Now sure if anybody has mentioned this but im wondering why the epics touchwiz is gimp compared to Vibrant and captivate?
We can't customize no where near what they can nor do we have the same amount of widget choices they have.
Whats up with that?
Seems to be sprints fault for that
Its because the Epic has a keyboard and is naturally going to be using landscape a lot more than the other Galaxy S devices. Touchwiz 3.0 isn't fully working with landscape which is why we got (basically) the 2.5 version. Supposedly everything is supposed to be updated when they roll out froyo for our device
Its our version of touch wiz. Touch wiz 3 at the time of shipping had issues with landscape...ie our keyboards. We should get it with our froyo update...not sprints fault directly, samsungs crap-tastic dev team for not thinking about rotation, but indirectly sprint for forcing a keyboard on a phone that doesn't need it...though it has come in handy a few times.
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Rofl shownuf beat me...damn it.
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I only use my keyboard for snes roms lol
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A KB its a must have for me because I type extense emails and text message and I'm already use to it....but this stupid KB sammy made is horrible!! I hate it so much, some times it skip letters.....so far HTC KB are the best.
Back to tw...yeah, we got the "special" edition of 2.5
I sometimes use the keyboard, its ok, but I love it when im playing mike tysons punchout
A KB its a must have for me because I type extense emails and text message and I'm already use to it....but this stupid KB sammy made is horrible!! I hate it so much, some times it skip letters.....so far HTC KB are the best.
Back to tw...yeah, we got the "special" edition of 2.5
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I am totally with you on skipping those letters its almost like i can txt faster than te phone can think. i.e. te hahaha
my question... hardware, software, user or all of them?
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This is my first time using a phone without a physical keyboard. I'm trying to get the hang of using Swype, but I find that I'm faster using the stock Android keyboard (which actually better than I thought it would be). Does anyone have any tips on using Swype effectively? I've read a bunch of FAQs, etc. but I just must be a slow learner.
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murse said:
This is my first time using a phone without a physical keyboard. I'm trying to get the hang of using Swype, but I find that I'm faster using the stock Android keyboard (which actually better than I thought it would be). Does anyone have any tips on using Swype effectively? I've read a bunch of FAQs, etc. but I just must be a slow learner.
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Just use it for a solid 1-3 days without switching back to the stock keyboard. Changing some of the settings might help as well.
Practice makes perfect
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I found that changing the swype settings helped my accuracy.
Settings > Locale and text > Swype Settings > Speed vs Accuracy
I changed the speed vs accuracy slider just a tad to the right so it is about 40% fast response vs error tolerance. It used to be about 20% fast response vs error tolerance.
I tried swype on the G1 and didnt like it that much. I gave it a chance on the vibrant and now i am loving it. I am impress with the prediction. You just have to give it a chance.
When I first heard of Swype I completely hated the idea, never gave it a shot
Got my Vibrant and for once decided to try it out, I'm fairly impressed on how easy and accurate it is once I got past trying to type in each letter, and the text prediction really is pretty good at deciphering my scribbles
IMO swiftkey tops them both. It predicts your current word and suggests your next word.
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I couldn't stand swype. I am actually usinf better keyboard. I got it for my g1 and find it really nice for the most part. Then again i am not big on the whole pediction stuff. I actually type quite fast solo on the keuboard.
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IMO swiftkey tops them both. It predicts your current word and suggests your next word.
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+2 IF it had a virtual trackball..d pad
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I couldn't stand swype. I am actually usinf better keyboard. I got it for my g1 and find it really nice for the most part. Then again i am not big on the whole pediction stuff. I actually type quite fast solo on the keuboard.
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Classic!
Faster, yes... but are you actually typing real words?!?
I use better keyboard, its closest to the stock key board I have found. I've used it since my G1 and by far the best keyboard I have found. Its $2.99 but totally worth it, plus there are tons of skins for it.
I use swype in portrait and the stock keyboard if i need to type in landscape. But I can't wait until BlindType is released
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6eKm1gUnTE&feature=player_embedded
I've always hated using on screen keyboards. That is until swype came along. Its accuracy and speed are pretty awesome.
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I couldn't stand swype. I am actually usinf better keyboard. I got it for my g1 and find it really nice for the most part. Then again i am not big on the whole pediction stuff. I actually type quite fast solo on the keuboard.
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man that truly is classic. as for me i use swype in portrait and droid X keyboard in landscape. with the droid x keyboard, i do over 20 words per minute usually.
swype , i push 10
Hehe. Didn't say i was perfect but alot better then the crap i was putting out with swype let me tell you.
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Swype from the Swype key to the SYM key.
I recommend smart keyboard from the market. Multi touch 4ever
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IMO swiftkey tops them both. It predicts your current word and suggests your next word.
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I can't stand swype. SwiftKey has predicted at least half the words in this post in 3 letters or less.
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Im using the hero keyboard mod xD
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Very slight threadjack...
Does anyone know of an app that will switch the default keyboard automatically from swype to the android keyboard whenever I am connected on bluetooth? The one thing I like about the android KB is it has the microphone icon and I can use voice to enter searches, text messages, etc. But when I am not in my car, I much prefer the swype KB. Perhaps there is a plugin for Locale that can do this???
Ok in all the pics of the tab ive seen the launcher looks like a hybrid of the vanilla froyo launcher and touchwiz sooo is this what touchwiz 4 will look like????
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all the ones ive seen look like tw3 to me but if it is different i think you might be right
As best I know its tw3... Some of the stuff I've seen even had the same wallpaper as the Galaxy s. Other than that, maybe you're just seeing different/updated icons for its firmware revision.
Alternatively, could be that a reviewer has played about to get things just how they wanted. No point in having droid if you can't load up your favourite widgets
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I believe it IS an updated TouchWiz as it has the pinch to zoom out home screen function and some of the icon designs are different.
This is the pic I saw with the new touchwiz/vanilla hybrid it looks really nice http://www.samsunghub.com/2010/09/06/samsung-galaxy-tabs-model-numbers-for-different-operators/
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Anyone elese think it loooks like a vanilla/touchwiz hybrid
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This is the pic I saw with the new touchwiz/vanilla hybrid it looks really nice http://www.samsunghub.com/2010/09/06/samsung-galaxy-tabs-model-numbers-for-different-operators/
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from the videos i have watched, that is froyo and when you tap on the applications icon, it takes you to touchwiz.
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from the videos i have watched, that is froyo and when you tap on the applications icon, it takes you to touchwiz.
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Oh thats a good point. Since we don't have an official Froyo to compare it to on the Galaxy S, nor do we know what extras and changes they'll have made for the larger form factor, its very hard to compare.
I really don't think its TW4 or anything, because they would be pimping the fact its all new and improved in the literature.
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Oh thats a good point. Since we don't have an official Froyo to compare it to on the Galaxy S, nor do we know what extras and changes they'll have made for the larger form factor, its very hard to compare.
I really don't think its TW4 or anything, because they would be pimping the fact its all new and improved in the literature.
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Mabey its some updated touchwiz mabey 3.5
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Mabey its some updated touchwiz mabey 3.5
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Certainly could be. I guess the Tab needs its own version of TW anyways (higher res icons maybe, and just stuff calibrated for the larger screen) and I certainly see what you mean about it looking like a hybrid. Particularly now I'm running a themed non-TW on my galaxy, I can see it a lot more on the home screen. The menus is still TW for sure, but to me it looks like it has some LauncherPro love right out of the box instead of the standard TW dock. And thats a good thing IMHO.
Not saying I hate TW or anything, but that I never liked the dock and always did something to it to make it better.
Not sure if everybody knows this..
you can call contacts by swiping to the right on the name in your text message app or in your contact app. To text someone just swipe to the left...thought this is pretty cool and wanted to share...
Goood find I never knew... Any other apps we can dio this in?
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This was one of those features that was touted during a demonstration at CTIA 2010 (back in March when the Galaxy S phones were announced) and was apparently never really mentioned afterwards.
That's useful. I always went the long way lol.
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Doesn't work for me. running stock 2.1
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Doesn't work for me. running stock 2.1
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Its a froyo thing I believe
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Even faster is to dedicate a page in your launcher to quick dial shortcuts. Single press.
Just an FYI for anyone wondering. I was able to install Swype 3 Beta, despite the indication not to.
On their website it indicates that you should not install on any devices that had Swype pre installed.
I had no problems after uninstalling Swype via Titanium and proceeding with their inStall process
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Just an FYI for anyone wondering. I was able to install Swype 3 Beta, despite the indication not to.
On their website it indicates that you should not install on any devices that had Swype pre installed.
I had no problems after uninstalling Swype via Titanium and proceeding with their inStall process
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Same here. I flashed midnight byor and left out the swype.
But I may go back to flex t9...
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Same here. I flashed midnight byor and left out the swype.
But I may go back to flex t9...
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I was able to but I wanted to switch back to the themed one I had before and it doesn't work
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Just an FYI for anyone wondering. I was able to install Swype 3 Beta, despite the indication not to.
On their website it indicates that you should not install on any devices that had Swype pre installed.
I had no problems after uninstalling Swype via Titanium and proceeding with their inStall process
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Any benefit for Swype 3 over what we have on our Epics right now?
Ummmm, not necessarily, it handles things just a bit smoother though, I've been digging swype as of lately because I'm on EE03 so the kb lag throws me off quite a bit, but other than that, not too much of a gain, not too much added to the options menus.
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Ummmm, not necessarily, it handles things just a bit smoother though, I've been digging swype as of lately because I'm on EE03 so the kb lag throws me off quite a bit, but other than that, not too much of a gain, not too much added to the options menus.
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Hmmm well thank you. One thing I'd like is the ability to tap and still have autocorrect... like FlexT9, but FlexT9 won't let you Swype for the ! and ? which REALLY bothers me.
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I've been using flex t9 for several weeks and I found the prediction engine frustrating at times.
I do like the new predicted word bar like in t9, much easier and more intuitive.
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You might try SlideIT keyboard
You might try SlideIT keyboard. Available on the Market for almost a year and works very much like "Swype" - in fact, I prefer SlideIT, which seems to accommodate for the eccentricities of my texting technique better than Swype... http://www.mobiletextinput.com/Download/
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Hmmm well thank you. One thing I'd like is the ability to tap and still have autocorrect... like FlexT9, but FlexT9 won't let you Swype for the ! and ? which REALLY bothers me.
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it has this now... kinda like the gb keyboard
I just tried downloading it from an external source (because the Swype beta registration email would not send, no matter how many times I requested a new one) and upon installation, I was bombarded with a never ending barrage of Force Close missiles until I went into System App Remover and killed it and restored my previously uninstalled but backed up stock Swype..
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You might try SlideIT keyboard. Available on the Market for almost a year and works very much like "Swype" - in fact, I prefer SlideIT, which seems to accommodate for the eccentricities of my texting technique better than Swype... http://www.mobiletextinput.com/Download/
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I've used that, but I don't like it as well because it's built-in dictionary is not as good so when you swipe on their app, the right word doesn't always come up.
Edit: Swype 3 is pre-installed on the EF02 GB Leak rom.
Not only I t a beta its higher than the beta ef02s swype is 3.4
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I've used that, but I don't like it as well because it's built-in dictionary is not as good so when you swipe on their app, the right word doesn't always come up.
Edit: Swype 3 is pre-installed on the EF02 GB Leak rom.
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All SWYPE keyboard users, a new version is available for ICS. Nuance has purchase them so it has incorporated DragonGO into SWYPE. It allows for dictation.
You'll have to be a Beta user to get it.
http://beta.swype.com/
Sweet thanks. I'll sign in and download it.
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This version of Swype is WAYYY better than the stock one that came with the phone.
Well the stock is outdated
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My only complaint with swype (which is a very small complaint) is i wish there were downloadable themes like go keyboard ect.
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Thanks for the update. Using it now and all is great. Love swype. Now they just need to make a tablet version, i.e. one that has split keys....Not sure how that would work with swype....hmm
http://jbthemes.com/djdarkknight/daswypethemes/
There is your themed Swype
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I got the Swype notification update the other day on two phones but the download stayed on 0% the whole time even with a solid signal.
I haven't been prompted since for an update, can someone post the version number of the latest update so I can compare?
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Same crap happened to me just uninstall and then install it from Swype installer and it's all good
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Awesome keyboard, love Swyping
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I tried it out with build 16 of the branch that will be CM9 installed... worked quite well, just didnt' care of the little keyboard that comes up in the notification area. Didn't have a chance to research what it was about as I had to swap back to an old rom for a while. But I definitely make sure I install swype on any rom I install.
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I tried it out with build 16 of the branch that will be CM9 installed... worked quite well, just didnt' care of the little keyboard that comes up in the notification area. Didn't have a chance to research what it was about as I had to swap back to an old rom for a while. But I definitely make sure I install swype on any rom I install.
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The little key board in the corner is a feature if ics it's how u change ur input method without going to the settings menu and looking for it
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Majin GeoDooD said:
I got the Swype notification update the other day on two phones but the download stayed on 0% the whole time even with a solid signal.
I haven't been prompted since for an update, can someone post the version number of the latest update so I can compare?
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Yeah, whenever I get a notification, I'm never able to actually update through the preferences.
Like the other person said, uninstalling and going through Swype Installer again always works.
DragonGO!
I just love SWYPE, it's something iPhone don't have and they envy Android users. "Hey, how can you text so fast". I said, "chicken plucking is soooo typewriter days"
Anyone tryout DragonGO!, it's not that bad of an Apps.
Swype work for me in ICS Passion V13 without any problem, the bad think is the process of installing this new version, is very tedious.
anyway, another thing i could seen is that swype can retrieve any data swiped in your phone, says, password, credit card number, and other data. I cannot afford that.
I use my regular Keyboard. Swype is a very good keyboard!
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Swype work for me in ICS Passion V13 without any problem, the bad think is the process of installing this new version, is very tedious.
anyway, another thing i could seen is that swype can retrieve any data swiped in your phone, says, password, credit card number, and other data. I cannot afford that.
I use my regular Keyboard. Swype is a very good keyboard!
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Every keyboard does that.
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