Please try this, want to know if it is a bug, or just mine....

DougFNJ

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It's an annoying little keyboard thing. On the regular multi-touch keyboard, can someone open a text box and just type,

you can get it for $250 (any number following doesn't matter)

I type this and it removes the space before the $ symbol and reads on mine....

you can get it for$ 250

I have to go back in and backspace to for$ delete the $ sign and space it again to correct it every time.

Thanks in advance for any feedback
 

Wildo6882

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Unfortunately that's just the settings on the regular multi-touch keyboard and it can't be changed.

I went ahead and spent a couple of bucks on a new keyboard, and that issue is gone. It's well worth it to look into a new one.
 

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Yea that happens to me as well. Irritating... because I use special characters all the time in texts and in emails, and when it "auto-corrects", which is an oxymoron in itself with this device, it's annoying.
 

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Learn Swype. Worth the time and effort ... and doesn't take long. Once you make the switch, you won't want to return to multi-touch. Also, there are benefits to Swype, as in many little automatic adjustments and/or punctuation that eliminate such problems as you mention.
 

El Jefe

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+1 for Swype. I was very annoyed by that "feature" of the multitouch keyboard so I switched to Swype & the more I use it...the more I love it. It bugged me at first because I had to train it a lot of words that I use frequently that weren't in the dictionary, but now it is flawless.
 

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It's an annoying little keyboard thing. On the regular multi-touch keyboard, can someone open a text box and just type,

you can get it for $250 (any number following doesn't matter)

I type this and it removes the space before the $ symbol and reads on mine....

you can get it for$ 250

I have to go back in and backspace to for$ delete the $ sign and space it again to correct it every time.

Thanks in advance for any feedback

The one that bugged me the most was typing a phrase like:

I will pick you up @ 6

and it would do the same & show:

I will pick you up@ 6.

I know it is just nitpicking, but even my texts can't have typos...I am very anal about that. :)
 

PhoenixMike

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This is actually one of the issues with Froyo that pisses me off the most. I also use a lot of #$@%, etc and I hate having to backspace and re-type. And no, I'm not gonna stick with Swype because that is not the solution we need.
 

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