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Which Keyboard?

Anyone have any suggestions for a keyboard input that works and plays well with a full-size USB keyboard? the Samsung one is quirky.

Smart Keyboard Pro.

Thanks! I will give it a shot.
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Grommish said:
Thanks! I will give it a shot.
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I use that on all my android devices. Highly customizable.

I gotta say swiftkey x tablet.
Best keyboard for phones and tablets hands down. Once it adjust to your typing style you'll be cranking out messages in no time.

Touchpal for my phone. Supports both normal and swype writing. Here is a video of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74Cr8eXuKl4&
Using Thumb Keyboard for my tab and love it.

rudolphe said:
I gotta say swiftkey x tablet.
Best keyboard for phones and tablets hands down. Once it adjust to your typing style you'll be cranking out messages in no time.
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Using this as well. Best keyboard i've tried.

Surprisingly, the Gingerbread keyboard is pretty awesome once you tweak the key size and such. Really awesome error correction. Been using it right from the get go. Happy with it ^^

I would suggest thumb keyboard, it's a really great keyboard and will make your typing flying. But not support for chinese typing

i have tried the thumb keyboard but there is a bug with it. i use it for thumb keyboardin, but hooking a fullsized hardware kb causes wierd glitches.
the smart kb pro works well. i will look at the others.
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What soft keyboard do you use?

Obviously we already have this great dock (Well most of us), but what I have yet to find is a great soft keyboard to use when I want my tablet to be, well, a tablet.
I have tried the various Swype keyboards (Swype, TouchPal, SlideIT), also some regular keyboards (Stock android, smart, hacker), but sadly I have yet to find a keyboard that works well.
I don't really like the idea of a two hand keyboard, since usually when I am typing without my dock, I am holding the tablet in one hand and typing with the other. On the other hand the Swype keyboards work, but not very well. On my Galaxy Nexus I have gotten it to work really well, but, the Transformer in landscape is just too much real estate to use Swype effectively.
So post something about your favorite keyboard, what you use, and why you use it. I am really interested to hear what you guys (And gals) have come up with.

swiftkey works well for me

Funny you mention that as that is what I am trying right now. So far so good!

miketoasty said:
Funny you mention that as that is what I am trying right now. So far so good!
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haha i like the split keyboard

Thumb keyboard
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Thumb keyboard
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I actually already had this keyboard purchased (well I got it when it was free on the amazon app store), giving it a shot now.

Thumb Keyboard all the way!
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Thumb keyboard ftw
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Thumb keyboard for me too.

For now sticking with thumb keyboard. Allows for great speed and accuracy while still allowing me to use my tablet as a tablet.
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I use stock on day to day and MultiLing Keyboard when using a different language. It is the easiest one I used for switching frequently between languages.

Try TSwipe pro in the play store, its free to download and supports many different languages and supports swipe and most of the features of hackers keyboard.
Hope you enjoy it
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I use smart keyboard
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I like "Hacker's Keyboard". Great for ssh sessions etc.
Cheers,
Rich
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rener78 said:
I use smart keyboard
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That's what I use on my phone and only tried it shortly on my tablet. May have to try it again...
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Forgot to mention that the keyboard allows you to switch languages through the keyboard with a touch of a button or swipe of a finger. It is the keyboard that I currently use and I too have tried all of those others and this is simply the best.
Try it I am sure it will solve your problems too.
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Using swift key 3 beta. It's the best I've seen yet. It really eliminates the space bar.

i love TouchPal.. . went to it from Swype. Swype was boring and white. TouchPal at least had a few skins abs i Lee dark themes. .. easier on battery
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Thumb Keyboard for the ease of use and Presets!
StevieJ

yud said:
I use stock on day to day and MultiLing Keyboard when using a different language. It is the easiest one I used for switching frequently between languages.
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Thumb keyboard works great for me with switching languages. The spacebar key has the current language and if you swipe the spacebar you can switch the language. Plus with its split design it is the balls in landscape mode.
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Which keyboard you use, GN2 default swype (Continues Input) or third party

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I prefer default with continues input. It's the best
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I use A I keyboard pro.. nice and you can size it instantly..
Original does not have good arabic layout..
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I'm using SwiftKey Flow.
You can flow couple of words at the same time, which is awesome, and you can enter ?/! very fast!

Samsung keyboard. Only one with swipe, handwriting and number row. AFAIK.

For me the Samsung continues input is a very superior option. Even with fast and sometimes inaccurate swiping it manages to get it just right most of the time. One of the best keyboards I've used. It's just so fast and accurate.
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hacker's keyboard for me the best!!

Samsung keyboard memorize your frequently used sentence even. You enter the first word and it will keep predicted the entire sentence. Love the default one with continues input
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The default keyboard is the best IMHO. Every other keyboard, irrespective of its benefits, leaves out the benefits of Note 2: lacking in s-pen support etc.
The only irritation with the default keyboard is that there is no autocorrect. I have to manually choose the correct word from the list and it doesn't autopick the selected words when space is pressed.

For me samsung the best.

Anyone find a way to enable Swift Key or Swype tablet modes? One of the best options on the default keyboard is that it has one-handed control. Swype and swift key have this mode as well but only for tablets. I miss easily swyping symbols. Perhaps the only way is to root and change the DPI?
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I am now using the Kii Keyboard and loving it. Very fast and accurate typing with lots of options to customize.

I prefer stock JB 4.2 Keyboard. I canys stand stock overcrowded/cluttered keyboards.
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I prefer gn2 default stock keyboard.. I write a lot in Serbian, and i can use swype then.. When im writing on english i use handwriting or prediction.
The numbers above keyboard are Major ability why i choose stock keyboard
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I have been using SwiftKey since it first came out. Would try others but always came back to SwiftKey. For typing or swype, I just am not getting comfortable with the stock keyboard but would hate to lose the s-pen button. I will be a very happy camper if SwiftKey adds support for the s-pen.
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SwiftKey 3 for me, since I type both English and German text, and the keyboard recognizes (and makes suggestions for) both languages at the same time.

Been using SwiftKey 3 tablet version for a while now.
Have to say it's the best I've ever used.
And it works very nicely with my 240 dpi mode.
Also nice keyboard when in landscape mode

I alternate keyboards randomly!
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darni said:
Samsung keyboard. Only one with swipe, handwriting and number row. AFAIK.
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I use SwiftKey Flow and then s pen board switcher to switch to handwriting mode when pen comes out.
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Swype is the reason for me to stick with Android, but their latest beta is ****ed up with dictionary issues, so I tried latest SwiftKey Flow Beta, and it has some issues as well, so for now it's Samsung's default keyboard with continuous input. But I'm keenly waiting for the next beta of Swype, which is coming shortly as per their mod.
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Best on-screen keyboard

What is your favorite typing keyboard on the note 10.1?
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The stock one. I absolutely love it and what keeps me stock.

If there was a semitransparent keyboard available, then it would because my favorite. ..
Till then its stock I love.
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I haven't tried any Other ones. I wanted to See What other People have found. I Think the Stock Keyboard works good myself . writing with The Pen Keeps giving me uppercase letters Tho
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Mr. bird said:
I haven't tried any Other ones. I wanted to See What other People have found. I Think the Stock Keyboard works good myself . writing with The Pen Keeps giving me uppercase letters Tho
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Use the swift keybord trial from play store it is awesome specially the split mode stock keyboard is no where near when it comes to split mode compared to swift

Hackers keyboard. Its a tossup between that and stock. Having to switch to symbol sucks, whereas long press serves as a shift key on hackers. Hackers obviously lacks handwriting input, which is a nice feature on stock. that's the only thing I miss with hackers though.
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I'm quite happy with the Swype keyboard. It has both a Split and Mini keyboard built in. Im dearly in love with the mini keyboard, only gripe is that I can't move it around the screen as much as I would like too. Being able to Swype with the pen and not trying to hack out letters is key.

aletheus said:
Hackers keyboard. Its a tossup between that and stock. Having to switch to symbol sucks, whereas long press serves as a shift key on hackers. Hackers obviously lacks handwriting input, which is a nice feature on stock. that's the only thing I miss with hackers though.
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I like the handwriting Too but I saw this app for switching Keyboards when The pen is out. So you Can switch With another one easily
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2075916
[APP][31DEC] SPenBoard Switcher ★Switching keyboards depending on the S-Pen position★
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I have just installed Kii keyboard from the market, I usually use Swift key and would only have installed any new keyboard similar too it.
All I can say is, this keyboard will give Swiftkey a run for its money, it is currently in beta and available in the play store and has similar features with a ton more. You can choose various keyboard styles, predictive suggestions similar to Swiftkey, you can add arrows and make numbers independent of long pressing.
I am currently using the ICS layout. Give it a shot, you won't be disappointed. The developer also has an active thread on xda forums, I think it was under android general and in the apps section.
One thing to bare in mind is that you have too enable Swype functionality through the settings and is labelled " gestures" I'm still messing around with it as there are tons more options that I still need too discover.

Mr. bird said:
I like the handwriting Too but I saw this app for switching Keyboards when The pen is out. So you Can switch With another one easily
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2075916
[APP][31DEC] SPenBoard Switcher ★Switching keyboards depending on the S-Pen position★
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Ok i installed that app and its not working for me but i do like hackers keyboard, like a real keyboard. I like being able to hit tab and it goes to the next box.
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I have just installed Kii keyboard from the market, I usually use Swift key and would only have installed any new keyboard similar too it.
All I can say is, this keyboard will give Swiftkey a run for its money, it is currently in beta and available in the play store and has similar features with a ton more. You can choose various keyboard styles, predictive suggestions similar to Swiftkey, you can add arrows and make numbers independent of long pressing.
I am currently using the ICS layout. Give it a shot, you won't be disappointed. The developer also has an active thread on xda forums, I think it was under android general and in the apps section.
One thing to bare in mind is that you have too enable Swype functionality through the settings and is labelled " gestures" I'm still messing around with it as there are tons more options that I still need too discover.
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Ill give it a try
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SwiftKey and never look back
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After review of the play, i did it wrong. The s-pen switcher app works on my 8013 with german 4.1.2 i just installed it wrong. Now im using hackers jeyboard and switching to factory writing keyboard when i pull the pen out. I will still try other keyboards but so far i really like hackers keyboard cause its like a regular keyboard.
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smrsxn said:
If there was a semitransparent keyboard available, then it would because my favorite. ..
Till then its stock I love.
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Smart keyboard pro has the option to set the level of transparency.

SwiftKey! Very happy with it.

HasC said:
I have just installed Kii keyboard from the market, I usually use Swift key and would only have installed any new keyboard similar too it.
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Thanks. I use Swiftkey on my phone, but I've reverted to using Ultra Keyboard on my Note because the tablet version of Swiftkey doesn't have arrow keys. I miss the word prediction, though. Kii might just work!

smrsxn said:
If there was a semitransparent keyboard available, then it would because my favorite. ..
Till then its stock I love.
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This.
I use and prefer the stock one, a semi-transparent stock one would be perfect.

Mr. bird said:
I like the handwriting Too but I saw this app for switching Keyboards when The pen is out. So you Can switch With another one easily
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2075916
[APP][31DEC] SPenBoard Switcher ★Switching keyboards depending on the S-Pen position★
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yeah i like the stock keyboard but the handwriting detection puts all first letters in capitals or it sometimes repeats phrases in one sentence, crazy bug that, i don't like the fact that i can't use the in built spelling feature without turning on the predictive text, i currently use the jellybean pro keyboard, nice and simple, i don't like swift key keyboard, hackers keyboard is very good though and it's free too.

Hacker's keyboard FTW
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bjbinc said:
Hacker's keyboard FTW
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My choice too.

Touchpal for me

what KEYBOARD are you using?

guys i just want to ask which keyboard is better the samsung or the google keyboard? or are there any other keyboard better than those 2?
also is it possible to integrate emoji on these 2 keyboards?

darkilong said:
guys i just want to ask which keyboard is better the samsung or the google keyboard? or are there any other keyboard better than those 2?
also is it possible to integrate emoji on these 2 keyboards?
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Swift key is one of the best and fast too try that
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I use google pinyin keyboard:laugh: it feel very smooth.

SwiftKey x is definitely the best IMHO. It supports 3 languages at the same time
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vibraloop said:
SwiftKey x is definitely the best IMHO. It supports 3 languages at the same time
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I`am using Swype (paid version), also have Swiftkey on the phone but haven`t used it anymore since Swype.

thanks for the input, will try those you mentioned