whats the best keyboard for the thunderbolt?

**kaufmansm** · 03-29-2011, 09:34 AM

Whats the best keyboard for the thunderbolt. Had Swype but to many spelling errors. Stock one is ok, just wondering what everyone else is using?

**Mordecaidrake** · 03-29-2011, 09:36 AM

In my opinion.

**echotodd** · 03-29-2011, 09:39 AM

I've been using Smart Keyboard Pro and really like it a lot. The feature to adjust the long press duration is worth it alone! Does the Gingerbread keyboard have that feature as well?

**miss chris** · 03-29-2011, 09:41 AM

Swiftkey

**kaufmansm** · 03-29-2011, 09:50 AM

thanks all.

**Cory Streater** · 03-29-2011, 10:02 AM

I change keyboards more often than I change my underware (so yeah more than once a day). I have always been partial to Smart Keyboard and it looks great with the Galaxy S or Android skin. That said, I'm even having accuracy issues with it on the TB, where it was great on my Fascinate. There's actually a keyboard called iPhone Keyboard Emulator in the Market that I've revisited in the last few days. At one point I loved it but ditched it because of its poor dictionary, which now appears to be a lot better. It actually does work as well as the iPhone keyboard does and I am not making near as many mistakes. So I would say give that one a shot too. In my experience this is my list from most to least successful on the Cory is able to use scale.

iPhone Keyboard Emulator - needs a bigger dictionary, but it has improved significantly
Smart Keyboard - cool settings like vibration duration for key presses. One of the more accurate.
Gingerbread - works great but is designed for GB. I think we will be pleased when it's official.
Swift Key - cool idea. My mistake level went up with this one though.
Better Keyboard - hmmm not bad, but not great either. Kind of a knock off of Smart Keyboard but not quite as good in terms of accuracy.

And I can't even use Swype :/

Keyboards are like gloves. You gotta just pick the one that's right for you, which means you need to try them all on first.

**Patrick Schroedl** · 03-29-2011, 10:07 AM

I like Smart K. Pro and SwiftKey. Also, there is a three-page discussion on keyboards here: http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-...light=keyboard

**Cyber Warrior** · 03-29-2011, 10:13 AM

+1 SmartKeyboard... the option to remove the period key and enlarge the spacebar is a huge plus for me... I tend to miss the spacebar on other keyboards.

**androidburn** · 03-29-2011, 10:35 AM

Do any of these keyboards make any difference based upon visuals alone such as Gingerbread? Unless the hotspots are changed, it's all psychological. To me, the benefits are in the features where you can change the size of the keys and layouts and other macro features.

**PJRed2008** · 03-29-2011, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by kaufmansm

Whats the best keyboard for the thunderbolt. Had Swype but to many spelling errors. Stock one is ok, just wondering what everyone else is using?

There is rarely a "best" of anything. That being said, there is a setting in Swype for speed vs accuracy. I see very few spelling errors and see nothing else that is better for what I do.

**normio2** · 03-29-2011, 11:05 AM

I've been using swype for the longest, now I could never go back to a regular keyboard on a touch screen. It just takes too long to type without it. Soo swype and yea adjust those settings in it until its dead on with the way you use it. It probably takes me about a week or so every time I wipe my phone to retrain swype to understand the way I type, but after that its beautiful.

**kilofoxtrot** · 03-29-2011, 11:10 AM

I am having an issue with Smart and Swift. More often than not when using either keyboards, there is a hesitation/lag when typing the first letter regardless of which app I am in. The stock keyboard works fine.

It doesn't happen everytime. But it happens about 75% of the time.

Anybody else?

**hannsoft** · 03-29-2011, 11:25 AM

Big fan of Smart Keyboard here. All about customization for me, since I have issues previously mentioned here ... I miss the spacebar a ton so I have the period key turned off (still hit the "b" too much"). Once you get used to that long spacebar it's hard to turn back. Lots of other customization things though ... swiping to change layouts, backspace a whole word, minimize .. a all kinds of things that the Sense kb doesn't allow.

**Sparkyvett** · 03-29-2011, 11:50 AM

I like swiftkey. They give you a 30 day free trial, so you can try before you spend $2.

**Xharakov** · 03-29-2011, 01:13 PM

I couldn't deal with the stock keyboard at all and got the Gingerbread keyboard from the market. It seems so much more intuitive and easy to get around on, I don't think I could ever go back.

**hannsoft** · 03-29-2011, 08:56 PM

Gang, thanks for cluing me into the Gingerbread KB - I hadn't even heard of it. Checking it out now. Lots of nice features I haven't even thought of, but it's missing one that I think has now become make-or-break for me - the full-word backspace. I use that constantly with Smart KB Pro.

**FutureTBoltOwner** · 03-29-2011, 09:02 PM

which swype are you using though, was it the beta one or the evo one? I tried the beta one and it was terrible (so bad I ditched it within 2 hours of downloading it) but today i decided to try again but this time went for the evo version and its working great

**akira751** · 03-29-2011, 09:17 PM

Right now I'm using Swiftkey.

**zog1977** · 03-29-2011, 09:20 PM

I am really liking swift key now.

**hannsoft** · 03-29-2011, 09:22 PM

And despite my comments above I think I'm going right on back to Smart KB ... too many mistakes coming up on this GB one

**theGman911** · 03-29-2011, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by kilofox

I am having an issue with Smart and Swift. More often than not when using either keyboards, there is a hesitation/lag when typing the first letter regardless of which app I am in. The stock keyboard works fine.

It doesn't happen everytime. But it happens about 75% of the time.

Anybody else?

Yes yes and yes. I even notice it with gb keyboard but its noticeable less so I'm sticking with gb. I guess its loading the keyboard. just wish gb keyboard had a hide keyboard button, a calculator type numberpad and wish I could make the spacebar a little higher. Always hitting the bottom row instead of space. But I'm retraining myself and getting better

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**daabsolute1** · 04-21-2011, 09:53 AM

Been with Swiftkey for a while. I figured since I paid for it, I might as well use it and love it. Might try out the GB one though for future reference.

**ramireh3** · 04-21-2011, 11:00 AM

I've been using Better Keyboard with the Gingerbread Skin and it has been great. I tried Smart Keyboard but ended up going back to Better.

**schrochem** · 04-21-2011, 11:41 AM

I'm glad I found this thread. I have been using Swiftkey for two weeks. It was a big step up from the stock keyboard but I could never go that fast. It was great at predicting my next word but I just want to type....I'd type a few letters, select word, type a few of the next word, select. Yes this saved me keystrokes but not time.
Just downloaded smartkey and it's a keeper. In landscape I can type like I did on my BB with two thumbs. The spacing between the keys is why this happens. If I could have two other BB like mods I'd be in heaven. Those being to hold the letter for Caps (instead of the alt) and have an alt key that acts like an alt key....
I like being able to go to numbers and symbols but I usually just need one symbol at a time. It's nice to be able to get and return to letters.

**creccaj1** · 04-21-2011, 12:49 PM

If I had to pick it is a tie right now between SlideIt Keyboard and SmartKeyboard Pro. I love SmartKeyboard pro because of the customizability and the touch it just is very natural to me. However, since I have used Swype, I love that and the best swyping keyboard I think is actually SlideIt Pro. It costs $6 on the market which is a lot for a keyboard but I used the trial version and it was great. Personally I think it works and is more accurate than swype.