Still thinking about getting a G2 got a Mytouch Slide (i don't know why people hate it, i love it but i am coming from an Iphone)
I was wondering are there any keyboards available for it that are like HTC touch input (or one with a decent auto correct) and Dragon Dictation (would preferably like to have dragon dictation if it were available)
I use Smart Keyboard Pro it works well.
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whats a good keyboard to use like a iphone keyboard and i tried one but it didnt work? any help advice?
If you're talking about an on-screen keyboard I would go for TouchPal. Just google it and you'll find it.
Now the new version asks to buy it but you can still use it and it's the only one I use .
There's this one which isn't too bad -
http://www.pocketcm.com/keyboard.php
I mainly use the HTC Touch keyboard which you can find in this thread -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=341867
If you decide to use both, you'll have to install the PCM one first or it will mess up the HTC one...for me at least.
TouchPal is an awesome keyboard that I just recently came across
http://www.cootek.com/
There was a link to it somewhere here on XDA and they were saying it's well worth taking a little time to get used to and after using it I fully agree.
My personal favorite so far is SlideIt. It's incredible but it has one major drawback, it's $40
http://www.mobiletextinput.com/Product/SlideIT/DownloadDemoPC.php
It's nice because you just drag your stylus or finger over the letters of the word, you don't have to be exact and it has excellent predictive capabilities.
By far the touchkey board is the best!!!! I had a black like it but it had something called x9 and i hated it!!! But touchkey board is the best!!!!! Works better then touchpal just because it was designed with touchflo in mind..
I use Resco Keyboard with the iSkin and it works great.
Dear WinMo lovers, i need some advise
I am a UK vodafone customer and my contract is due for renewal. I am stuck picking BB storm or Xperia or getting Touch HD through a website which i have to wait for, i love xperia but it has some drawbacks for as follows
Is the screen too narrow? How is the text inputing using only the touch screen?
I will be gratefull for any advise and information.
It is pretty small using just the touchscreen. Not easy if you have bad eyes or shaky hands or if you are sitting in a train. I only use the keyboard now.
You can download some alternative software keyboards which are more touch screen user friendly than the standard built in one though.
The t9 input is fine for use one handed and teh other keyboards are usable. The built in microsoft one neccssitates the use of the stylus. For one handed use the only real option is the on screen T9 and for two handed you can use the hardware keyboard.
Thanks a lot everyone then it's a no go for me. the storm either. i guess i am stuck with my old curve 8310 then.
Hmm but u can download better on screen keyboards pretty easily and have it automatically switch to it everytime the phone starts up
soleimam said:
Is the screen too narrow? How is the text inputing using only the touch screen?
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But why would you want to use an on-screen keyboard when the sliding QWERTY one can get the job done way faster, whenever you want to write something?
I'm seriously thinking about buying an X1 and the on-screen keyboard's usability is the last thing to consider.
The Blackstone keyboards from the other thread here are a huge improvement over standard.
Just install the Touch HD keyboards - they're already available for the Xperia (I have them on my Xperia). Beautiful to use, much better than the awful standard one it comes with.
So basically if you're thinking about keyboards then the Xperia wins hands-down. It has a hardware QWERTY, but can run the Touch HD ones if you want it to.
Hello.
I have always thought that virtual keyboard on Android was too slow/sluggish. I have tried keyboard from stock 1.5, HERO & 1.6. They all feel same. slow/sluggish.
I was reading this blog...
http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2009/08/07/virtual-keyboards-on-iphone-and-android/
and it is so true.
Now I am wondering if there is any fix? solution? to get it perform better with faster responsiveness?
Thank you.
use "better keyboard" from the market. you won't be disappointed. plus all the skins to choose from is a big plus.
I thought better keyboard was just a skinning ?
But is it actually a different keyboard?
Better Keyboard is a different keyboard app, just like HTC is different. There are a lot of skins available for Better Keyboard app.
There is a free keyboard called softkeyboard that you can try as well.
http://code.google.com/p/softkeyboard/
Just lost your chance at a free touchpal download, but it is my favorite by far.
Check out the video here
I was very pleased with the HTC Sense keyboard that came with the HTC Desire Z. This keyboard was perfect, it clearly showed what words it saved into my personal dictionary, corrected simple spelling mistakes - normally with very nice accuracy. Correctly punctuation perfectly. It was just perfect.
Now after switching to CM 7 I cannot find a keyboard that suits my needs.
Swiftkey: Very nice, a bit too big of suggestions, but it does not learn from the words I use at all. This was with trial version, does the full version fix this?
Smart Keyboard: Learns from my words, but its suggestions are buggy. It does not autocorrect nearly enough, often missing many words, doesn't correct punctuation etc. And also it will show my passwords while typing, I mean in the suggestion box. Entry box is *****, but suggestion box shows it plain as day.
Any way to fix these problems or are they other apps I should try for physical keyboard?
i love swype
i know you can install the htc soft keyboard on top of cyanmod, but what I don't know is if it only effects the onscreen keyboard. Worse case scenario is it does nothing for your physical keyboard, but that doesnt leave you any worse than you already are so check it out lol.
I'd check for you but htc keyboard makes me rage so much. I use swype for onscreen and I cant tolerate the autocorrect when im using the physical keys lol.
I know you can get the stock HTC keyboard here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=624416
im using something called HTC_IME not sure exactly what keyboard its from, but i asked for it on here in the apps section calling for a keyboard that is the same as the mt4g one. been great for me
I use uberkeyboard, its about £1.50 but has auto production & grammar correction for the physical keyboard.
The software keyboard it comes with isn't to pretty but it does the job!
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Any updates on this?
I'm in the same situation as Bob. I just ROM'd my HTC to Cyanogenmod 7, but the keyboard doesn't suffice.
I installed the apk of HTC_IME floating around, but it's only for the touch input, not for the built-in keyboard. So far nothing compares to the built-in keyboard software from HTC. Is there any way of ripping it out of the stock HTC ROM when rooted?
I use the paid version of SwiftKey, and it's terrific. It learns so well from the way I type that it's a bit creepy. It even scans all of your sent messages when you start it. I can't recommend it highly enough. My only gripe is that it doesn't support skinning yet.
Okay, now this happens regardless of the OS on the phone - Android, Windows Mobile, or Windows Phone.
Basically, when I start trying to type quickly on the HD2, it can't keep up and starts missing out letters etc. but when typing with the same speed on another phone (e.g. an iPhone or a Galaxy SII) they have no trouble keeping up.
Now, is this a fault with my phone or is it that the touch screen just uses older technology and isn't as responsive?
try to use a "multi touch" keyboard for whatever platform you are using and see if that helps.
i think NO such keyboard exists for WM6.5.
i KNOW several such keyboards exist for Android...the HTC Sense keyboard included in most Sense-based Android roms for the HD2 is NOT multi touch, look for "gingerbread keyboard" on the market place. it also works on froyo roms!
for non-Sense-based Android roms for the HD2, most of them come with the stock gingerbread keyboard out of the box, which IS multi touch. if you are using froyo, see previous paragraph!
i think WP7 keyboard is already multi touch.
finally, the HD2 screen hardware can only handle up to TWO touches, which should be ok for typing fast, provided the keyboard is multi touch.
and, if you are already using a multi touch keyboard but desire a bit more responsiveness, consider disabling prediction, auto correction, typewriter sound, and vibration. some keyboards also support "calibration", so you can run that to see if it can learn your finger tap patterns to tune the keyboard's response.
Thanks for the information.
I've already tried the HTC Sense keyboard (currently running Sense 3.5), Gingerbread keyboard, and ICS keyboard, but none of them seem any better than each other.
I have tried calibrating the Sense keyboard, but you say that it doesn't support multi-touch anyway so it doesn't seem like it will be of much use. I don't use vibration feedback or the typewriter sound ever, but I'd find it hard not to use prediction or auto-correction.
From instinct I'd say that this seems far more likely to be a hardware problem than a software problem, so I think it is probably just that the HD2's screen is only 2-point multi-touch, whereas other phones I've tried like the Galaxy SII are 4+. So there's probably not really anything I can do to change this.
Thanks anyway though
ellisbodds said:
Okay, now this happens regardless of the OS on the phone - Android, Windows Mobile, or Windows Phone.
Basically, when I start trying to type quickly on the HD2, it can't keep up and starts missing out letters etc. but when typing with the same speed on another phone (e.g. an iPhone or a Galaxy SII) they have no trouble keeping up.
Now, is this a fault with my phone or is it that the touch screen just uses older technology and isn't as responsive?
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hi, i had the same problem before. using swiftkey X will help alot.
otherwise, try to unbox heptic feedback(vibration) on your keyboard...since its (in fact) the vibrations that cant keep up with us fast typers
btw, my girlfriend loves my fast fingers
123Me said:
hi, i had the same problem before. using swiftkey X will help alot.
otherwise, try to unbox heptic feedback(vibration) on your keyboard...since its (in fact) the vibrations that cant keep up with us fast typers
btw, my girlfriend loves my fast fingers
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I bet she does
I actually bought Swiftkey X when it was on sale a while back - I wasn't amazingly impressed but I'll try it again now. Thanks for reminding me.
And yeah, I don't like using vibration on the keyboard anyway so I keep that turned off. Probably saves battery too.