key to bring up the direction and text editing keys...
Didn't know that about the text editing and direction keys. Cheers!
Dazza
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...way more responsive than my old HTC Touch HD.
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1GHz CPU, Android, capacitive screen vs 528MHz, WinMo6 and a resistive screen - no contest
Swype's pretty awesome but I personally settled on Ultra Keyboard because I was used to the half-qwerty from my Touch HD.
Ultra Keyboard combines the two as well as giving you control over the size of the keys and a whole load of other options.
Speaking of awesome and intuitive keyboards, does anyone know what happenned with Blind Type? I remember hearing something about google buying it up (i THINK i remember that, anyway) and had pressumed that maybe it would be incorporated into a future model of Android, probably 2.3. Now I'm running on 2.3 and have heard nothing of Blind Type since then, I'm just wondering if anyone has any idea?
Definitely the best keyboard i've tried so far is SwiftKey, even better and Swype (i have them both).
Another vote here for swiftkey, the predictive text (once it's trawled through your old texts and emails) is nothing short of amazing.
Although the way it can actually predict the next word after you finish the current one is a little scary/depressing. Am i really *that* predictable?
I had installed swype on my xperia arc and tried it out for sometime. I was not happy or rather felt that the original default kb was better. I uninstalled swype. There was a different keyboard then instead of the original gingerbread one. I had to then do a factory reset to get back the original kb
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i never got used to swype i prefer standard Gingerbread keyboard. was upset it wasn't included with the arc, but you can find the apk here on xda
Or you can just download the Gingerbread keyboard from the market for free.
i bought swiftkey and tried it for a week but sadly it did not seem to predict very well for me.. swype is much faster for me, even if i'm just typing not swyping. i'm always hitting the wrong keys with swiftkey.
I use SlideIT now for a long time, it is personal of course, but for me its perfect.
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Agree
I am on the latest beta for Swype and have to agree its pretty awesome! +1
Nice, thx!
I use ultra keyboard. Unfortunately it mixes up multitouch keystrokes (registers on key release). FlexT9 is also nice, and it does correct multitouch recognition plus excellent speech recognition (Dragon dictate)
But ultra has nicer option buttons right there in the prediction area, with inline translation, copy paste etc, and better correction after mistakes. Biggest gripe is the incomplete dictionary, no auto training/learning on email sms, bad capital recognition (problem in German mainly). Nevertheless, overall best keyboard so far that I came across.
SlideIT cannot do multitouch at all, bummer, otherwise very good as well.
My friend introduced me to the Swype but I was quite content with the existing ones. May try it later.
definitely recommend swype! ben using it since my X1i
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I'm looking for SWYPE for Xperia neo. Can anyone help please?
@enboug
Get the latest Swype 3.0 beta here.
@ all
I would definitely recommend Swype to everyone. It's a no brainer! Why type when you can Swype?
And here are 7 Swype keyboard tips for better Swyping. It's definitely going to make your swyping experience better.
My only gripe with it is that I don't know how to insert a new line. All I see is a smiley button instead of the enter button.
EDIT: The smiley button is only there in the default messaging app. In other programs, it shows the enter key.
I have been using Thumb Keyboard for a while now. Started 1.5 months ago when I had an Asus Transformer. I continue to use it on the Tab, and its now my keyboard of choice on my Evo 4G.
I have seen scattered posts in this forum and others regarding other Tablet friendly keyboards. I was wondering if anyone has used the various options available and have a clear favorite.
I like the Thumb Keyboard for the options to adjust dimensions of height & width, themes, and you can easily add/remove rows, change layouts from thumb to full, and 1 purchase works on phone and tablet.
But some of the others look very slick..... but operations and customization is important. No two hands are the same afterall.
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I really like swiftkey (it has the option for a thumb or standard key layout). The predictiveness it provides is amazing.
+1 for swiftkey... also like that when i look for "android" he knows the second word will be "tablet"
+1 swiftkey
I also switched from Thumb Keyboard to Swiftkey X (for tablets). BASICALLY, they are both the same (style) and they both get the job done. Honestly Thumb Keyboard has many more "little" options to change things, but in all honestly they arent THAT useful (to me). All in all, they are both great. After using this keyboard style, I cant stand typing with the full normal (stock) keyboard.
Ya I switched. A little getting used to with the slightly different placing of some important keys, but getting used to it. I had to make spacebar a spacebar. It was driving me crazy at first. It needs to learn from me a while before I give the protective stuff ore control. Lol
Does anyone let it read your Gmail and facebook to read your 'style'?
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I have used swype beta 3, swiftkey x (tablet), and thumb keyboard all on both my tab 10.1 and fascinate. In a million years I don't think you could get me to change from swype on the phone, but its honestly kind of garbage on the tab. Its a tough call between the other two for me. Swiftkey is amazing at predictions but I find myself really really missing the number pad, arrow keys, tab key, etc. all readily accessible. Ifswiftkeycan add some of that to their layout, they've got me for sure.
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Thumb Keyboard is exactly what is needed to be the best keyboard for me! The amount of customizable settings make this keyboard fit you and you don't have to wait for it to fit you like Swiftkey... I have tried them all and always go back to Thumb Keyboard...maybe its the layouts or multiple themes but either way you can tell this keyboard will be here for awhile... also the dev is really on it for support...Thumb Keyboard +1
My default on all my devices is the FlexT9 Speak-Trace-Write-Tap keyboard. I mostly use its Swype-like functionality, but I can also type or have it do text to speech.
I missed it when it was free on Amazon, but I don't regret paying the $5 for it.
+1 for Thumb Keyboard, perfect for thumb-typing AND you can assign buttons for function keys and localized keys AND it has cursor keys
As the title says. I was frustated with the built in Swype so searched for others and found two of them pretty good, SlideIT keyboard and Touchpal keyboard. Well they have their own glitches but it's needless to say that they are way better than the Stock one. Creating this thread to get informed if there are any others, better than those I've mentioned, so please share your views.
Only Swype please.
Thanks in advance.
I use SlideIt Keyboard, and I like it a lot
SlideIT is good, but the capitalization is annoying when you don't want it. You can turn it off, but Swype's is more intuitive. Default state is caps, hit shift once to get out of it to lower case.
With SlideIT, you'll find that it defaults to caps in times when it is inappropriate and unwanted, such as in emails, etc.
Fix that (instead of 3,999 more skins) and I'll be happy. I use both, but the slight edge goes to Swype for usability and the fact that Swype can be customized to accept more error tolerance, where SlideIT cannot.
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SlideIT is good, but the capitalization is annoying when you don't want it. You can turn it off, but Swype's is more intuitive. Default state is caps, hit shift once to get out of it to lower case.
With SlideIT, you'll find that it defaults to caps in times when it is inappropriate and unwanted, such as in emails, etc.
Fix that (instead of 3,999 more skins) and I'll be happy. I use both, but the slight edge goes to Swype for usability and the fact that Swype can be customized to accept more error tolerance, where SlideIT cannot.
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That's exactly the problem I am facing.
Used Touchpal too, it's great in every purpose but the keyboard in landscape too much space!
More comments are welcome guys. I am yet to find a perfect swype keyboard, so if you know one, using one please do share your feedback here.
Swype NO
Big Buttons Keyboard YES
http://www.appbrain.com/app/big-buttons-keyboard-deluxe/com.bigbuttons.deluxe2
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To someone with access to a Prime or someone from the press with that access:
Can you please install Swype (http://beta.swype.com/android/get/) and see if it is working?
That would be great thanks!
PS: You may use this thread to post your own request, maybe we are lucky and someone will respond
I read in a review that the bundled Asus keyboard has Swype-like dragging functionality. But really, Thumb Keyboard is above & beyond the best on a tablet.
Yep, Swype makes sense on phones. For tabs, Thumb Keyboard (or Hacker's Keyboard in portrait mode) is faster.
For me it does make sense!
I use Swype on my Nexus One.
And it is pure evilness with one hand (or thumb even).
I'm typing really fast using just on thumb which is quite handy when you also hold it in that hand.
So holding the tablet in one hand and swyping with the other will be a pretty neat thing to do.
For example in presentations when want to clearly type things out.
Or at the train when reading and trying to search word, same for browsing.
Or...whatever think for yourselves...I can come up with a lot of situations where it is highly useful!
I love that the "swype" feature is now incorporated, because it honestly just saves me so much time. However, compared to one of the customs ones I had last year, it's - sad to say - garbage.
On the one I used before, and I believe even the swype app, there were a few differences that made it great for me. The three major drawbacks I find are (1) when I use a browser and do "swype", the words do not automatically get spaced, even though they will in a text or whatnot. (2) If I push backspace, because the wrong word has been chosen, I have to backspace letter-by-letter instead of just deleting the whole word in one go. (3) The worst is that several words that my older keyboard would guess right without issue will just not come up on this keyboard. At one point I got a word, had to delete it, re-needed that word, and it would no longer come up... On top of that, I expect certain words like "dalvik" to be picked up on.
Anyways, is it just me, or is anyone else noticing this?
I can also upload the keyboard I was using, it's was based on 4.2 and can be flashed. Very seldom will younotice anything buggy, and even if so, it is nothing that impedes on your typing or from the keyboard functioning as it should.
I'm using Swype+Dragon and I admit that this keyboard isn't that great the space button is so small and they're trying to pack everything into a small amount of space but it's not as bad either. I've been using jelly bean keyboard for quite some time and love it. I used other keyboards but nothing compares to the jelly bean keyboard just need to have more themes for it. The only reason I'm using Swype is because the keyboard theme goes with the rest of the theme for my phone.
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You can try SwiftKey. I've used it on my S3 and now on my S4. It has Swype features they call "Flow" Try it out, you might like it.
I'll take a look for the SwiftKey. I did find a keyboard that has bigger buttons if anyone is interested in trying that.