Hello,
I am really thinking of getting the HTC touch diamond2. I currently have HTC tilt (or tytn II). I use it mostly for messaging. Anyways, my question is: how easy is it to type on the device? Is it as good as an iphone (better or worse)? Can you use your finger tips or do you have to use the stylus? Is there a video I can watch someone typing on it?
Thank you
I have moved from the Touch Pro (with keyboard) like yourself I used it for texts and emails, I thought I would hate the new keyboard but its pretty good, its got heptic feedback on the keys and they are nicely spaced out. Its very responsive to use, the best HTC keyboard I have used and I dont make many mistakes and dont have to use stylus.
new keyboard is great for typing...holding it in two hands a writing with both fingers without any mistake...
That is indeed good news. Can't wait until I get mine. Hopefully it arrives tomorrow. I also type a lot on it and I am hoping that will be a pleasant experience.
Personally I have gone from an AT&T Tilt (Full HW Keyboard) to the TD2 and also thought I would hate the lack of hardware keyboard, but it has really grown on me, and with no problems at all with typing I might stick with the TD2 instead of going onto the TP2. It just works for me, though lack of 3g sucks for me here in the states... lol
I'm thinking of maybe getting the UK version, cause the device is delayed here in Norway.
Question is: Is it difficult to access special symbols (letters) like Æ Ø Å on the UK keyboard?
I've never owned an HTC device so don't know how one normally access them. They are however crucial, and used quite frequently.
nonexclusive said:
I'm thinking of maybe getting the UK version, cause the device is delayed here in Norway.
Question is: Is it difficult to access special symbols (letters) like Æ Ø Å on the UK keyboard?
I've never owned an HTC device so don't know how one normally access them. They are however crucial, and used quite frequently.
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This is a very interesting question, I have refrained from UK version till now, waiting for the french version only to get a soft keyboard with french layout (including é, ç, à, ...). I do not care having the OS localized in english (in fact, i would even choose english over french for the OS), but the qwerty layout is a deal breaker.
Is it possible to change the keyboard layout? Or even better, add different keyboard layout and T9 dictionaries so they appear simultaneously in the WinMo entry switcher? I would love to just switch among the different keyboard installed if needed (having a french one and a non-western thai one would be great, adding japanese would be even better )
I ordered mine from Expansys and they told me, after having talked to HTC, that it would be possible to update the device to include different keyboard layouts. I hope this is correct, because I cannot be without Swedish characters. Otherwise, could Fingerkeyboard solve the issue?
Hi!
Originally I got the 20th of April as a dispatch date form KlartSvar (the reseller used by my employer), but as you say the device is delayed. I talked to a representative from Brightpoint this morning regarding the delay, and he said that the new delivery date to resellers is the 5th of May. Hopefully this is correct, I will wait until then before deciding if I have to look around for a WWE edition somewhere.
If someone could give some information about if it's possible to write accent characters on the WWE xT9 keyboards, I would appreciate the feedback.
I guess that cabs for all languages for EzInput2 (topaz HTC keyboards) will eventually be available anyway, when localized devices start hitting resellers in different countries.
Regards,
PK
nonexclusive said:
I'm thinking of maybe getting the UK version, cause the device is delayed here in Norway.
Question is: Is it difficult to access special symbols (letters) like Æ Ø Å on the UK keyboard?
I've never owned an HTC device so don't know how one normally access them. They are however crucial, and used quite frequently.
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jlp_svk said:
new keyboard is great for typing...holding it in two hands a writing with both fingers without any mistake...
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Are you using the default EzInput? And in landscape mode or portrait? I have a Diamond and had to give up on the Full QWERTY as well as the Compact QWERTY because I hated one-handed typing (and it was too small to type with both hands).
I am currently using SpB Keyboard on my Diamond, with the landscape fullscreen keyboard, and so far that has helped a lot. I can type really fast with two thumbs now.
Special characters are available with the WWE version using the HTC full qwerty keyboard. They aren't visible on the keyboard, but if you press and hold for example the a key a popup character selector appears giving access to
eight different variations of accent including the Æ and Å (I'm typing this on a MAC and don't know how to access these characters on it so can only copy and paste)
You can also used the standard WM keyboard and get at them by pressing the symbol key, but its really only usable with the stylus.
I've got a Diamond, so my question is how is the qwerty keyboard in portrait mode? The reason I ask is because I read a review that said the screen width has not changed between the Diamond and Diamond2. That doesn't seem right. Can anyone comment on both the screen width and typing in portrait mode?
Hi!
Thanks for the feedback! What about the xT9 dictionary then, is it possible to switch to a different languages in the WWE edition? If so, which languages?
Regards,
PK
shuflie said:
Special characters are available with the WWE version using the HTC full qwerty keyboard. They aren't visible on the keyboard, but if you press and hold for example the a key a popup character selector appears giving access to
eight different variations of accent including the Æ and Å (I'm typing this on a MAC and don't know how to access these characters on it so can only copy and paste)
You can also used the standard WM keyboard and get at them by pressing the symbol key, but its really only usable with the stylus.
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paalkr said:
Hi!
Thanks for the feedback! What about the xT9 dictionary then, is it possible to switch to a different languages in the WWE edition? If so, which languages?
Regards,
PK
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Its locked to english, but there may have been an option to select a different language at setup time, to be honest I can't remember and don't want to hard reset to find out. Perhaps someone else will know? If its English only that shouldn't really be a problem, just flash a ROM in your own language when its available.
Got my D2 today. Very happy. But there is no language option as far as the keyboard goes. Have not tried fingerkeyboard yet.
Although i love my phone, sometimes it bugs me when sending messages or emails. I was wondering if there was an application out there that would allow me to either (temporarily) replace / swap arround the full screen keyboard for a standard cellphone looking like keypad (as in where you have to "press" the buttons multiple times for a letter) but would still support the "AT9" feature.
I used the search & found somethin like Finger Keyboard 2 but it does not support my native language dutch. The auther claims that the dutch language uses the same as english layout. However this is only partially true. The phone does come with a qwerty layout, but its the dutch (NETHERLANDS) that use QWERTY on keyboards. I myself am BELGIAN (dutch, totally different country) and we use the AZERTY layout on our keyboards. Although it are minute differences in the layout it still often leaves me searching for letters, symbols.
Can anyone help me ?
You might want to try this and see if it works but i cant say it will 100% but give it a shot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=486227
I have an AT&T Galaxy Tab, flashed with the JMI euro firmware (thanks rotohammer!)
When I attach my keyboard dock, the keyboard acts as though it is a UK keyboard rather than a US keyboard (e.g. the "at" character and the quote character are reversed in location).
Is there anyway of forcing the keyboard to work as a US keyboard?
Thanks in advance for any help
At least you get to use it... I hear the Sprint/Verizon Tabs can't even use the dock..
Yes they can? Verizon sells the dock??? You can't use Sprint or VZW tabs with Bluetooth keyboards.
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is there any keyboard dock with both horizontal&vertical standing?
I have the same problem, @ and " are reversed, there is a British Pound sign where the # should be, and a few other characters are not the way they are on the keyboard. I bought both the GT and the keyboard on my trip to Europe. Any ideas how to change the settings? Thanks
Non bluetooth keyboard doent work on my Sprint Galaxy Tab 10.1
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Yes they can? Verizon sells the dock??? You can't use Sprint or VZW tabs with Bluetooth keyboards.
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Well I can't use mine that I paid $80.00 for..It looks very nice though..Any advice would be helpful..Its not a blue tooth keyboard!!
oem gtab Vs Bluetooth keyboard
I wonder wich is the most, considering to had one :
-oem gtab keyboard with charging ability or
-bluetooth keyboard with practism size
PS : is it possible work with apple bluetooth keyboard on tab?
thanks
OK, I have Samsung Tab, not Verizon and have this same issue.. @ and " are reversed # is pound etc. Any ideas?
just go to setting >locale and setting > locale setting set to English (United State).
That hope will settle your problem with samsung keyboard dock
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First of all forgive me for being an annoying noob I am, but I've been googleing this matter for 3 days with no luck.
So here is the deal: I've purchased a Chinese (I think) GTab (meaning the default locale was Chinese) here in Russia. There was no problem in switching locale to Russian, all fonts work correctly, all translations are good and so on. The problem is, Samsung keyboard doesn't have a Russian language as an option (despite having a bunch of others), and I would love to use a keyboard dock, which only agrees to work with SK. The interesting thing is, the keyboard dock does have a Russian layout, so I have to presume there is actually a way to install it to Samsung keyboard app.
Can anyone spare any advice?
The best I've managed to find so far was a similar topic for the original Tab, but it only applies to android 2.1 and 2.2 as far as I figured (I did try before assuming)
maybe you should try and contact kallt_kaffe.
[email protected]
he develops an app for non US bluetooth keyboards. he is very active in this forum especially in his CM9 Rom thread.
check the app here:
http://www.apedroid.com/android-applications/keyboard-layouts-usb-bt
I just ordered a MoKo bluetooth keyboard from the states, I live in Sweden and obviously type more in Swedish. I also ordered a Nexus 10, meaning I don't have anything physically in front of me.
For some reason I didn't think of the keyboard actually being a US style keyboard (duh), and now I wonder if I will be able to 'manipulate' the keyboard so that the Swedish key setup will be pressed when typing? Don't really know if I make any sense, hehe, don't know how to be clearer really.
Thanks.
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I just ordered a MoKo bluetooth keyboard from the states, I live in Sweden and obviously type more in Swedish. I also ordered a Nexus 10, meaning I don't have anything physically in front of me.
For some reason I didn't think of the keyboard actually being a US style keyboard (duh), and now I wonder if I will be able to 'manipulate' the keyboard so that the Swedish key setup will be pressed when typing? Don't really know if I make any sense, hehe, don't know how to be clearer really.
Thanks.
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I understand what you mean and If there's a way to map the keys then u
It'd work but I'm not sure if there is. Maybe there's an app for it
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Mawnster said:
I just ordered a MoKo bluetooth keyboard from the states, I live in Sweden and obviously type more in Swedish. I also ordered a Nexus 10, meaning I don't have anything physically in front of me.
For some reason I didn't think of the keyboard actually being a US style keyboard (duh), and now I wonder if I will be able to 'manipulate' the keyboard so that the Swedish key setup will be pressed when typing? Don't really know if I make any sense, hehe, don't know how to be clearer really.
Thanks.
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It still will work. When selecting keyboard option in status bar. make sure hardware keyboard is on and the correct keyboard language is chosen. Then the keyboard will be in Sweden setup, hope that helps.
The OS decides what the keystrokes mean, not the keyboard. Right now i'm using a spanish keyboard, works just fine though. The only problem is remembering which buttons do what.
Yeah, I'm pretty familiar with the Swedish setup so I ought to be able to make it!
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