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What is the best keyboard?

Hi,
I just wonder what is the best keyboard for Hero? Smart Keyboard? Swiftkey? or Better keyboard?

Having used most of them I kinda prefer swiftkey at the moment it's quiet good to predict and fix typing errors. I am also waiting for blindtype which should affording to reviews be available soon for both iPhone and android.

rapsass said:
Hi,
I just wonder what is the best keyboard for Hero? Smart Keyboard? Swiftkey? or Better keyboard?
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I have used all three and was using Swiftkey the most. I have however flashed FroydVillian1.1.1 and since the voice input patch I find myself using the voice input most of the time. (it has only been 2 days) It is very good at getting my text correct.

For me it's without a doubt SlideIT. I can type incredibly fast with it.

Swype it good, much better than SlideIT, but if you don't have beta then you need to buy it I think. The HTC sense standard keyboard is pretty good actualy.

Thank you all. I will install all and after a week of trial I will find the suitable for me.

tristan202 said:
For me it's without a doubt SlideIT. I can type incredibly fast with it.
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I just installed it and it is quite good.

i think you just get used to a keyboard rather than one being better than another

There are definitely a substantial difference in the prediction algorithms, and suggestion styles among the various keyboards.
I prefer Swiftkey beta, as it downloads a language pack and frequently predicts the next word I am about to type BEFORE TYPING A SINGLE KEY. Seriously, it'll blow your mind.
BlindType also looks promising, if you care to get that freaky with your keyboard.

SpeeDemon said:
There are definitely a substantial difference in the prediction algorithms, and suggestion styles among the various keyboards.
I prefer Swiftkey beta, as it downloads a language pack and frequently predicts the next word I am about to type BEFORE TYPING A SINGLE KEY. Seriously, it'll blow your mind.
BlindType also looks promising, if you care to get that freaky with your keyboard.
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I tried SwiftKey for a few days, and it was really impressive how it adapted to my writing style. I think it comes with a set of phrases and what-comes-after-what, but it can adapt as you type and (if you allow it, I think) read your old texts to customize itself to your style. I like it.

+1 for swiftkey am loving it wish they had an iphone version as well.

I've made my choise and the winner is Swiftkey. Very good and it's like the soft is reading my mind.

iPhone Theme

I there a nice iPhone Theme available?
Free of charge of course ;-)

An iPhone theme for your Android device?
No.

Brakelseboer said:
I there a nice iPhone Theme available?
Free of charge of course ;-)
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Go buy an iPhone.

lol~~ lmao~~

LOL! talk about an instant beatmove!
in all seriousness. if you have a htc desire or a google nexus one, have a look for the rom called miui if your looking for some heavy customization. if your looking for just an app, there is an app called app4desk which is worth a look at

There's an Iphone theme but you have to pay like 1000 to get it because of the Apple Membership Card Fee.
So yeah.

Android Fanboys are so annoying and immature. He asked a simple question and the peanut gallery just had to chime in.

Loumorep said:
Android Fanboys are so annoying and immature. He asked a simple question and the peanut gallery just had to chime in.
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While I agree especially considering there IS an iPhone theme. Apple fanboys (well any "fanboy") are no better and IMO more often worse. There is a fanboy for just about everything. The problem is they usually are wrong and regurgitate bad info
Personally I feel apple gets a reputation for innovation by simply taking something that already exists polishing it up to look nice and locking it down so it runs smooth. Then they sucker everyone in with the next version that has features the original should have had and other manufacturers already have.
At least when it comes to the mobile devices
Sure they are good and often better than others. But far from the best and not innovative
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Or just use desktop visualizer and hit up deviantart or search here for iphone icons.lol
everybody has diff tastes. and 9 times outta 10 people who use iphones, want say htc themes. or vice versa. No diff than windows mobile people wanting android like themes. etc.. A question is a question why not try to answer and be nice instead of throwing out harse remarks.lol

Blasphemy.
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Miui.... best of both worlds.
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lol. Try MIUI its great but you might have to worry with your battery life with that Rom lol

Oh, if you have a HTC Desire you could try this one www.miui-au.com which uses a different kernel, and to me, it has a better battery life it might work on N1 too

nalakrub said:
Go buy an iPhone.
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It's extremely annoying when some people say this. Just buying an iPhone may not be an option if you're not in a position to do so (I wanted an iPhone but could not use AT&T due to contractual obligations with Sprint). Answer the question or move on if you can't. Some people enjoy Apple's aesthetics--deal with it!
That said--I'll reiterate what others have posted--try the MIUI rom, it's reminiscent of an iPhone's interface. Another thing you can do is to download iPhone screen shots and get some widgets that match the clock and some of the icons and wallpaper, it's going to take some work though. The iPhone's icons are out there, I've seen them but never downloaded them. Use something like Launcher PRO or ADW to replace icons. Download the iPhone sounds from the market--I have those.
The wonderful thing about Android is it's dynamic and flexible interface capabilities. You can essentially make your phone look like any cell phone interface you like, WinMO, iOS, Blackberry, etc... Ejoy this device!

semperlux said:
It's extremely annoying when some people say this. Just buying an iPhone may not be an option if you're not in a position to do so (I wanted an iPhone but could not use AT&T due to contractual obligations with Sprint). Answer the question or move on if you can't. Some people enjoy Apple's aesthetics--deal with it!
That said--I'll reiterate what others have posted--try the MIUI rom, it's reminiscent of an iPhone's interface. Another thing you can do is to download iPhone screen shots and get some widgets that match the clock and some of the icons and wallpaper, it's going to take some work though. The iPhone's icons are out there, I've seen them but never downloaded them. Use something like Launcher PRO or ADW to replace icons. Download the iPhone sounds from the market--I have those.
The wonderful thing about Android is it's dynamic and flexible interface capabilities. You can essentially make your phone look like any cell phone interface you like, WinMO, iOS, Blackberry, etc... Enjoy this device!
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Well said.

iClone is a launcher that looks like an iphone. u can find it in the market for 0.74€.

check out inexus
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853544

ablivian said:
iClone is a launcher that looks like an iphone. u can find it in the market for 0.74€.
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I just installed this. Seems a bit twitchy but nevertheless a nice interpretation of the iPhone--best one I've seen, Thanks!

iClone
Try out iClone:
http://www.androidpit.de/de/android/market/apps/app/com.kingyo.iClone/iClone-iPhone-Theme

isnt it a bit laggy? i mean the iclone?

[Q] Requests Rom Samsung Galaxy Note with HTC Sense 3.5

Can you do it?

Folks over at sgs2 have been trying to port it over for quite sometime now. I doubt you will see it anytime soon. Besides do you really want sense?
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Yes, I want Sence I've had so many HTC with Sense and like it especially 3.5.

awesome-member said:
Folks over at sgs2 have been trying to port it over for quite sometime now. I doubt you will see it anytime soon. Besides do you really want sense?
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Do i want sense? Yes, Its great! Touchwiz is not as refined.
Sense features i miss
The great Audio player, Better than power amp (In my opinion)
Fantastic lockscreen (customizable)
Great People, weather and calendar widgets
Perfect Dialpad
Well designed SMS and email client
And all the other sense themed widgets.
I know i lot of these features can be added with apps from the market, But none i have found so far have the Tidy uniform look of sense. Parts of touchwiz look like they have been made by a colour blind monkey! Also one of my biggest gripes with touchwiz is the lockscreen (poor animation, lack of customization and sometimes unresponsive) If i try to use a different lockscreen, NoLED stops working, which i like because the lack of a physical notification LED.
So far i have tried-
SPB shell 3D - expensive, and still needs some work for are device, but looks cool. More looks over substance
Launcher Pro - Its OK, just basic
Go laucher, Go Locker, Go Contacts - Good attempt, just not as refined and not optimized for the screen resolution of the note
The note, hardware wise, is the best Phone (yes it is a phone) I have owned. Personally i feel touchwiz needs some work.
Now others may love touhwiz, So i do not want this thread to turn into a fanboi thread of either way! This is just my opinion, its not intended to irritate anybody.
For one, i would love to see a sense rom for such great hardware!
Overall i like the note, and with any luck ICS will null my gripes.
Sorry to OP if i have hijacked this thread, Just sparked all my (common) sense thoughts off at once
Also best place for questions is the Q&A section.
Take it easy
O_G

MacRoy said:
Can you do it?
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no wont be done

For me TouchWiz and Sense is same ****. Go Launcher is normal. Holo is the best launcher I ever use. I hope samsung will not forget or ignore about this.

It was hard to get used to touchwiz after Htv Sense for first few days. I tried to find similar widgets to make it more look and function like htc sense. Then as more I get used to touchwiz the less I hated it. If I had a choice I would still prefer htc sense as already mentioned it is pretty well designed graphically and functionally out of the box. But I discover some touchwiz features missing in htc sense too. For instance uninstalling apps right from the app drawer is awesome just as practical as uninstalling on iphone. Samsung touchwiz seems to have it all as separate widgets and os wise but they are not as a whole package in terms of visual integrity and not as functional as sense considering each app separately. Some of features like remote tracking is not even in default rom unless you add them urself later which takes some research to even find out it's even possible. HTC sense serves it all as a whole package , even the navigating software you can purchase it right from the htc location widget and it is adapted to rest of widgets. Contact integration from different accounts like facebook, google, twitter etc is merged automatically on htc sense by choice which is missing on touchwiz. You have to add your htcsense user id and pass only once on Sense and it is recognized automatically on related apps like "htc likes" but on touchwiz you have to add your samsung account each time again and again for apps like "samsung apps" etc... Considering outstanding hardware features of Gnote I have no intension to go back to htc just for sense as none of their devices are even close to gnote recently but I would definitely like to see samsung engineers put more effort on improving touchwiz in terms of compatible graphic design, integrated all-in features , user friendly ui to make it more competitive against htc sense which seems to be only superiority of htc devices still left.
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Not going to happen people. Have you EVER seen a non HTC device with Sense? Correct, and that won't change.

Moto Milestone had sense port
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Im surprised it took 4 months for this kind of thread to pop up. I will never understand the ram hogging hype. It reminds me of iphone users bragging about a million apps so they can swipe the screen from left to right doing nothing.
But all in all we are using android which gives us plenty of options. If a clone of sense doesnt work. Theres always that option of making it yourself.
I swore launcher pro widgets were a exact replica of htc sense. Matched up with a theme and it was good to go. Plus that customizable widget app that did more things then htc lockscreen. But im guessing this isnt good enough.

Sense used to be great and now it's just too bloated

Thanks for the responses. I guess its each to here own. Now i have been assigned to this forum, i shall put this thread in its correct place.
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sense just has the best dialer avaible. the touchwiz dialer just doesnt find if i search for "uiop" and there is clearly a "qwertz uiop" in the contacts. sense dialer finds that.
aldo the touchwiz keyboard is odd... long press makes caps lock chars... sense gives you signs like "+ -*& %". i solved that with swiftkey x... but for the dialer theres no replacement right now. ex dialer is the closest but it needs 10 seconds or more to load the call log. thats not acceptable.
i like that the phone features of a phone are excelent, not just satisfiyng.

Why are there two of the exact same thread..?
From the exact same person..

Sense is an abomination, why would you want to buy the fastest phone available just to bog it down with bloatware, reducing it to a level of performance of a 1GHz single-core? But, to each his own - sadly, no way to make a Sense rom for a non-HTC device, if only for legality reasons. Sense is, at least partly, proprietary code.

Sense is the best out of the box android UI. Period.

I've just recently got my Galaxy Note and I'll admit I do miss the sense from my HTC Desire HD. Personally, it seems more intuitive when it comes to shortcuts, integration and it is visually appealing. However, I know it slows down the phone as it did that to my HTC Desire HD, especially when I updated to the latest sense. It's very laggy and the amount of animations are completely unnecessary. I don't need an animation of the page swivelling onto the screen when unlocking the phone. I'll miss the ease of access to certain things, but I want to get use to touchwiz.

There is an option to get Sense 3.0 or 3.5
Hi All,
there is an easier way to get sense plus even more ....
that is the only phone HTC HD2
you can get it cheap on ebay aution...
like mine had... and you love it, it flash from WM6.5 to WP7 to android .. to Ubuntu.... and more ...

wilson_sony said:
Hi All,
there is an easier way to get sense plus even more ....
that is the only phone HTC HD2
you can get it cheap on ebay aution...
like mine had... and you love it, it flash from WM6.5 to WP7 to android .. to Ubuntu.... and more ...
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LOL! You come to a Note forum to suggest an HD2? A phone that's so inferior it's not even funny?
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Zamboney said:
LOL! You come to a Note forum to suggest an HD2? A phone that's so inferior it's not even funny?
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Sometimes HD2 with sense onboard acts smoother than Note with TW.
So if you want Sense, HD2 is your perfect choice.
Its hardly possible to port Sense to Note or other non-HTC devices.
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Parallax

I just saw the iOS 7 video, and I thought the parallax thing was pretty awesome. you guys think that this could happen with the android? or is there some hardware limitation?
and wow, other than the icon, I think the systems looks really aesthetic for the new iPhone. I'm sticking with my HTC One for another 2 years though

Traitor!
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lol what? I'm not the one with an apple avatar jk

upperg said:
I just saw the iOS 7 video, and I thought the parallax thing was pretty awesome. you guys think that this could happen with the android? or is there some hardware limitation?
and wow, other than the icon, I think the systems looks really aesthetic for the new iPhone. I'm sticking with my HTC One for another 2 years though
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Tada
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/apple-...e-on-android-since-november-video-12-06-2013/

you mean the 3d background... ? This was possible on android for over a year now.

lopuandroid said:
you mean the 3d background... ? This was possible on android for over a year now.
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He means the wallpaper scrolling as you tilt the phone.

its called 3d image live wallpaper on the play store. pretty neat right.
playstore direct link, just a couple bucks.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm9wb3RlY2guaW1hZ2UzRGx3cCJd
there is other ways to getting it lol

Add number row to stock Google keyboard

The gang over at Android Central (thanks to user Executor32) shared what I thought to be an often sought after keyboard tweak. Very simple to do as well!
Click here

don't like the symbols to the right of the keyboard. those kind of ruined the keyboard.

vikramjatt11 said:
don't like the symbols to the right of the keyboard. those kind of ruined the keyboard.
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It is kind of weird I agree, but an option for some. Although it's just like a desktop PC keyboard, you would have to really get used to using the shift key like you do on a physical keyboard

jbdan said:
It is kind of weird I agree, but an option for some. Although it's just like a desktop PC keyboard, you would have to really get used to using the shift key like you do on a physical keyboard
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vikramjatt11 said:
don't like the symbols to the right of the keyboard. those kind of ruined the keyboard.
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Check this thread out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387785
I used to use these on my Nexus 5 havent tried them on my Nexus 6

If you don't like this you can use the g3 cloudy keyboard
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2767660

Kinda weird but I like it lol.

I have been spoiled by the Samsung Note keyboards that have been ported to the S3. When I get my AT&T Nexus 6 a year from now when AT&T gets their crap together, I hope someone will have ported a Samsung Note style keyboard to the Nexus 6. It's a VERY user friendly design.