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Atm im using Swype beta keyboard. But im keen to hear other options what do people prefer.
Free or paid aps. Lets get a list going here.
list so far
* Better keyboard 8
* Skype Beta
* Stock
* Gingerbread Keyboard
* Thumb keyboard
* Smart Keyboard Pro
I use Better Keyboard 8
Using stock one atm (it works pretty darn well imho)
Might try the gingerbread keyboard which should be hanging around on xda here somewhere. (It's been great on my samsung galaxy spica)
Thumb keyboard looks nice too for thumb typing in landscape
One thing i'm missing in quite a few keyboards is arrows to go back a few letters.
Thumb keyboard, it have almost everything, including the arrow keys
Thumb keyboard : letters and numbers are shown on the same keyboard
I am using smart keyboard on my 70 . Its looking great on portrait and landscape .. Has a good support for languages that i need . I just remove few features from settings like sounds haptic feedback and few others to become as responsive as the normal keyboard ... Has not split keyboard support so may not be the best option for 101 .
I tried 6 or 7, and for me Smart Keyboard Pro is the best, especially after a bit of configuration.
I use Hacker's Keyboard at the moment. It has all the extra things like Escape which are useful for me in terminals, etc.
swype,
I liked slideit more but was having problems with the latest version.
Thumb keyboard on 101.
I use "Any Soft Keyboard".
I need a 3 language full support, and it do this well.
Thumb keyboard..
the best keyboard i've used..
I use slideit, but it is not as good as Swype.
Can you tell me how to get swype to work again with Swype 3.0?
I always get the message This version of swype has an invalid license and will operate with limited functionality. This is strange because you would think that an tablet version would work on a tablet as my Archos 43IT
Lennb said:
I use Better Keyboard 8
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How do you get better keyboard 8 to start up after a reboot,instead of the android keyboard?I always have to switch back to better keyboard 8.
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Thumb keyboard : letters and numbers are shown on the same keyboard
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+1 for Thumb keyboard on A70
I use swiftkey beta keyboard. pretty good with thumb mode landscape - two little 1/2 keyboards on the edges and number pad in middle.
Absolutely no competition here ,
+1 Thumb Keyboard ........ Head and shoulders above. 101it
SlideIt keyboard for me. I couldn't find Swype when I was looking, but with the new version of Slideit, you can adjust the size in landscape, so it works perfect.
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
I picked up two HTC One S phones for my parents. It's their first smartphone, touch screen phone. As expected, my mom is having a hard time getting adjusted to the keyboard. The HTC Sense keyboard looks pretty cramped. I installed an ICS keyboard and it seem sto type better but still kinda small.
I'm thinking about getting a drawing typ eof keyboard but perhaps i should just tell them it isn't going to get easier, they'll just have to learn how to use them?
Try TouchPal Keyboard........with the classic skin(looks really cool)
There also many keyboards in the Play store......
These are some of the good ones...
-Go Keyboard (Lots of Themes)
-Smart Keyboard (Never tried it)
-Swiftkey X Keyboard (Powerful Prediction)
- Slide it (Never tried it)
or you can also try the stock keyboards like Swype if you dont like the default.
Vivian Fernandes said:
Try TouchPal Keyboard........with the classic skin(looks really cool)
There also many keyboards in the Play store......
These are some of the good ones...
-Go Keyboard (Lots of Themes)
-Smart Keyboard (Never tried it)
-Swiftkey X Keyboard (Powerful Prediction)
- Slide it (Never tried it)
or you can also try the stock keyboards like Swype if you dont like the default.
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This would be the same I would have told u =)
These keyboards are amazing
however... I have very large fingers so I know the issues
Tell your parents that they should maybe use the voice input =)
They could try typing Horizontally because the keyboards letters expand
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They could try typing Horizontally because the keyboards letters expand
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Thats what i was thinking about too
But dont you think that he might have come to this conclusion on his own
Yeah, oh we'll think of somethin
yeah, i ended up telling them to try landscape after my mom was playing with the phone and got surprised when she tilt it and the orientation changed haha. sometimes yo'ure so used to something you forget it exists.
Use smartkeyboard pro...
You can adjust the height of the keyboard, in both portrait and landscape mode...
It'll ease up the crampiness a little...
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Hey there guys, I have been on the hunt for the Best Android Keyboad, and I wanted to see what everyone here was using?? I have tried stock, predictive, and the slide type, (I have not had the chance to play with any of the other 3rd party keyboards, with all sorts of different technology's.
So, I was wondering if some of you fellow xda-ers wanted to weight in on this, and help guide me on my adventure??
Thanks in advance :cool
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swype for normal language but my most preferred is hackers keyboard. latter has a full keyboard like on pc when in landscape mode. pretty awesome on big screens like galaxy note. also almost every keyboard has the stupid white text entry over the entire remaining screen where there is not the keyboard, which hides my chat windows away and makes landscape a pain. hackers keyboard does not do such. you have keyboard and chatlog.
I like Android 4.2's stock keyboard. It has everything you need. Predictive text, spell-checking, gesture typing, multiple finger gesture typing. I use English Azerty, and it is just great for me!
Swype, until I get 4.2
MultiLink keyboard :thumbup:
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Swype, although the 4.2 keyboard's implementation of this looks nice. I also like Hacker's Keyboard on my tablet which is just a PC looking keyboard layout. If they could implement a Swype functionality with it then it would be my favorite.
Swiftkey 3 is my Favourite.
Simply because
1)It is more intuitive than the rest, thus producing more CORRECT Auto Correction
2)It learns your way of typing and in real time monitors all that you type and maintains your individual statistics
3)It individually Learns from your fb,sms,email and twitter threads.
4)It also provides a good number of visual customization options
Thus overall it proves to be the best package
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swype for normal language but my most preferred is hackers keyboard. latter has a full keyboard like on pc when in landscape mode. pretty awesome on big screens like galaxy note. also almost every keyboard has the stupid white text entry over the entire remaining screen where there is not the keyboard, which hides my chat windows away and makes landscape a pain. hackers keyboard does not do such. you have keyboard and chatlog.
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impu153 said:
I like Android 4.2's stock keyboard. It has everything you need. Predictive text, spell-checking, gesture typing, multiple finger gesture typing. I use English Azerty, and it is just great for me!
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Swype, until I get 4.2
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asdot said:
MultiLink keyboard :thumbup:
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spunker88 said:
Swype, although the 4.2 keyboard's implementation of this looks nice. I also like Hacker's Keyboard on my tablet which is just a PC looking keyboard layout. If they could implement a Swype functionality with it then it would be my favorite.
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Swiftkey 3 is my Favourite.
Simply because
1)It is more intuitive than the rest, thus producing more CORRECT Auto Correction
2)It learns your way of typing and in real time monitors all that you type and maintains your individual statistics
3)It individually Learns from your fb,sms,email and twitter threads.
4)It also provides a good number of visual customization options
Thus overall it proves to be the best package
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Thanx guys for the input, and all the great info I find ShayonX, IMO, as to swiftkey 3, and as far as "prediction boards", go I think there is no better. I was actually going to go with swiftkey 3, but I just found it was lacking on skins, and customization. I like to be able 2 change the size, and width of my characters, (due to wide fingers), and skins are a great Addition
I tried Swift key 3, touchpal keyboard, go keyboard, and perfect keyboard, and ended up going with "perfect keyboard, bcuz the customization is very deatailed. I also tried swype style keyboard, but I found predictive to be the style for me.
I am running the Moto Phonton, so I won't be getting the 4.0 or 4.2 update, so is there anything else out there to look @??
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Hey,
does someone knows an alternative to swipeselection for android and with german keyboard layout???
also for thisr how dont know, swipeselection is a cydia tweak for ios devives, it allows to move the cursor over swiping with one finger over the keyboard, if u swipe right the cursor goes right if left tgen left.
this tweak is good when you misstype and u dont want to tip the position where u want the cursor should be!!
ive loaded swipeselection from playsrore but i dont like it, and ive tried the app "tyype" but its also rubbish and in english, last but not least ive tried flat keyboard and its the best, but sadly it has no german layout
do you know any other swipe selection keyboards??
Swype
SwiftKey
Fleksy
TouchPal
Stock AOSP keyboard
All of those have swipe functionality and support German. I don't use German though, so can't say how well they work. My personal preference in English anyway is SwiftKey.
Ya
All the above work well
I use TouchPal though
Press thanks :good: if I've helped :highfive:
No one of these apps has the funftiion im searching for !!
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No one of these apps has the funftiion im searching for !!
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looking for this too
Port xperia z1s keyboard
Gesendet von meinem Xperia SP
Just found out about this awesome iOS Cydia tweak. This sounds amazing. Is there really no Android equivalent of this?
That is disappointing.
I found some:
SwipeSelection Keyboard
This one looked interesting at first, but then I discovered that its layout was poor for quick typing.
tyype
This one a little bit different, it has a bottom bar for swiping but to select text rather than moving the cursor. The bar can be used to prevent accidentally pressing the capacitive button for some devices, not so useful for me.
Quick Keyboard Việt also supports swipe selection, it's good
The popular "Multiling Keyboard" handles this a bit differently, it employs an anternative way which use vol buttons for moving back and forth. The plus is supporting all languages.
I made an account just so I could post this info for anybody interested. On my Galaxy S5, you can go into the settings for the default Samsung keyboard, and change the swipe settings from "Swiftkey Flow" (swype-style swiping) to "Cursor Control" which allows you to swipe across the keyboard to control the cursor like in the swipe selection tweak. As far as I can tell, the only functionality is to move the cursor, you can't select text like in the iOS tweak. It's not as smooth, but it at least allows you to still maintain all the functionality of the default keyboard while adding an ability to move the cursor.
This feature may only be available on the Galaxy S5, I'm not sure if it's available on the SwiftKey keyboard (which the samsung keyboard is based on).
This was helpful. Thanks. The original swipeselection is quit better than the iphone version.!
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I found some:
SwipeSelection Keyboard
This one looked interesting at first, but then I discovered that its layout was poor for quick typing.
tyype
This one a little bit different, it has a bottom bar for swiping but to select text rather than moving the cursor. The bar can be used to prevent accidentally pressing the capacitive button for some devices, not so useful for me.
Quick Keyboard Việt also supports swipe selection, it's good
The popular "Multiling Keyboard" handles this a bit differently, it employs an anternative way which use vol buttons for moving back and forth. The plus is supporting all languages.
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hi just wondering with Quick Keyboard Việt how did u move the cursor for me it goes from the first word to the last word i cant move it through individual characters
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lilzad said:
hi just wondering with Quick Keyboard Việt how did u move the cursor for me it goes from the first word to the last word i cant move it through individual characters
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Edited: dont worry it works now thank you i have been looking for this for a while now
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I made an account just so I could post this info for anybody interested. On my Galaxy S5, you can go into the settings for the default Samsung keyboard, and change the swipe settings from "Swiftkey Flow" (swype-style swiping) to "Cursor Control" which allows you to swipe across the keyboard to control the cursor like in the swipe selection tweak. As far as I can tell, the only functionality is to move the cursor, you can't select text like in the iOS tweak. It's not as smooth, but it at least allows you to still maintain all the functionality of the default keyboard while adding an ability to move the cursor.
This feature may only be available on the Galaxy S5, I'm not sure if it's available on the SwiftKey keyboard (which the samsung keyboard is based on).
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works on my galaxy note 4 thanks.
the ios version is still better tho.
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I found some:
Quick Keyboard Việt also supports swipe selection, it's good
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Thankyou so much for this!
Quick Keyboard Việt ---- eng locale only(
and its not as good in cursor moving as SwipeSelection Keyboard. Fork of AnySoftKeyboard by Menny Even Danan under the Apache license. It is based on AnySoftKeyboard v111 but has been modified to support Daniel Hooper's 'SwipeSelection' concept from iOS.
SwipeSelection Keyboard 20130919
2016-01-16 First release.
but also only eng locale(
Google keyboard. =+- analog for kursor moving. Also many mods). Copy/paste, selection...
Yandex keyboard. Kursor moving with big (opens by extra button) joistik.