Is it possible to change the layout of the keyboard when you write an sms?
It has now the qwerty in normal mode but I would like to have a keypad like on a normal phone(like t9 input mode) when writing sms with the X1(not to use the hardware keyboard)
all wm devices i've come across have been able to use phonepad
which does just what you request
dont see why x1 should not be able to use the same program
as keyboard
or any of the other 3th party onscreen keyboards for that matter
Eww why would you want to use T9 over the hardware keyboard anyway!
Kloc said:
Eww why would you want to use T9 over the hardware keyboard anyway!
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Not that easy to use when you drive a car or just have one hand free
Have you tried Resco keyboard pro?
MarcusRosth said:
Not that easy to use when you drive a car or just have one hand free
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Do you know how many people got killed texting on the road?
MarcusRosth said:
Is it possible to change the layout of the keyboard when you write an sms?
It has now the qwerty in normal mode but I would like to have a keypad like on a normal phone(like t9 input mode) when writing sms with the X1(not to use the hardware keyboard)
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Yes it is possible, you should have a small arrow next to the keyboard icon at the bottom of the screen, tap on this and then you can select from a variety of keyboards including a T9 one.
artesea said:
Yes it is possible, you should have a small arrow next to the keyboard icon at the bottom of the screen, tap on this and then you can select from a variety of keyboards including a T9 one.
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No there is no T9 keyboard on the Xperia - just the ordinary and very small WM keyboard
Install TouchPal and you got yourself a nice thumbfriendly T9 keyboard on the Xperia
easycure1974 said:
No there is no T9 keyboard on the Xperia - just the ordinary and very small WM keyboard
Install TouchPal and you got yourself a nice thumbfriendly T9 keyboard on the Xperia
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It was there on the demo version I played with some weeks ago.
You mean that you could select it when you open up the keyboard menu by clicking the little keyboard icon at the bottom of the screen? There is only two options there - Symbol Pad and Keyboard (and then the Options..).
artesea said:
It was there on the demo version I played with some weeks ago.
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It is not available in the swedish retailversion of the Xperia
Andy Guts said:
You mean that you could select it when you open up the keyboard menu by clicking the little keyboard icon at the bottom of the screen? There is only two options there - Symbol Pad and Keyboard (and then the Options..).
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It had the same as the Touch Diamond, T9, Full QWERTY, Half QWERTY, Pen at the bottom and handwriting recognition.
artesea said:
It had the same as the Touch Diamond, T9, Full QWERTY, Half QWERTY, Pen at the bottom and handwriting recognition.
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Then they had installed http://www.modaco.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=25258, it is the keyboard from the Diamond and can be used and works fine. But not in Swedish
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Hi I'm currently using PocketCM Keyboard which is better than the default but a bit frustrating when having to use !&- etc as you have to switch to numbers then to exclamations...
I was wondering if anyone have found a better keyboard (perhaps like the iphone with everything on the one screen) but still takes advantage of the screen size?
JetMouse, you know you can easily customise the layout of PocketCM Keyboard to suit your needs? It's as easy as editing a text file to control which symbols appear on which buttons. Since I did that it's easily become my favourite software on my Touch.
SiliconS said:
JetMouse, you know you can easily customise the layout of PocketCM Keyboard to suit your needs? It's as easy as editing a text file to control which symbols appear on which buttons. Since I did that it's easily become my favourite software on my Touch.
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No I didn't know this - can you run me through how to do it?
JetMouse said:
Hi I'm currently using PocketCM Keyboard which is better than the default but a bit frustrating when having to use !&- etc as you have to switch to numbers then to exclamations...
I was wondering if anyone have found a better keyboard (perhaps like the iphone with everything on the one screen) but still takes advantage of the screen size?
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I use SPB Keyboard (the new one, version 4.0) with fullscreen mode. The non-fullscreen mode is pretty much iphone-like. Don't know if it's "better" - to my taste the stock one is just perfect in all respects except for lack of support for Russian, which I need. Unlike most other keyboards, it has arrows which compensate the absense of the dpad on the device.
Sure thing:
Connect your PocketPC to your computer so you can browse the contents of the device.
Browse to \Program Files\PCMKeyboard
Copy English.layout (or whichever one you're using) to your computer's desktop
Make a backup of the file, just in case
Open the live file with Notepad
You can see four lines labelled keyboard_layout_#=
Edit the characters in those lines to change the symbols on the keys in PocketCM Keyboard
Each of the four lines contains a complete template for the keyboard. Rows are separated by the \n (newline) combination
There are some shortcuts to create special-purpose keys:
\2 seems to be uppercase
\1 seems to be lowercase
\b is backspace
\M is the symbol/text toggle button
\N is the enter key
There is a way of including smilies or combinations of characters on single keys, but I can't remember how. I also can't remember how to edit the row of quick symbols you see if you hold down the '123#?' button
Once you've made your changes, save the file on your computer and copy it back over to the PocketPC.
You'll need to choose a different softinput thing and then go back to PCM Keyboard to see the changes.
Don't forget to save the file somewhere in case you upgrade to a newer version of PCM Keyboard.
My favourite keyboard is Tengo. Allows very fast and forgiving typing. You might like to try it. I hope it works on Touch HD cos I have not got one to try on yet.
They have a free version, a commercial regular version, and a commercial thumb version.
the best keyboard for me is touchpal from http://www.cootek.com/
so many improvements
prospects said:
the best keyboard for me is touchpal from http://www.cootek.com/
so many improvements
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is it compatible with the TOUCH HD
Touchpal
I think Touchpal is the best.
iznee said:
is it compatible with the TOUCH HD
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I just tested it, yes it is 100% compatible.
I love this keyboard, but I am trying to get it to run using the Dutch language. It is so blazing fast and accurate in English using the suretype layout, it's not even funny. I SWEAR I cannot type faster using a hardware keyboard, simply because of the fact that it is just as accurate, has big enough keys to type blind, and you don't actually have to depress a button so... works for me
Still stuck with the trial version though...
Only thing that I still gotta get used to is switching keyboards using a finger slide, I just keep pressing buttons instead of triggering the slide really cool function though as it saves button space and basically is just cool to show people
Thanks for the tip people!
EDIT:
Got my own language it in it now, easy... Also really easy to switch languages... Just pull down the ABC key and pick one. This does reveal some non-skinned ugly winmo buttons though, even while the rest of the keyboard is Diamond skinned.
wfhowell said:
I think Touchpal is the best.
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Completely Agree, it is very usefull, Fast and easy to use Keyboard
TouchPal
I would at least try the demo of this. I personally prefer TouchPal to a Blackberry hardware keyboard. I am serious. The seplling correction and word prediction is simply amazing. Completely altered my view of software keyboards.
BTW- I am 6' 2" and weigh 220 with BIG hands, and Have been happy with TouchPal since the first Touch.
Well, is not that I like T9, honestly
but someone asked in another forum
if is there a virtual num keyboard with T9
to call and text messages with one hand
and without sliding the keyboard out.
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Sure, install the Touch HD keyboards - nice finger-friendly phone keypad with T9 on offer - I tend to use it for texting shorter messages (or one-handed). They're available here.
the vga version of phonepad also works flawless
If you don't like T9, you can try a better onscreen qwerty keyboard than the one supplied with WM. I installed resco keyboard and for quick texting like a sms I never open the keyboard any more, it lets you type with one hand and sufficient accuracy.
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Sure, install the Touch HD keyboards - nice finger-friendly phone keypad with T9 on offer - I tend to use it for texting shorter messages (or one-handed). They're available here.
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where can i find this??
Hi All,
I am sure I am not the only one to find that the keyboard SIP on the X1 is too small.
Can anyone recommend a larger keyboard to work in verticle mode ? I am hopping to be able to use my fingers to do the typing instead of pulling the stylus out everytime. Something like the size of the Iphone keyboard or the Samsung Omnia keyboard would be perfect. I also like the short "vibrate" feedback feel when you type. Anyone feeling the same ?
Here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=441439
Additionally to the probably not quite legal copy of the HD's keyboard, there'd be also solutions like PCM keyboard (VGA skin required!), TouchPal, SPB Keyboard, and so on...
Mort said:
Additionally to the probably not quite legal copy of the HD's keyboard, there'd be also solutions like PCM keyboard (VGA skin required!), TouchPal, SPB Keyboard, and so on...
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If you try PCM Keyboard then you must not choose VGA but WVGA skin
FingerKeyboard2. It's amazing and should probably be on every touchscreen phone in the world.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...um.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=487677
The letters on the diamond keyboard i installed used to be in bold, now they look thin and ugly after a soft reset for some reason, how to change it back?
THESpideyWVU said:
FingerKeyboard2. It's amazing and should probably be on every touchscreen phone in the world.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...um.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=487677
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I agree. Better than the new SE keyboard if you don't use XT9.
I second that. FingerKeyboard is the best by far. Lots of different layout are already available, but it takes you a few minutes to customize it the way you like it.
Jabe said:
I second that. FingerKeyboard is the best by far. Lots of different layout are already available, but it takes you a few minutes to customize it the way you like it.
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Thirded, ignore all other suggestions, they really don't come close to Fingerkeyboard 2
I am looking for keyboard with normal phone keypad instead of the QWERTY or Full QWERTY keyboard?
Any besides the Touch HD Keyboard and original X1 ROM R3A keyboard?
Any reason this 5-month old thread got ressurrected?
How can I get the ä and ö letters to the software keyboard? Also I wouldn't mind if the keyboard layout was a little bigger but for now I would be satisfied just to get the scandinavian letters on the screen. Hardware keyboard works fine.
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How can I get the ä and ö letters to the software keyboard? Also I wouldn't mind if the keyboard layout was a little bigger but for now I would be satisfied just to get the scandinavian letters on the screen. Hardware keyboard works fine.
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on what software keyboard?
The one you get when you start typing on the screen... the standard software keyboard on the bottom of the screen.
johniemi said:
The one you get when you start typing on the screen... the standard software keyboard on the bottom of the screen.
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the WM one or the blackstone one, the wm one is in seetting input and settings choose sedish, if it dosnt exist, sorry dont know, but if you are using the blackstone one try my cab in other post for swedish on blackstone keyboard.
I don't know what you mean by Blackstone? This is the keyboard I am using, see this picture I found on the internet. It's shaded and doesn't look exactly like the one in my previous HTC TytnII (the one in the TytnII was just plain black and white, square buttons and no shading)
http://www.winmobiletech.com/kuvat/ReplaceTextAsYouType-2.bmp.png
Hi all,
do you know of any modification or setting that would change the keyboard layout to ABC instead of QWERTY? My girlfriend can't get on with the QWERTY layout having used ABC on her old touchphone for years and before she throws her HD2 out of the window I thought I'd look into it for her.
I use SWYPE on mine and it works great for me but she can't get on with that either. Any help and/or advice would be appreciated.
Matt
just click on the arrow at the bottom of keyboard and select phone keyboard ... its as easy as ABC
niteowl360 said:
just click on the arrow at the bottom of keyboard and select phone keyboard ... its as easy as ABC
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I think there was a joke there somewhere