What is your keyboard preference?

illwood

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I don't mind Swype, but I use a modification of the HTC keyboard a lot too. It has the arrow keys removed and you can customize the button size and the popup delay.
 

saxd45

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you should try shapewriter.


same idea as swype but much better in my opinion.

its not in the market anymore though


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mdotsteele

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Swype hands down. I used to hate it, but then one day I started using it. Ever since then I can't go back to a regular keyboard.
 

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Can't stand Swype at all. I was using Keyboard For Android which was a GB style but could customize it from skins to the size of the keys to the amount of space between keys. Now I'm using stock 2.3.4 keyboard.

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For text or email, I use Swype, in large part because I can type as fast with one hand as I can with two hands on other input methods. If I'm taking notes at conferences, etc, I prefer Swiftkey.

Just entirely depends on what I need, but Swype is my day to day keyboard.
 

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You know - this is a great question. I'm not completely psyched about any of the keyboard options that I have tried so far. As the lesser of the evils, I use Swype because it's soooo fast to pound out messages.

However, what would I really WANT in a keyboard?
* Multitouch - much like the stock GB keyboard works
* 10-key numpad when I hit the number key
* No stupid arrows at the bottom
* Dedicated voice button on the keyboard
* Fast and lightweight
* Swypelike functionality

For some reason, that 10-key thing seems to be the one that is missing so much...
 

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My phone downloaded an update for Swiftkey Beta, and now when I try to do anything with my phone, it has a pop-up that says "The application Android keyboard (process com.android.inputmethod.latin) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again." I have rebooted my phone but that didn't help. Has anyone else seen this or know how to fix it?
 

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I like 8pen.

Its different and once you adjust to the new style of typing its really fast and swift. Im pretty damn fast at it now too ;)
 

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Tried a few. Do not like Swype.

My favorite thurfar is Swiftkey although I see it is going out of beta and will have to pay for predictions to continue.

I will have to try keyboard 8. Haven't heard of that one yet!