Swype, SlideIT, or ShapeWriter

[G-Money713]

Anyone use any of these keyboard apps on their Droids? I see that Swype is in closed Beta now, but is it any better than the others?

 

[gotice]

I absolutely love Swype. I have not tried the others, but from what I have read elsewhere, Swype is the top of the line. Luckily I got into the beta, don't know how I ever did text before. The only thing I would like to see added is a voice button on the keyboard to enable speech texting and emailing

 

[licotto]

I've tried all 3 (& have them all on my Eris). I started with Swype, however, and found the other 2 as alt's for friends that couldn't do the Swype beta. Once I tried each to figure them out, I liked parts of each, but overall I really liked the Swype experience better! (especially once I realized I could 'swipe' from the Swype key to the 5 to pull up a # pad! That made # entry SO much easier!!!! haha

 

[prometheus]

I prefer Swype over SlideIt for that type of keyboard.

I have a link for the Swype beta download. I'm not sure if the actual download will still work - but, give it a shot.

http://sites.google.com/site/droidlife8/home/Droid.Swype.Beta.5612.apk?attredirects=0

This version (known as 5612 .apk) is specific to the Motorola Droid. It might work with other devices. But, no guarantees. Good luck.

 

[anthonyzul]

I've only ever used Swype. Anyone know where I can get the other two to try??

 

[G-Money713]

appbrain.

SlideIT Keyboard Lite by Dasur 50,000 downloads, 2263 ratings (3.6 avg)

Free

ShapeWriter Keyboard by ShapeWriter, Inc 50,000 downloads, 3091 ratings (4.1 avg)

Free

 

[ronin1]

SlideIT is my best text input method

I have Swype pre-installed on the Nexus One - so I can do comparisons, and it's not even close. SlideIT is quicker, cleaner, more accurate, handles other languages - and uses a much smaller memory footprint.

 

[ronin1]

I've only ever used Swype. Anyone know where I can get the other two to try??

On the market : market://search/?q=pname:com.dasur.slideit.vt.lite

 

[bbui4]

I've tried all 3 (& have them all on my Eris). I started with Swype, however, and found the other 2 as alt's for friends that couldn't do the Swype beta. Once I tried each to figure them out, I liked parts of each, but overall I really liked the Swype experience better! (especially once I realized I could 'swipe' from the Swype key to the 5 to pull up a # pad! That made # entry SO much easier!!!! haha

Wow, thanks for telling me about the # pad. I've tried Swype and SlideIT. I prefer Swype > SlideIT because the stock skin for slideIT is fugly.

 

[G-Money713]

I have Swype pre-installed on the Nexus One - so I can do comparisons, and it's not even close. SlideIT is quicker, cleaner, more accurate, handles other languages - and uses a much smaller memory footprint.

Do you have the free or paid version?