Keyboard suggestions for HTC One M8

[Golfdriver97]

Google keyboard for me.

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[anon(8730639)]

Oddly enough, somebody set a new world's record for typing on a phone and the keyboard they did it with was Fleksy. I don't understand how people get to typing so fast with it. I like the keyboard don't get me wrong, but I spent nearly a week with it set as my default and the fastest I ever achieved on typing the record text was a bronze medal...barely.

I have Swype, Fleksy, Google, and SwiftKey keyboards installed (I think I have paid versions of every major keyboard except Fleksy lol) and using Swype at the moment, but I'm missing the Flow of SwiftKey cause with that I can swipe around 5-6 words at once depending on the length and not have to take my finger off the keyboard. Google is nice too but Swype and SwiftKey both offer the mini keyboard settings. In landscape mode I have each set as a mini keyboard on the right so I can swipe with one thumb and each the entire layout easily without having to stretch about.

I'll probably end up rotating through all the keyboards, one per week just to keep things fresh. Maybe one day sometime will click in my head and I'll understand how one can type so fast with Fleksy. I remember a record set ages ago, and for that one they used Swype. Oh how times change.

Yeah, I'm actually using it right now and I like it better than SwiftKey if I'm going to be typing two handed. However, Flow and Swype are extremely useful and I don't know how I will do without it. I'll continue to use it and I'll see if it'll replace SwiftKey for me.

 

[Tai0406]

I'm currently using Fleksy. Quick and easy once you get the hang of it!

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[Soundtrack to Chaos]

Every android keyboard I've used sucks. The best of them however is SwiftKey

 

[anon(8730639)]

Every android keyboard I've used sucks. The best of them however is SwiftKey

The only platform that has better keyboards than Android is Blackberry. Windows Phone's is pretty average and iOS's is awful.

 

[Soundtrack to Chaos]

The only platform that has better keyboards than Android is Blackberry. Windows Phone's is pretty average and iOS's is awful.

Imo ios has the best, Android sucks, Windows was decent, never used a bb before.

 

[Lilshaq65]

IOS keyboard is very good and accurate. Android keyboard is good depending on the keyboard. And yea BlackBerry keyboards were always good. I haven't used a Windows keyboard in years I haven't had a Windows phone since 2011 I think.

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[Ichi_Bear]

I love SwiftKey. I bought it and also use SwiftKey Beta. The Google Keyboard is pretty good for a free free keyboard.

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[scott_0]

swiftkey is about as good as it gets honestly, I've been using since it was in beta and I can't move away from it

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[SocratesRising]

Seems like I am in the minority, but I prefer Swype to any other keyboard, Swiftkey included. I've played with both the aforementioned exhaustively and have found Swype is quite a bit more accurate. I really wanted Swiftkey to be as good or better but the flow feature isn't quite as good as Swype at this time.

 

[Dizfunctions]

Oddly enough, somebody set a new world's record for typing on a phone and the keyboard they did it with was Fleksy. I don't understand how people get to typing so fast with it. I like the keyboard don't get me wrong, but I spent nearly a week with it set as my default and the fastest I ever achieved on typing the record text was a bronze medal...barely.

I have Swype, Fleksy, Google, and SwiftKey keyboards installed (I think I have paid versions of every major keyboard except Fleksy lol) and using Swype at the moment, but I'm missing the Flow of SwiftKey cause with that I can swipe around 5-6 words at once depending on the length and not have to take my finger off the keyboard. Google is nice too but Swype and SwiftKey both offer the mini keyboard settings. In landscape mode I have each set as a mini keyboard on the right so I can swipe with one thumb and each the entire layout easily without having to stretch about.

I'll probably end up rotating through all the keyboards, one per week just to keep things fresh. Maybe one day sometime will click in my head and I'll understand how one can type so fast with Fleksy. I remember a record set ages ago, and for that one they used Swype. Oh how times change.

Keep at it. I got bronze the first time as well, but now I've gotten my time down to 23 seconds. All it takes is a little getting used to the keyboard and touch typing instead of sliding fingers around like on swiftkey.

 

[Dizfunctions]

Thanks for the Fleksy suggestion! I'm loving this keyboard!

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You're welcome! It's on sale right now as well, do if you're sure you like it now would be a good to purchase it!

 

[P7M8]

Any keyboards out there with a dedicated number line? I used an S5 briefly and really liked having a dedicated number line instead of having to press and hold or switch to the numerical board.

 

[keepmojo]

Hi
HTC sense input is not so good with auto-correction.
Multiling O Keyboard + emoji is a very good keyboard that respects privacy and doesn't need kill-security-privacy permissions like swiftkeys or swype
lang dictionaries are offline
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control vibration
read terms you added to the dictionary
add words to user-defined dictionary
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compared to :
swiftkeys
In-app purchases
Identity
find accounts on the device
SMS
read your text messages (SMS or MMS)
Photos/Media/Files
test access to protected storage
modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Wi-Fi connection information
view Wi-Fi connections
Device ID & call information
read phone status and identity
Other
receive data from Internet
run at startup
full network access
control vibration
prevent device from sleeping
view network connections

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and swype :
In-app purchases
Identity
find accounts on the device
Contacts
read your contacts
Location
approximate location (network-based)
precise location (GPS and network-based)
SMS
read your text messages (SMS or MMS)
Phone
read call log
Photos/Media/Files
test access to protected storage
modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Microphone
record audio
Wi-Fi connection information
view Wi-Fi connections
Device ID & call information
read phone status and identity
Other
read terms you added to the dictionary
full network access
pair with Bluetooth devices
Google Play license check
control vibration
prevent device from sleeping
view network connections