which keyboard to go with - Nexus 7 General

I'm looking to spend my $25 credit and I'm thinking keyboard.
Opinions on keyboards for the nexus 7?

You'll get so many different answers, try the free versions.
Swiftkey 3 for me though since you ask.
It told me earlier it'd saved me 10,000 keystrokes on my mobile and over 5,000 on nexus already.

Try thumb keyboard. Its great in landscape mode, and you can customize the keyboard as well!
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I also suggest SwiftKey 3. One of the advantages for me is that it offers word suggestions and auto-correct in up to 3 languages at the same time. It also has the option for arrow keys at the bottom in the phone version.
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I'll cosign Swiftkey. In landscape mode it's almost perfect, and works well enough that I feel natural using it. I still finding it surprising that I lke it so much considering my phone has a physical keyboard and I formerly used Swype as the alternative.

Swift for tablet or phone for the nexas 7?

hellz99 said:
Swift for tablet or phone for the nexas 7?
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i use the phone version since Swiftkey refuses to provide an option for displaying arrow keys (on the main keyboard) on the tablet version

Thumb keyboard is one of my favorites for both phones and tablets
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I use Hackers Keyboard and love it, and its free

I use perfect keyboard. I love its split keyboard for for when I'm typing in landscape.
I second hackers keyboard for if you want something with the same layout as a real keyboard.
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I've used Ultra Keyboard for over a year on my Nook Color and now on the Nexus. It has arrow keys, which I find invaluable.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.binarybulge.android.apps.keyboard.full&hl=en

Not that it helps with your credit, but I recommend Swype. I'm a little biased since I used to work for them, but I think it is the best keyboard input for touch bar none. You can get on the beta by visiting beta.Swype.com... this message was composed using Swype.
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Chinpokomon said:
Not that it helps with your credit, but I recommend Swype. I'm a little biased since I used to work for them, but I think it is the best keyboard input for touch bar none. You can get on the beta by visiting beta.Swype.com... this message was composed using Swype.
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Wow, you used to work for them?? Why did you quit?

He could have been fired or retired...doesn't mean he quit.
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Swype beta is free and oh so buttery

Torn between swype and swift key on the nexus 7 myself. I use swype on my galaxy tab 10.1 and love it there but it can't touch the predictive accuracy of swift key. On my HTC One X I use swift key which I'd like to use on my nexus 7 but its buggy in Chrome for some reason. For now I'm sticking to the stock keyboard until I find something else or swift key update resolves the bugs.
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I've been using SwiftKey tablet and like it.
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Smartkeyboard for both phone and tablet. Great stuff!

I'm a devoted Swype user. Sometimes it acts strangely on webpages though. If that happens I switch to stock until in off that page
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I use Thumb Keyboard, I got it when it was the amazon free app of the day, and I really enjoy it. Although it seems to have some issues with Chrome that I'm having trouble figuring out.

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Swiftkey beta (Tablet)

Just got an email to test it.
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I got it to you have to sign up for their vip
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yup just got it
http://www.swiftkey.net/vip/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=518
Just started using it not bad at all. I just wish it was a cross between this and thumb keyboard. This one feels just a little small in split keyboard mode
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I registered. How will it take for me to get approved?
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Thanks for the post!
jvs60 said:
I registered. How will it take for me to get approved?
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The process took less then 2 minutes from registering to downloading - have it now and about to install.
Looks ok.
I think Thumb Keyboard has a lot more functionality (directional keys, readily accessible punctuations, @ symbol, parentheses, .com key with extras [.net, .org, .etc) when longpressed and all other 'tabbed' symbols just require a longpress, too.
Just MHO.
Here are some screen shots just not a big fan of the full screen text input. Would also like split me keyboard in portrait.
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Yeah, they definitely need to make the keys a little bigger.
dch921 said:
Just started using it not bad at all. I just wish it was a cross between this and thumb keyboard. This one feels just a little small in split keyboard mode
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I think it works great!
Hated it, went back to stock. Takes way too much realestate in portrait, my main viewing format.
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dboftlp said:
Hated it, went back to stock. Takes way too much realestate in portrait, my main viewing format.
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You are the first person I have seen that primarily uses their tablet in portrait.
ghoticov said:
You are the first person I have seen that primarily uses their tablet in portrait.
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haha me too... why would you need this keyboard if you are using it in portrait? wouldn't stock work well enough? just wondering.... but the whole full screen force thing is bad, thumb keyboard does it too by default, but you can override it.
Hey I am waiting to have my account admin approved on swiftkeys site, in the mean time could someone post the APK for the keyboard!?!
Pretty plz!
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Hey I am waiting to have my account admin approved on swiftkeys site, in the mean time could someone post the APK for the keyboard!?!
Pretty plz!
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patience grasshopper. they are really fast about it, shouldn't be more than a few minutes. respect developers' wishes. if they wanted it out here they would have posted it here.
Trying it out now, so far I love the look of the app and it has been working great.
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It needs some work still, I was on a closed beta (which I think I can admit), and of course, now use the open beta available on the forum.
But despite the issues with sizing and the alternate keys for symbols and stuff, the predictive text is still like the number one need when typing on a tablet, and it is so much more useful than stock. I don't use split mode atm, because of the key sizes, but I'm hoping I'll like that once they get it worked out.
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It needs some work still, I was on a closed beta (which I think I can admit), and of course, now use the open beta available on the forum.
But despite the issues with sizing and the alternate keys for symbols and stuff, the predictive text is still like the number one need when typing on a tablet, and it is so much more useful than stock. I don't use split mode atm, because of the key sizes, but I'm hoping I'll like that once they get it worked out.
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The common theme seems to be the small buttons are an issue. Hopefully they will make th necessary adjustments.
I'm sure they will, it was among the first comments in the closed beta. I'm using standard layout for now.
Also, nobody can deny... SwiftKey's style on the Xoom is freaking awesome.

SwiftKey x beta = best kbd for the Zio

A pretty gutsy claim, yes.
But I've been typing with this kbd for 2 days now, and I gotta say that with the general impreciseness of our screens, this keyboard allows me to type 50% faster than any other kbd on the market.
It has predictive text, but also searches for words that go with the prior word typed.
It also has the ability to learn from your typing style by analyzing your sms, text, gmail and facebook messages.
I highly recommend this keyboard for ALL zio owners.
You can download it @:
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey.phone.trial
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It is starting to give me a language pack error
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Very nice but at 17mb it eats up alot of ram. I'll give it a try for a while longer and see how well it really works.
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Its a beta release, so there are going to be bugs Im sure. Works 100% for me, and Im tellin ya, its far superior to all kbds I've tried. Even ultra kbd 0.o
Yeah, it does take up a little more RAM, but for the functionality, and the responseness of the program, I dont mind. Also being as it is a beta release, there might be some more code trimming to be done that will reduce the amount of ram.
But, If you think about it, its one of the most important apps for your phone; your keyboard. With that said, I wouldnt mind if it took up 20-25Mb, as long as it performs just as it does now. With my ROM installed, Im still at 55Mb-60Mb free RAM with it installed (and thats NOT stock -- on an established system).
I got the Language pack Error as well. Go into Settings/Language Profile/Language and download the English or whatever language you use.
I have purchased swift key and have been using it for over a year now. I rarely need to use more than two or three key strokes per word. The way it predicts the next word is simply amazing. Hands down the best keyboard replacement out there. Those of you who are using the beta version and having trouble with it should try the 30 day trial of swift key without the X available on the market.
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Download the English language pack by opening SwiftKey X from your app drawer.
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Got it working, damn this thing is magic fn magic
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Funny thing is I bought the program a year ago but hardly used it, way quicker than smart keyboard.
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Nice to see you guys comin' around to SwiftKey. i've been using it for quite a while and got in on the VIP/beta program for 2/X. It's gotten better and better over the last several months.
Option to apply skins is planned, too, FYI.
After using this keyboard for about two weeks, all I can say is SIMPLY AMAZING. The way it predicts words is phenomenal I rarely even have to type anything as it pieces together sentences for me almost flawlessly. I highly recommend this to anyone frustrated by the lame stock keyboards from android, or I would put it against any of the slide,swype style keyboards any day.
SwiftKey was super slow on my Zio. I'm not sure why everybody has such luck with it. Smart Keyboard Pro is way faster and uses up less memory. The text prediction really does suck though
Check out ThickButtons. Free. Best for zio IMO
Yeah I'm gonna go ahead and say swiftkey speech to text for the win I'm using it right now
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Hands down the most amazing speech to text for android I've ever seen it's phenomenal
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What do you use for Landscape keyboard

Using SwiftKey tablet right now. Keys seem only moderately responsive.
Is there a way to use different keyboards for portrait and landscape? If so, how?
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Is there a way to use different keyboards for portrait and landscape? If so, how?
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Keyboard Manager. Requires root. Compatibility not guaranteed - I haven't tried it with the Nexus yet.
Swype Beta... I just tap instead of swipe.
rockky said:
Using SwiftKey tablet right now. Keys seem only moderately responsive.
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I like Hacker's Keyboard. I keep going back to it for landscape mode.
Swiftkey 3 for me, works perfect for me.
okantomi said:
I like Hacker's Keyboard. I keep going back to it for landscape mode.
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I use this and thumb keyboard
Thumb Keyboard for me, my favorite.
Anyone getting a random vertical black line flash quickly when using thumb keyboard in landscape? I exchanged my tablet thinking it was a defect with the unit but it might be caused by the keyboard..
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What do people suggest as the best keyboard for terminal emulators? I've been using the default Android keyboard, but the lack of TAB, CTRL, etc. get annoying. I was wondering if there is a keyboard suited for this type of text entry.
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What do people suggest as the best keyboard for terminal emulators? I've been using the default Android keyboard, but the lack of TAB, CTRL, etc. get annoying. I was wondering if there is a keyboard suited for this type of text entry.
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Hacker's keyboard is made just for that.. hacker aka programing.
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Hacker's keyboard is made just for that.. hacker aka programing.
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Thanks, I'll check it out.
Is there a way to default to different keyboards based on the app that you're using at the time?
John
I use FlexT9 by Nuance on both phone and tablet. It is very good and allows input 4 ways. Voice, swipe, type and write.
OMG Hacker's Keyboard is awesome!!!!!
Not only does it give me ctrl, alt, arrow keys, etc., but it makes entering symbols so much easier. Especially for passwords.
Thanks again for the recommendation.
Thumb Keyboard. Customizable sizing makes it worlds better than any other keyboard available.
I like thumb keyboard. Got it when it was the FOD from amazon
Swype.
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Is there a way to use different keyboards for portrait and landscape? If so, how?
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kirbfucius said:
Thumb Keyboard for me, my favorite.
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+1 for Thumb Keyboard. Arrow cursor keys, several choices for portrait and landscape layouts.
Thanks everyone for reccomending thumb keyboard. Bought it with my Google credit and its perfect for typing in landscape
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miketoasty said:
Swiftkey 3 for me, works perfect for me.
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Swype beta

For the first time, tonight I was finally able to install this great keyboard on the N7.
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Good story.... Swype is a great keyboard, but not sure if this warrants a new thread.
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I use swype on my phone. However I've not bothered with it on the N7. The standard keyboard does swype style movements and seems to be better for standard typing when I fancy it.
NorthernNoel said:
I use swype on my phone. However I've not bothered with it on the N7. The standard keyboard does swype style movements and seems to be better for standard typing when I fancy it.
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Swype 1.3 is the best and could never be replaced. The only thing that sucks is it uses its own voice recognition so you can't use Google voice offline recognition.
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Note 2 keyboard on One

Is it possible to put the galaxy note 2 keyboard on the One? Does it need to be rooted?
I really like the 5 row setup. I tried hackers keyboard as an alternative but didn't like it. Too many extra keys.
The note 2 keyboard was amazing.
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Have you tried using Kii Keyboard? It has an option for the number row and when it shows up too (portrait only, landscape only, both). Only thing though is that it's a paid feature, although they let you try it out for an hour.
I'll give it a try. I've not used that before.
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The Kii keyboard seemed to do the trick... But I'd still love to get the note 2 keyboard for free instead of spending the money. Is that part of the Samsung os?
Can it work on sense?
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jeffreykime said:
The Kii keyboard seemed to do the trick... But I'd still love to get the note 2 keyboard for free instead of spending the money. Is that part of the Samsung os?
Can it work on sense?
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I don't think it would be as simple as installing an app if that's what you are thinking. Keep in mind the Note 2 keyboard has the handwriting input option and other Note 2 specific features. I, too, would love to have the keyboard. I think someone more experienced with this stuff than you and I could figure it out but if I were you, I'd just look for the best alternative.

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