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It's posted elsewhere on here but please do yourself a favor and go sign up for the Swiftkey beta (or called VIP) to access it. It's downright awesome. Apart from a standard layout they offer a thumb keyboard that works very very well. There are a bunch of customizable options and the UI/design is very honeycombish so it blends right in. I'm using it now and while it takes a little while to get used to using a thumb keyboard it's much more comfortable when you're holding the tablet.
I'm loving it.
It's okay, but the actual Thumb Keyboard app has a much nicer layout imo. Hopefully SwiftKey will listen on their forums.
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Ive actually got a newer version than the one in the VIP but thats becauser of a specific issue i pointed out in the beta program. Its ok but the text prediction on the version on my Droid is WAY better. I disabled prediction on my Xoom, still get suggestions though.
I saw this on Android Central a while ago, looks pretty nice. I'll check it out when I can.
Tried out Swiftkey on my Xoom, and the thumb layout keys are way to small for me. Thumb Keyboard is still much easier for me to type with--I'm up to about 40 words a minute with it, and can't get anywhere near that with Swiftkey.
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It's okay, but the actual Thumb Keyboard app has a much nicer layout imo. Hopefully SwiftKey will listen on their forums.
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Another for thumb keyboard.
Another happy thumb keyboard user.
Thumb Keyboard. +1
Another vote for Thumb Keyboard!
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Tried out Swiftkey on my Xoom, and the thumb layout keys are way to small for me. Thumb Keyboard is still much easier for me to type with--I'm up to about 40 words a minute with it, and can't get anywhere near that with Swiftkey.
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That's the feedback we all gave in the official alpha Google group, too much black space, too small of keys. They've already addressed issues for us. I hated Thumb Keyboard, uninstalled it before the 15 minutes were up. SwiftKey's text prediction is just great, Thumb Keyboard can suck it.
both are great but at the end of the day I found myself going back to thumb keyboard
Thumbing it....
Maybe it's me but I find the regular keyboard or SwiftKey easier to type as in like on a real keyboard. It's just too damn awkward typing with my thumbs all the time. I do like the Tron look of SwiftKey though.
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Another vote here for Thumb Keyboard. I first bought it for my DX, and really liked it there; I had high hopes for it on the Xoom, and I was not disappointed. This should have been the keyboard that shipped with the Xoom. If the standard Xoom keyboard was my only choice, I would have returned the Xoom after one day. I believe that for SwiftKey to even a prayer they need to split the portrait mode keyboard the way Thumb Keyboard is. I've got big hands, and the stretch to type in portrait (my default orientation) is too much for me.
I was using thumb keyboard until this beta came out. I think I agree about button size, they need to be a little bigger. Aside from that, it's great.
One thing I like is that SwiftKey still shows text prediction and spell check with a bluetooth keyboard connected. That was lacking with the stock and thumb keyboards.
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You all now that Swiftkey for tablets has a thumb keyboard built in right? Are you saying you don't like that or were you not aware? The default is qwerty but there is an excellent thumb keyboard built in which is what I use. It's better than Thumb Keyboard IMHO.
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You all now that Swiftkey for tablets has a thumb keyboard built in right? Are you saying you don't like that or were you not aware? The default is qwerty but there is an excellent thumb keyboard built in which is what I use. It's better than Thumb Keyboard IMHO.
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It seems far too small for me, cool looking as it may be.
Swiftkey confirmed for awesome. In response to a query last night about general availability for HC, they sent me a beta invite.
Maybe not so exclusive, but I thought it was a nice touch.
Still getting used to it, but I think what I like best is how the "tron" theme fits in with the rest of the stock HC theme.
Also... make it create sentences from scratch! Type a word then just start hitting space. Hilarious
Is there a newer version that came out in the last 2days?
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SwiftKey keys are too small in the thumb layout
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Typing in wide screen would be easier using splitted keyboard, which keyboard do you use?
Here is my list:
multiling keyboard (free, layout too wide)
thumb keyboard (best)
ai type (free but need network connection?)
open split keyboard (beta?)
tablet keyboard (useful)
Another keyboard:
perfect keyboard
SwiftKey X
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Thanks for your input guys, now im convinced to use thumb keyboard. It's worth to buy, every button placed just right for my thumb and theme support. Typing so fast using it, simply the best
I tried a few of the ones you mentioned.
In the end, I wound up purchasing Thumb Keyboard 4. Well worth it.
It has quite a few features.
I enlarged the height of my space bar, because I always found myself hitting the notification bar at bottom of the screen.
I also like the Text Shortcuts. I can save words and phrases I use often, and enter them when needed.
I can now type just as fast on my tablet, as I can on my Android phone.
I was going to get an external keyboard for typing out emails. The more I use Thumb Keyboard, I don't think I will need one.
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I agree. I use Thumb Keyboard 4 on my GT as well as my Droid X. It is extremely customizable and works well. Word prediction is excellent as far as I'm concerned. Well worth the price!
+1 for thumb keyboard.
I too was wary of paying for it but it really is worth every cent!
Another for thumb keyboard, although I use it in standard configuration. It's the most customisable one I've found.
Has anyone figured out how to backup and save your settings for Thumb Keyboard?
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another keyboard: perfect keyboard
it has split mode too
I´m using swift key X, and it´s perfect.
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I´m using swift key X, and it´s perfect.
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I thought the same, until I got Thumb Keyboard.
Hehe, guess i know what to do this evening then
Thumb keyboard is the best. I was really hoping to like swiftkey but I never grew comfortable using it. One of the best features of TK4? The tab key! So useful in filling out forms on the web.
I also like the arrow directional keys on Thumb Keyboard.
It really helps in trying to precisely position the cursor when selecting text.
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thumbs keyboard amazing +1 for that app
Yeah seems pretty good. I just started to use it.
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Just started using tkb as well.... so far so good.
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Also user of Thumb Keyboard. Unmatched really. The predictive text is great but the "present texts" is so cool. It allows you to access a list of preset texts so I put in my name, address, certain email addresses, etc. in there so I don't have to take forever typing out stupid contact forms or login stuff.
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Also user of Thumb Keyboard. Unmatched really. The predictive text is great but the "present texts" is so cool. It allows you to access a list of preset texts so I put in my name, address, certain email addresses, etc. in there so I don't have to take forever typing out stupid contact forms or login stuff.
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I love that feature.
I use Clipper+ to do the same, but it's so much faster to do it from the keyboard itself.
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SwiftKey X hands down. Tried them all and I keep coming back to it.
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Been using "Hackers Keyboard", works really well for me.
I tried the thumbs keyboard but just can't do it. Haha. I, using the HC android one now, feels more natural to me. Guessing from all of the time i spent on my evo. I wish I got in on the amazon swift keyboard free download...
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So, I don't know if anyone else has yet tried the SwiftKey Flow public beta yet, but when paired up with the S-Pen, it's freaking amazing!! "Flow through space" is particularly useful for the S-Pen as well. That's where you don't have to lift from the screen between each word; you just slide down to the spacebar, and carry on with the next word.
Has anyone else tried?
P.S. OK, so we all know that this is still a product in Beta, so it's not finished yet; don't judge it as such. Also, for any of you commenting things like "Flow sucks compared to _______" or whatever, that's fine. However, try to be a little more specific about WHY it sucks etc. The whole idea of a Beta test is to receive feedback from users in order to iron out issues and fix things so that they work properly/better etc. If you're not being specific, you're not helping.
I think the flow still has lots of improvements required. Swype is definitely better there.
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I think the flow still has lots of improvements required. Swype is definitely better there.
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Examples?
Not that I disagree, but then again, that's why it's still a beta. Now is the time to give SwiftKey your personal feedback! If you don't tell them what improvements you think should be made, then they'll never get done...
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Examples?
Not that I disagree, but then again, that's why it's still a beta. Now is the time to give SwiftKey your personal feedback! If you don't tell them what improvements you think should be made, then they'll never get done...
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Flow only works with default theme.
Flow does not work in apps such as Google Play and others.
I found the Samsung continues input to be better tbh. Maybe it'll improve after beta though.
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I found the Samsung continues input to be better tbh. Maybe it'll improve after beta though.
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Well, again, like with previous poster, express what you think could make the experience better in SwiftKey. How is the Samsung input better to you, and how could SwiftKey improve to match or exceed that experience?
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Flow only works with default theme.
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I switched over to the Holo theme, and flow seems to work just fine for me.
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Yet... That's why it's still in beta.
I like Swiftkey but Swiftkey flow sucks big time. Swype works way better and recognizes a lot of words correctly. I really hope Swiftkey fixes this. I think the Google 4.2 keyboard which I have on my nexus 7 kills them all including Swype the flow works so well on 4.2 keyboard.
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For one thing it works in all applications. For another it's more accurate. For a third thing it's much easier to correct a wrong word with it. With flow you have to press backspace to correct the word. Having said that, normal swift key (not flow) is still the best keyboard.
Well Swype Beta 1.3.5 is 'definitely' still better than SK Flow. I don't give a damn about some themes or else, I'm solely talking about word input, and that's what matters to a keyboard!
SK Flow can't save a custom word. SK Flow can't type 'it's', and some more words as reported in their VIP forum. And now I am seeing that it doesn't work in some apps. Well, can't live a minute without Swype. And I had high expectations with Flow. I'm not disappointed but I'm obviously back to Swype, until the bugs are fixed. But one thing for sure, with the bugs fixed, and as SK is known for their awesome prediction, well, it'll be time for me to beat myself with my Keyboard typing rate.
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To be honest, vs. the stock note 2 keyboard, Swiftkey flow is garbage.
No clipboard, only 3 predictions, no photo to text mode, no handwriting recognition and "flow"seems to miss a lot of words -I'm constantly correcting it.
If swiftkey believes that adding swyping is the only thing they need to do to stay competitive, they are wrong. Even Touchpal offers more and it's free.
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I quite Like flow., I've installed the tablet version but miss a row of number keys on the stock samsung keyboard. Predictions seem good and swiping is accurate.
I'll give it go for 24hrs before judging it
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I can't get flow to work with either Boat browser or Google search. Other than that, it's pretty damn awesome.
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Flow still needs to improve on their word detection. When I try to "flow" the word "three", it keeps giving me "the". Swype is way more advanced in that aspect, not to mention how Swype handles punctuation and capital letters.
But knowing Swiftkey, they will fix it and all they need is more time.
I have tried this on my note. 10.1 but flow isn't working on landscape. Can you confirm if it is working on the note 2?
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I went back to regular SwiftKey simply because I couldn't do the quick swipe to delete last word, or swipe down to minimize keyboard.
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I went back to regular SwiftKey simply because I couldn't do the quick swipe to delete last word, or swipe down to minimize keyboard.
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Just hold the backspace key and it will delete the last word.
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just installed the beta.. and IT IS SO AWESOME!!!
Awesome, but a huge battery drain though....they need to get that worked out.
I like all of them for different reasons, too bad one of them doesn't have ALL the features:
- swype great esp when you don't look at your message until after, when you can go back to wrong words, highlight them, and just choose from the available words in the correction bar; new beta really good, adds one-key language switch for those of us using 2 or more langs frequently
- JB 4.2 native keyboard awesome except doesn't have the above option, it only corrects the last word
- new Samsung kybd great as well, I really like the numbers row above the qwerty, plus personal dictionary that pops up long strings like email addresses
- haven't tried swiftkey yet
I've been interested in the Motox ever since I saw the touchless control (we are getting closer and closer to the star trek computer).
My 3 year experience with Android has been 99% Samsung. Today I went into Rogers to see how the Motox feels in the hand and they had a working display unit. And I have to say, although I'm not that impressed with the physical feel of the phone. The responsiveness is amazing. I can't believe there are no jitters or Jerkiness or lag when swiping between home pages. And a true indicator of the speed of this phone is the app drawer when transitioning between apps and widgets I every Samsung device there's a stutter when doing this. Not so on the Motox.
I did the mange to open any apps because I was in a rush.
Very impressed I'm looking for a used one. But not any are up for sale.
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Check swappa.com, I just bought one from there
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I too came from an s3 and spent the vast majority of my time on android with Samsung. This phone is, simply, amazing in comparison to my old s3... The s3 doesn't even compare to the moto x.
Moto X rocking 4.4
Same, made the switch to a dev edition and never looked back.
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I'm glad t to see these posts. I'm an S3 user currently, but plan on leaving Sprint for Verizon in the next week or so and this is the phone I've been thinking of getting. Thanks for helping me make up my mind :beer:
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So I ended up buying a slightly used Motox and I'm so glad. Some of my first impressions:
Cons
*no Control panel in the notification shade
*I liked the settings key on my S3, very handy. why do we need the all apps key.
*No Physical home key. Although I am getting use to the onscreen buttons.
*Wireless charging. I got use to this on my S3. I don't know why manufactures aren't including this.
*No letters in the contacts, when I open the contacts app on the S3 it had the letters on the right so you can quickly scroll to the name you want.
*Can't delete or add home screens. What the heck?
*I don't like the Carrier name in the notification shade
*Gallery app, not as good as the Samsung app. In the Samsung app you could drag and drop pictures into other folders (very useful)
Pros
*Smoothness
*touches control
*Transitions between app drawer and widgets is fantastic no lag
*Opening up the play store and pressing the menu, also no lag. Samsung should take notes.
*scrolling Smoothness is unreal.
*Speed of the device, everything opens up so much faster and with no lag, compared to my galaxy S3. This phone really proves you don't need high specs to run smooth. Just less bloat (touchwiz)
Notes
Screen size. Would have been better as a 4.8" screen. I don't care much about 720 vs 1080. But a slightly bigger screen would have been nice
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Jamolah said:
So I ended up buying a slightly used Motox and I'm so glad. Some of my first impressions:
Cons
*no Control panel in the notification shade
*I liked the settings key on my S3, very handy. why do we need the all apps key.
*No Physical home key. Although I am getting use to the onscreen buttons.
*Wireless charging. I got use to this on my S3. I don't know why manufactures aren't including this.
*No letters in the contacts, when I open the contacts app on the S3 it had the letters on the right so you can quickly scroll to the name you want.
*Can't delete or add home screens. What the heck?
*I don't like the Carrier name in the notification shade
*Gallery app, not as good as the Samsung app. In the Samsung app you could drag and drop pictures into other folders (very useful)
Pros
*Smoothness
*touches control
*Transitions between app drawer and widgets is fantastic no lag
*Opening up the play store and pressing the menu, also no lag. Samsung should take notes.
*scrolling Smoothness is unreal.
*Speed of the device, everything opens up so much faster and with no lag, compared to my galaxy S3. This phone really proves you don't need high specs to run smooth. Just less bloat (touchwiz)
Notes
Screen size. Would have been better as a 4.8" screen. I don't care much about 720 vs 1080. But a slightly bigger screen would have been nice
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There are controls in the shade. Either pull down with two fingers or hit the icon in top right hand corner when shade is pulled down. There are tour toggles. As you use the phone more or have things on ie bluetooth it adds to the shade.
As for settings key I'm not sure what you're talking about. Maybe the menu button?
Although not idea, you can download a third party launcher. That will allow you to change amount of home screens. 4.4 will have this baked in though.
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Another thing you might not have realized but in contacts, if you scroll your finger down the right hand side, letters pop up and move quickly through your contacts.
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Another thing you might not have realized but in contacts, if you scroll your finger down the right hand side, letters pop up and move quickly through your contacts.
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Wow...learned something new today.
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There are controls in the shade. Either pull down with two fingers or hit the icon in top right hand corner when shade is pulled down. There are tour toggles. As you use the phone more or have things on ie bluetooth it adds to the shade.
As for settings key I'm not sure what you're talking about. Maybe the menu button?
Although not idea, you can download a third party launcher. That will allow you to change amount of home screens. 4.4 will have this baked in though.
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Yes I know you can pull it down with two fingers but a lot of times I am in the car using it with 1 hand and with Samsung (touchwiz) it was one swipe down gave you access to common controls
Yes that's what I meant a menu button. It's a lot handier than the all apps button, no?!
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Yes I know you can pull it down with two fingers but a lot of times I am in the car using it with 1 hand and with Samsung (touchwiz) it was one swipe down gave you access to common controls
Yes that's what I meant a menu button. It's a lot handier than the all apps button, no?!
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I use Nova Launcher Prime and set a swipe up gesture to bring up the control panel.
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Yes I know you can pull it down with two fingers but a lot of times I am in the car using it with 1 hand and with Samsung (touchwiz) it was one swipe down gave you access to common controls
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when you have the notification shade pulled down, tap the top right corner of the screen.
One other pet peeve with the motox is volume control. With touchwiz when you press the volume buttons you get a little settings icon which you can press to adjust different volumes(media, ringer, alarms) it was very handy. Wish the X had that. It's a little thing, but very useful.
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One other pet peeve with the motox is volume control. With touchwiz when you press the volume buttons you get a little settings icon which you can press to adjust different volumes(media, ringer, alarms) it was very handy. Wish the X had that. It's a little thing, but very useful.
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If you root and download xposed you can enable it.
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If you root and download xposed you can enable it.
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The menu button has been obsolete for a while now. Apps will have a menu button showing, or one will show up on the on navigation bar. I will not buy a phone with physical buttons anymore.
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The menu button has been obsolete for a while now. Apps will have a menu button showing, or one will show up on the on navigation bar. I will not buy a phone with physical buttons anymore.
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It's easier to press anything on the lower half of the screen with 1 hand than at the very top corners. To me, the settings button is not obsolete for 1 hand use that doesn't require stretching or shifting my hand around.
Currently have an HTC one been looking at Moto x and LG g2
Moto obviously has the best radios in the biz and that's the main factor for moto x
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I'm coming from an S3 aswell and I have to say that the menu button was indeed very handy. It's easier than having to find the icon that takes different places in each app, also saves screen space.
2. The physical/sensitive buttons are a lot better than the virtual ones. Although I'm getting used to it, the physical ones do never takes screen space. Some apps don't handle the virtual buttons very well. Also, it was easier when the phone was at the table or somewhere and I could just press the home button to check battery level and the time. With Moto X I need to grab it and press the power button.
3. I have some favorites in the contacts list and the scroll doens't seem to show over them, I have to scroll down a little till the numbers and then only after I can use the right side scroll through letters. Very annoying.
4. I took like 100 photos with the camera and some I couldn't even recognize the people in it. The focus is very slow, and the quality is terrible.
5. I live in Brazil and the touchless control/google now is useless here. It's only useful to check weather and search the web, as the other commands are not available in portuguese.
Beside those, and the touchless control not being available, and the camera, the Moto X is much nicer than the S3. It's impressively fast and smooth; the sound (in my opinion) is much better, without trembles; the hardware seems much more well finished; the battery is impressively better, with the Moto X I could get a day and 5 hours and on the S3 I could barely get 22 hours; it seems to charge a lot faster aswell;
And that's it! For future people coming from S3, if you don't care for the camera that much, move on to Moto X and will be a good upgrade. I do miss the S3 camera where it was only point and shot, and 90% of the time it was a great picture. With Moto X I get to shoot 10 to get 1 good to use. But that's it, the rest is great.
How do users type when viewing in Portrait or Landscape mode while holding the device? I can't do thumb-typing since the device is too wide even on Portrait mode.
Use the split keyboard or use thumbs plus or swiftkey keyboard
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I personally use this one, but you may find another on the play store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beansoft.keyboardplus&hl=en
I peck with the stylus. I use handwriting recognition 90% of the time.
I swipe using my 9" right thumb.
Seriously, I'm using the floating KB for now.
Thumb Keyboard works very well on 10" screens as well.
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I personally use this one, but you may find another on the play store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beansoft.keyboardplus&hl=en
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i switched to that a while back since it's more responsive than the stock samsung kb and far more customizable.
there's a kb switch app in the thems & apps section that allows you to automatically switch to the stock when you pull out the spen so you can still have hw recognition.
SwiftKey works awesome. It's split for thumb typing on my tabs, plus you get an excellent predictive word engine. And some other stats to check out attached.
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I swipe using my 9" right thumb.
Seriously, I'm using the floating KB for now.
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By "floating KB", do you mean a very small keyboard on the screen? I came across it while testing the device in a store.
I found the keys a bit too small.
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By "floating KB", do you mean a very small keyboard on the screen? I came across it while testing the device in a store.
I found the keys a bit too small.
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The Floating Keyboard's great. You can use the swipe feature with S Pen and it's probably the fastest method of text entry. The only downside is that you have to move it around to keep it from covering content you're looking at or text entry boxes.
+1 for SwiftKey although I have big hands and use the normal layout even if I'm standing up typing with my thumbs.