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[Q] Screenshot of texting in landscape mode?

Anyone have a screenshot of the vibrant texting in landscape mode?
I have yet to see a real Vibrant, only dummy phones. I am used to a physical keyboard, but really want to give the Vibrant a chance. I want to see what the virtual qwerty keyboard looks like in landscape mode. I have yet to find a picture of it, everyone shows us what the swype looks like in portriat mode.

I had the same ideas about physical keyboard. Swype + 4" keyboard is REALLY simple and i prefer it over a physical keyboard (G1).
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Thanks for the quick reply. I will order one tomorrow and put my G1 away in the cellphone museum.
Rick

others since swype isnt for everyone
Samsung
Android
Custom HTC_ime

I wondered the same thing before I bought the phone... Swype is great
In portrait; even enough to forget physical KB by itself. All the KB in landscape are super sensitive and MT supported so its almost like having a physical KB.
Vibe the XDApp

Well right now I am on my vibrant in portrait mode and this took less than one minute to type. Oh and by the way before I got mine I went to the immobile store and they let me test it out.
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All~G1 said:
I wondered the same thing before I bought the phone... Swype is great
In portrait; even enough to forget physical KB by itself. All the KB in landscape are super sensitive and MT supported so its almost like having a physical KB.
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Yeah I use Swype on portrait. It's really accurate and not even worth switching to landscape to do it. I've tried Swype on my G1 and it was really nice and all that but sometimes it would be difficult due to the limitations on the screen size. 4" definitely makes it a lot easier.
I had a G1 since '08 and T-Mobile let me buy the Vibrant for 2 years for $164.99 when it first came out Contract wasn't even ended haha

A couple bought ones from the Android Market
Smart Keyboard Pro
My personal favorite right after HTC_IME
Better Keyboard

ok thats it , Better keyboard is customizable (Butt load of themes both free and payed on the market) and Smart Keyboard pro has some themes built in (i was showing the iDont aka iPhone style on the pic).
Theres a bunch of options so if you dont like the ones it comes with you can always get some on the market both free and payed

Hey i would advice you also check out the droid x keyboard. Takes up a lot of keyboard real estate but it is super accurate. It also seems to be a whole lot more effective in landscape mode. No lie, on a good streak i can probably hit up to 20 words per minute. Mind you this is also the first phone without a hardware keyboard i am using. The autocorrect is also a thing of beauty.
Edit: just found out that you cannot do that with tasker. If anyone knows a workaround to allow this plz let me know.
Btw: i sent this msg from my vibrant using the droid x keyboard.
Also.immediately you get your phone replace the stock browser with dolphin hd. I feel it beats all other browsers out there. Getting a program like tasker and settiglng a rule where it switches your keyboards when screen orientaton changes would be a great idea. Swype for portrait and droid x for landscape.

I never thought I'd ever buy a smartphone without a real keyboard, but Swype really has me converted. I find it much quicker and easier to swype in portrait mode rather than landscape since the distance to travel is shorter.

I've been using better keyboard since my G1. I've tried others and still find better keyboard to be the best out of any keyboard. I love it, full multitouch support as well.

I placed my order for a new Vibrant for myself and a new white MyTouch Slide for my wife.
I will probably keep my G1 as a backup, and then get rid of my wifes original MyTouch on ebay.
Thanks for the posts. It made my choice easier. I don't know if I will be able to give up the physical keyboard or not, but if worse comes to worse I can always swap the Vibrant pretty easily for a new MyTouch Slide, right?
Rick

speoples20 said:
I've been using better keyboard since my G1. I've tried others and still find better keyboard to be the best out of any keyboard. I love it, full multitouch support as well.
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Its like an ex-girlfriend that you just keep running back to, yeah i always end up going back to Better keyboard too, it was one of the original replacement keyboards that not a lot of people had anything bad to say about
every time i get irritated with the rest of the keyboards i just go right back

Who misses the old Android keyboard?

I am trying my best to like this new keyboard but can't get used to it. I used to be able to quickly type on the old one but this new one is giving me issues. Is there a learning curve or something?

Yeah, it's called Smart Keyboard Pro
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what google did was copy the keyboard from the droid x and just made the keys much smaller, which was their single biggest mistake and which explains some inaccuracy problems that people have been having, especially those with bigger/fatter fingers.
i use keyboard pro instead because i can adjust the size of the keys through the height adjustment feature. (yeah i have big hands/fingers). you can also adjust the multitouch sensitivity on it as well.
you can also download swype as an alternative from swype's website.

They need to make the space bar longer, and remove the period key. Pressing the space bar twice takes care of the period anyway.

I actually love the new android keyboard. I find it much more accurate than the froyo one. idk maybe its just me.
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I agree with the spacebar being too small so i switched to swiftkey pro. If the spacebar was bigger i would switch back

ryan562 said:
what google did was copy the keyboard from the droid x and just made the keys much smaller
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Really? I always thought they copied the iPhone keyboard.
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But I see the hint of Droid X in it. And some iPhone too. Only slight button changes along the bottom.

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Yeah, it's called Smart Keyboard Pro
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Ya I downloaded and that is a whole lot better!

jaker.the.skater said:
I actually love the new android keyboard. I find it much more accurate than the froyo one. idk maybe its just me.
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Ditto. Gingerbread keyboard is the best one yet, imo.

brianbrain said:
Ditto. Gingerbread keyboard is the best one yet, imo.
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I agree. I don't have as much errors on this one and it's the closest one to the iPhone keyboard (which was my favorite). On that 3.5" screen I was able to type out long text messages in portrait mode.

I think the oversensitivity of the Nexus S screen contributes to a lot of typoes and errors as well. Ever try holding your finger just above the screen, but not actually touching it? It'll register as a press. I'm sure when fast thumbs are glazing over the keyboard while typing, it causes mis-hits and repeated hits (like tthis or thiss - something that always happens to me). Oddly enough, sometimes the complete opposite will happen, when it doesn't register hits despite knowing I've hit the key (it'll have the popup preview). This happens especially with the keyboard (resulting in ths or tis, or things likethis). All annoying.
I've always been very critical of the Android typing experience. It's one of the few sore spots of the Android experience in general. Gingerbread stock is without question better than previous iterations, but it still pales in comparison to typing on an iPhone (or even an iPod touch). Anyone who has typed extensively on one would know the difference. I'm sure it's a combination of both hardware and software that makes it so successful; I can type with utter confidence on an iPhone/iPod Touch.
I wish I could say the same for Android. I'm hoping Blindtype will be implemented soon and change all this. I'm also hoping they'll grow a brain and depart from Apple by including features like Custom Auto-Correction. Until then, alternatives help. The new "optimized for Gingerbread" Better Keyboard 8 is quite good. Smart Keyboard Pro is good too (love the Custom Auto-Correction feature).

Menace II Society said:
Really? I always thought they copied the iPhone keyboard.
But I see the hint of Droid X in it. And some iPhone too. Only slight button changes along the bottom.
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yeah moreso the droid x then the apple one, check the pic out. i always used the droid x apk on my older android devices and i thought this new one would be the same or an improvement. i guess i thought wrong but hey that's just my opinion.

The 2.3 keyboard is just too small. Measure it to smart keyboard or swift key and you will see what I mean.

I'm using swype and love it.

I use it, I have to admit... I am still learning how to hit the keys just right. However, it is an amazing keyboard, love it.
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Menace II Society said:
I agree. I don't have as much errors on this one and it's the closest one to the iPhone keyboard (which was my favorite). On that 3.5" screen I was able to type out long text messages in portrait mode.
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Adding a vote for the Gingerbread keyboard too. Everytime I have to go back to the Froyo keyboard on friends' devices or my work phone, I find it much harder to type on than my Nexus S. I used to always need the haptic feedback turned on with the Froyo keyboard too, but I haven't bothered turning it on with this keyboard.

I like the gingerbread keyboard. I type a wee bit faster than I did with the froyo KB.
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jaker.the.skater said:
I actually love the new android keyboard. I find it much more accurate than the froyo one. idk maybe its just me.
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I'm also in love with the new Android keyboard. It may be smaller but it is more accurate than froyo. I don't have the biggest hands in the world but my hands are not small either.
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What keyboard is for YOU?

What keyboard do you like best? The one that looks the best? The one you can type fastest from with ease?
I just tried the themed android keyboard from miui and damnnn am I typing fast.
If I was to be using I hand though Swype "hands down"
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Do other OS keyboards count. If so, then I choose Windows Phone 7. Perfect response time and key sizes.
On Android, then yes, the miui keyboard is best for me.

swiftkey for me.

I agree I type faster on the android keyboard, but swype is more convenient for me.

I use the gingerbread keyboard, so much better since I used the original Android keyboard for a couple years

xFugitive said:
I agree I type faster on the android keyboard, but swype is more convenient for me.
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I agree that swype is convenient but it started getting so many of my words wrong for whatever reason I gave up on it

xrider, will that work on 2.2 roms? i've been wanting to use the stock android keyboard.
GB keyboard sucks :/
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ababypanda said:
I agree that swype is convenient but it started getting so many of my words wrong for whatever reason I gave up on it
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Yea that frustrates me sometimes. x_x

xriderx66 said:
If I was to be using I hand though Swype "hands down"
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I bet you do a lot of that one handed typing don't you.
UltraKeyboard is my keyboard of choice. Worth the couple bucks. Can fully theme it how you want it, including key size and spacing, has a ton, a ton, of features, and a swype like function that you can train and set pause parameters on. I highly recommend it.
Swiftkey is good too, if I could theme it I would probably use that all the time.

I'm using swiftkey, the only thing that I don't like that's it's bright, I would rather have a darker keyboard.

Smartkeyboard why? Because it's smart duhh

smart keyboard pro for me. ridiculous customization
+ custom smileys xD

Those are all my keyboards...

Swype for me. I hope they keep letting us beta test on all these custom ROMs.

Br1cK'd said:
I bet you do a lot of that one handed typing don't you.
UltraKeyboard is my keyboard of choice. Worth the couple bucks. Can fully theme it how you want it, including key size and spacing, has a ton, a ton, of features, and a swype like function that you can train and set pause parameters on. I highly recommend it.
Swiftkey is good too, if I could theme it I would probably use that all the time.
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Bricked!
STOP TRYING TO FIT IN! YOUR NOT ONE OF US.
GOD.
go develop something....
Pleawse!

iynfynity said:
xrider, will that work on 2.2 roms? i've been wanting to use the stock android keyboard.
GB keyboard sucks :/
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Ill see if I can extract, probably won't work. Ill update this post if it works or doesn't
Nope didn't work for me.
Extracted it from my phone and gave to my brother... he got like so many fcs after he chose the KB... he's odining I think loo

damn,I really need the stock android keyboard. thanks for trying!
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iynfynity said:
damn,I really need the stock android keyboard. thanks for trying!
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Hmm... I may have got it working... I need to fix a few more things... but need a computer might do it tomorrow... getting new wifi router tomorrow

deadpass said:
swiftkey for me.
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This says it all.
You can even see how many keystrokes you saved by using it's predictions.

swype>all
started using on my g1 when they first started releasing betas and i stopped using the hardware keyboard except for passwords and the terminal. then i got the vibrant and with the extra screen size it was perfect.

Any new keyboards?

I have been using the stock Honeycomb keyboard and wanted to try something better ( well I think it's the fact that the Honeycomb keyboard has similar issues that the Gingerbread keyboard suffers from as well). I am right now typing this on my Xoom using the Thumb Keyboard 4.0 beta. I have tried the Tablet Keyboard on the market but it's just too slow and there is no multitouch compared to the Honeycomb keyboard. However the Thumb Keyboard Aldo lacks multi touch. Anyone know of an underground keyboard that no one knows of that I could try? I'm open to any other keyboard than the ones I have named. Preferably I would like something like the stock keyboard, thumb keyboard is great but it has a pretty big learning curve.
Thanks
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Unfortunately the swift key beta is private and I was lucky enough to sign up for it when I had the chance and I can say it's awesome. When it comes out I think you'll be pleased.

Here I will type with the Android keyboard right now, it works great and I love it but sometimes when I type words such as back, it will repeat the CK at the end, which getts pretty annoying. I love this keyboard because it has the ease of access of smilies, comma, apostrophe, period, and dash plus forward slash. That's why I hate thumb keyboard. It doesn't have quick access to these, so it feels like a very unnatural experience when I type.
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I'm not trying to sway you but Thumb Keyboard has easy access to all the things you just mentioned...
I've also tried Tablet Keyboard, it's like a free version of Thumb Keyboard. It's good but, to me, not as nice as TK.

burden010 said:
I'm not trying to sway you but Thumb Keyboard has easy access to all the things you just mentioned...
I've also tried Tablet Keyboard, it's like a free version of Thumb Keyboard. It's good but, to me, not as nice as TK.
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Well, it's just on the Android Stock Keyboard, you get access to all of that right there on the lower right hand corner of the keyboard, you don't need to tap onto the symbols button to access the rest. I like Android Keyboard, I enjoyed the Tablet Keyboard, but it's just so lacking in features. Are there really no more keyboards available for Android? Anyone here making one? I would be willing to beta test.
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I think it takes some getting used to
the thumb keyboard looks good for when you are holding the xoom at the same time - so you can access all the letters with just the thumbs!
my main gripe with it was the lack of long-press-numbers from the front keyboard layout - but holding the num button and pressing a key works alright

Thumb Keyboard is by far the best keyboard for Android Tablets. As stated before...it does take a little getting used to...but once you do you can type 2x to 3x faster then with stock...atleast that is how it is for my wife and I (we each have a Xoom).
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+1 for Thumb Keyboard. Getting so used to it I don't think I'll ever use a different layout.

Thumb KB all the way. Very customizable
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Same here re: Thumb Keyboard. I love it. Don't need to go to the symbols layout for those characters; just need to long-press the right keys.

I really wouldn't mind thumb keyboard if it also had a full regular QWERTY keyboard lay out, because sometimes I use my Xoom on my lap and it's just very fast and comfortable to type with a full keyboard.
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I know you've tried it and it's not what you're looking for but Tablet Keyboard has that option. Would like to see some more development of Tablet Keyboard actually, it's a good project. I might donate.

burden010 said:
I know you've tried it and it's not what you're looking for but Tablet Keyboard has that option. Would like to see some more development of Tablet Keyboard actually, it's a good project. I might donate.
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I actually tried the Tablet Keyboard again, it works well and I would be willing to learn and get used to it but the fact is that it has no multi touch, and the biggest downside is that there ate no auto correct options. It's a great keyboard but just not worth getting the time to get used to it. So far the Android keyboard is the best one to me, and thhat is sad considering that it makes mistakes like the one I just typed, and it sometimes auto double spaces for somme reason. Honestly we need a better keyboard, I still might have hope with Swift Keyboard, it actually looks pretty good.
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Try the new SwiftKey beta. To get in the beta follow them on twitter and they'll send you a code to register.
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vincentm said:
Try the new SwiftKey beta. To get in the beta follow them on twitter and they'll send you a code to register.
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Lol?
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Smokexz said:
I really wouldn't mind thumb keyboard if it also had a full regular QWERTY keyboard lay out, because sometimes I use my Xoom on my lap and it's just very fast and comfortable to type with a full keyboard.
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umm I thought TK had a full qwerty, at least mine does, though no numbers, unless that is what you are referring to. In that case disregard my post.
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Thumb Keyboard! It's the best money I've spent on the Android Market so far. It takes a few minutes to get used to, and the number keys are a bit of a stretch, but other than that, it's great.
I just installed WritePad too but mostly for kicks and giggles. I don't think there's any chance that WritePad will be faster or more efficient than Thumb Keyboard.

I like Thumb, used it for a week (the beta)
but Swiftkey is just awesome. If you're lucky enough to have access to their vip forum... get it!

I use Thumb keyboard. Its the best
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SwiftKey X stats(and others!) (with pics!)

Posted this in the nexus forums, thought id make one at my first home, and the epic! although obviously it's a little less informative here since the hard keyboard is what most of you likely use most. But...
Thought it might be kind of cool to post your SwiftKey X stats page here to compare to others and such. And feel free to make update post in an effort to see how much you type a week or whatever. And mention on your first post how long you have been using the keyboard.
Mine are low as I just reset my stats earlier today hah.
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Awesome!...I was afraid to even bring up SwiftKey!...I love it! I bailed on swype from the beginning. Never liked it. Used The G-Bread keyboard until about two(?) months ago. IMO this keyboard kicks all sorts of a$$. Downloaded SKX from Amazon and never looked back! I updated to EH06 a couple weeks back so my stats are kinda low too.
Efficiency: 47%
Characters entered:3307
Keystrokes saved:1579
The only complaint(not really) is the lack of skins. I wish I had a red one to go with the screaming red theme for Olympus EH06.

Skins is a downfall but it's still early in its development. Also SwiftKey is currently or was yesterday free on getjar for anyone who hasn't tried it yet.
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Well,here's to hoping more people use it so the devs keep supporting it!

36% more efficient.
296249 keys entered
109094 keys saved.
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23% more efficient.
Characters entered: 98716
Keystrokes saved: 22761

I had to uninstall SwiftkeyX it kept trying to autocorrect the hardware keyboard too.

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I had to uninstall SwiftkeyX it kept trying to autocorrect the hardware keyboard too.
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There's an option for that, you can turn it off so it lets you type normally on the hardware keyboard.

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41% more efficient, and nice. I I'm still at 23 hah.
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Update reset my stats
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Is there an upgrade for SwiftKey?
Anyways...
Not bad for a few days typing. Efficiency remains the same however. Anyone know exactly what 'more efficient ' means?
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touchpal is combines both swype and swift.. and its free atm!

Most of you obviously haven't used Smart Keyboard Pro.
Sent from the future.

Here are my Stats:

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There's an option for that, you can turn it off so it lets you type normally on the hardware keyboard.
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If you could turn off it's integration altogether with the hardware keyboard I would have given it more of a chance. Even if you turn off the hard keyboard autocorrect it still keeps the word suggestions and it causes all kinds of problems for me still. For example. If I move the cursor in a typed out sentence by holding one of the arrow keys it starts messing up the words already typed. Swiftkey seems like a nice onscreen keyboard, but it's attempt to take over your hard keyboard is a hot mess.

CapsLockKey said:
If you could turn off it's integration altogether with the hardware keyboard I would have given it more of a chance. Even if you turn off the hard keyboard autocorrect it still keeps the word suggestions and it causes all kinds of problems for me still. For example. If I move the cursor in a typed out sentence by holding one of the arrow keys it starts messing up the words already typed. Swiftkey seems like a nice onscreen keyboard, but it's attempt to take over your hard keyboard is a hot mess.
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LULS, hot mess. I don't use the hardware KB much, so I cannot really relate on that front.
One of the things I don't like about SwiftKey is how it handles when you go back to a word to do a correction or something. If you select a word to change it, I would think it should just replace that word...not insert the 'new' word and shove the old over.

this really sucks. they took SwiftKey off getjar ;[ i've been meaning to download it but never did since i was having issues with my phone and i finally fix it and it's gone ;[

I was using SwiftKey X until (thanks to this post) I found touchpal. It has it's bugs but its free until the 31st, anyone who gets it before then can keep the full paid version for free
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