What rom has the best keyboard one that kind of mimic's lg g2 ?
Why would you have to when you can load keyboards?
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Why would you have to when you can load keyboards?
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Pretty much this. You can find a bunch of keyboards in the Play Store and elsewhere. Don't choose your ROM based on the keyboard - you can install one you like really easily. As for which one would most closely resemble the G2's? I'm not sure, but my personal favorite is Kii. It's incredibly customizable, and you can even set it to have an extra row dedicated to the numbers. I think it'd be nice to check that out.
SwiftKey ftw
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I wish I could have the Google keyboard version 1.1.1881.801980 but with a 4th row for numbers.
This is the version before Google removed the blue color, rearranged the layout, and possibly changed something relating to the gesture/swipe type. This version runs smooth on my Bionic, as opposed to the versions in the market now; which are slow to load and gesture/swipe is choppy and less accurate (in my opinion and/or experience).
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Today the Pulse RSS reader got an update, and my experience has been disappointing!
Pulse is\was one of my favorite apps... the older versions (available until today) allowed about 6 feeds to be viewable in landscape mode.
It seems like they changed the resolution for the rows, ans now I can only see 2.5 rows on the whole screen!
Perhaps they'll sort this out later, but for today I would recommend NOT downloading the update if you use Pulse on a Gtablet (VEGAn 5.1).
Just wanted to spare everyone else the disappointment. Also... there is no setting in the app to change the new resolution. If I'm wrong, please share!
Also, if anyone was smart enough to save an old .apk, could you be kind enough to link it here?
There is already another thread for Pulse and someone has posted a link to the old version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10735980#post10735980
Oh thanks sjmoreno. I got the old apk. Thank goodness!
The updated Pulse doesn't even show up in the Market for me. I guess I'm lucky?
They plan on releasing an update to fix this today.
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I used Titanium and went back to 1.8 on the G. Must admit the larger size is nice on the Incredible. Too hard to see the smaller thumbnails with 3.7" display.
Pulse needs an option for small and large thumbs for this reason.
I may not update Pulse on my Inc and keep 1.9.
Even the update sucks...
It only scales it very minimally, so instead of 2 rows being shown now there are 3.
Fail for tablets!
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Tostino said:
Even the update sucks...
It only scales it very minimally, so instead of 2 rows being shown now there are 3.
Fail for tablets!
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I agree, and am disappointed. Why break something like this?
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I agree, and am disappointed. Why break something like this?
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What looks great on a 7" or 10" tablet looks microscopic on a phone. Almost all of the market is driven by phone displays. On my Incredible, I prefer the update far better than 1.8, but prefer 1.8 far better on the G.
Keeping 1.8 on the G and 1.91 on the Inc. Dev should offer BOTH size options, rather than trying to choose sides.
Just wondering, I'm getting a nook soon and I was wondering which was the best
in your opinions.
TKB Thumb Keyboard
+1 for TKB Thumb Keyboard
I used stock then tried better keyboard but didn't care for it much. Stock works just fine.
SlideIT works for me. Needed an easy copy/paste function and it works great.
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Thumb Keyboard is the best. Next would be stock B&N keyboard
I like SwiftKey. Once it learns your writing style it can be very quick for writing document.
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I love the droid x multitouch keyboard!
SlideIt is similar to Swype, which I love but isn't available on the Nook.
I use slideit as well. Once I taught it the words that I use for school documents, this thing became awesome for editing and revising on the go - but maybe I use this thing for writing more than others. Dropbox is crucial here as well, paired with the Quick Office HD from the Notion Ink ports.
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I like SwiftKey. Once it learns your writing style it can be very quick for writing document.
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Swiftkey Beta (hopefully releasing to market soon) is bad ass on the tablet. I can bang away and besides me hitting the silly B&N shortcut and getting off in the wrong place, my typing is magically fixed and it's almost always dead on. You should see my typing on the tablet when I'm in an app like irssibot where it doesn't autocorrect.... AMAZING how much it fixes...
Behind it, Smartkeyboard Pro worked really well, I actually was in the process of switching to it from Swiftkey as it does a really good job of fixing when I'm jabbing away at random keys at figuring out what I really meant to type, but then Swiftkey's beta one-upped 'em.. Ah well.
I am running froyo 6.6.6 and i just installed the Notion Ink Adam keyboard that is linked to in a couple of threads. I have to say this is the best keyboard I have used so far, I even like it better than the gingerbread keyboard i was using on eclair.
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Smart Keyboard
I use Swype.
I'm using SlideIT over here. Although I think I just might have to go and try out a few of these other keyboards.
Nice topic, OP!
I just started using the Honeycomb keyboard, as I put HC on it yesterday. Other than that, I always used Smart Keyboard Pro. I use it all the time on the Dinc, but I didn't like the way it looked scaled up on the NC.
Smartkeyboard Pro
I'm running Swiftkey
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I use Swype.
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You have swype on your NC?
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I use Swype.
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A) Which version of Android are you on?
B) How?
I've been looking for a third-party keyboard that's suitable for the Bionic. I know this device has a higher than normal resolution, so I don't know if some of the more-known keyboards would work properly if they can't scale to the proper resolution. Plus, I don't like the all white stock keyboard layout, I'd like to have something either darker or that can be customized. Anyone have suggestions?
I have been using "Better Keyboard 8" for almost 3yrs.
Swiftkey X, some of the best word prediction I've seen. It scans your old inputs in order to automatically add words to the dictionary, and better predict what you're looking for.
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Swiftkey X, some of the best word prediction I've seen. It scans your old inputs in order to automatically add words to the dictionary, and better predict what you're looking for.
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+9001. Best keyboard app I've used. They've got a newer version in private beta right now as well.
I think the stock keyboard is amazing, if you just dont like the colors, you can just edit them in photoshop, theyre just a bunch of .pngs
Try Thumb Keyboard... It has a ton of themes and tweaks to play with, and on a phone as big as the Bionic, having the option of a split keyboard would be great! I use it on my Galaxy Tab and my D3, and love it.
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I am really picky on this subject and definetly want something that looks sharp.
The darky keyboard looks amazing. There is a thread started for it specifically that now has an install zip. Huge thanks to Versatile1 for this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18365931
Also the gingerbread keyboard in the market looks very good too. This keyboard also takes up the least amount of screen space when portrait.
"Keyboard from android 2.3"
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I actually just changed to Thumb Keyboard. Loving it so far.
Just a heads up, a number of developers have released AOSP based versions of the Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard into the Market. I downloaded the one by Binary Bulge and it's just perfect on the NC. The predictions are better than any tap keyboard I've ever user other than SwiftKey. And unlike the Gingerbread keyboard, it actually sizes properly to our tablets. I am starting to find very credible the rumour that Google included BlindType technology in ICS. Go ahead and try it out...you'll be impressed. It even manages to auto correct if two words get mashed together by accident.
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Yeah they've been released for a while, I'm using the same one (by Binary Bulge) on all my devices and it works great.
It looks a bit funny on the Nook Color though, the keys are huge in comparison to other keyboards on the NC. I guess that's not a bad thing though.
IMO a split keyboard is a must have for a tablet. I prefer Thumb Keyboard.
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Yeah they've been released for a while, I'm using the same one (by Binary Bulge) on all my devices and it works great.
It looks a bit funny on the Nook Color though, the keys are huge in comparison to other keyboards on the NC. I guess that's not a bad thing though.
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Hmm, on CM7.1 at 160 dpi, the keys are big but not excessive. It's the right size for a tablet keyboard, and similar to the size presented by Swype. The native Gingerbread keyboard comes up far undersized.
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Hmm, on CM7.1 at 160 dpi, the keys are big but not excessive. It's the right size for a tablet keyboard, and similar to the size presented by Swype. The native Gingerbread keyboard comes up far undersized.
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I think the native GB keyboard is pretty much perfect. I use this ICS keyboard on my phone and I think it works great, good prediction and speed, etc. But on my NC it just makes it look like a gigantic, oversize phone. No reason for the letters to be so huge.
I suspect once we get ICS on some tablets there will be a much better keyboard. For now I am sticking with the GB keyboard in CM7.1.
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I think the native GB keyboard is pretty much perfect. I use this ICS keyboard on my phone and I think it works great, good prediction and speed, etc. But on my NC it just makes it look like a gigantic, oversize phone. No reason for the letters to be so huge.
I suspect once we get ICS on some tablets there will be a much better keyboard. For now I am sticking with the GB keyboard in CM7.1.
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I guess it's a matter of preference. The GB keyboard in CM7.1 is basically the same height as a phone keyboard, but I find the ergonomics of a 7" tablet are such that I need more height than that to be able to use it effectively.
The ICS Keyboard sure is something that I absolutely love, kinda happy someone backported it to our properly working CM7 Gingerbread.
It's what will keep me going until Dalingrin and Fattire fixed their CM9 Build up to be a good replacement.
I tried it and must say they already did a fair bunch of work, it was a nice testdrive and the sweet taste of the ICS keyboard remains with that wonderful backport.
I tried the ics keyboard from johntanmi. I found the predictions to be near useless. For instance when typing out "pred" it suggests Pres, pred, or pared. Why not "prediction, predictions, predator..." etc.
FlexT9 is my favourite by far.
another vote here for split keyboard! it has an ICS theme too
good find! Thanks for this!
What I hate about the stock keyboard is very few long-press shortcuts, like /, numbers, etc.. I HATE having to go into a separate mode for them.
And the ICS keyboard has a bunch of keys in the bottom-right area which I keep hitting by accident.. I dunno why but I kept hitting "," repeatedly last night on ICS.
I think I'll just keep using Swiftkey X
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What I hate about the stock keyboard is very few long-press shortcuts, like /, numbers, etc.. I HATE having to go into a separate mode for them.
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Yes, I seriously missed this for a while after switching from the HTC_IME_mod. But then I figured out something.
The numbers on the stock GB keyboard are there for long-press, same for the ICS keyboard. Most punctuation is there in the prediction area. Missing are "/", "@" and some others that might be useful, but most of what you normally need is there without a long-press.
Just in case you may not have noticed - for numbers and punctuation you can now hold on the ?123, glide to the character you want, let go, and it snaps back to the letter keyboard. Quicker than three taps.
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The default google keyboard is a little small and i want to try to get larger one. Any App recommendation? Thx
You can try out TouchPal X or Fleksy Beta. I like those 2 the best out of all that I tried.
Swiftkey, no question.
Thumb keyboard is pretty sweet
Swiftkey, hands down.
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The default google keyboard is a little small and i want to try to get larger one. Any App recommendation? Thx
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SwiftKey owns...this has been vetted out over and over on XDA. Google keyboard is marginally improved after the update last week...but SwiftKey is and has always been better. I'm waiting for Google to just buy them.
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The default google keyboard is a little small and i want to try to get larger one. Any App recommendation? Thx
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try Kii keyboard, you can completely customize the layout, make it as big as you want. has swiping and google voice input built in.
I personally use swype. I love the copy paste shortcuts as well as the number keypad shortcut and it's the best for swyping, though it doesn't have google voice input, which sucks cause dragon doesn't have offline voice.
i've heard people go on and on about swiftkey for years, and i've used the paid version of it for a number of months and i just don't get the hype. It got a LOT better once it introduced FLOW, but even then, it's just not as good as swype. doesn't have the swype shortcuts either.
my #2 choice is Kii and i think for your purposes, to make the keyboard bigger, it's the best choice.
Another vote for SwiftKey
SwiftKey hands down.
Flash back to December 2011. After losing my beloved droid 2 with its decent keyboard I upgraded to the galaxy nexus. Fast. Big. Beautiful. Can't type on it, useless. Luckily I had purchased SwiftKey for 10 cents during the marketplace transition.
Immediately hooked. Loved the ease of typing.
Although some days I still crave how my blackberry storm typed. Did it just click?
The photon Q 4G lte is probably the best keyboard I've ever tried though. Sigh. Maybe phonebloks project Ara will address this some day....
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try Kii keyboard, you can completely customize the layout, make it as big as you want. has swiping and google voice input built in.
I personally use swype. I love the copy paste shortcuts as well as the number keypad shortcut and it's the best for swyping, though it doesn't have google voice input, which sucks cause dragon doesn't have offline voice.
i've heard people go on and on about swiftkey for years, and i've used the paid version of it for a number of months and i just don't get the hype. It got a LOT better once it introduced FLOW, but even then, it's just not as good as swype. doesn't have the swype shortcuts either.
my #2 choice is Kii and i think for your purposes, to make the keyboard bigger, it's the best choice.
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I'm with this guy, never really cared for swiftkey, but loved Kii and the stock motorola keyboard
Me like Kii just what i wanted. i prefer to actually type my messages and now that it is larger, i can type better yay! gold star
Seconding Kii, it's fantastic, VERY close to stock, and just customizable enough for my needs.
bought thumb keyboard for my orginal nexus 7 when i was new to tablets its only keyboard i use
I use swiftkey, It's highly customisable since the last update. Kii sounds great too but I never tried. One of the reasons why I use swiftkey over the competition (and even google keyboard) is that it allows you to use different keyboard layouts and languages at the same time.
SwiftKey.. Hate the stupid small stock keyboard.. Since the last update SwiftKey is the bomb... And it has full emoji support built in like the stock google one... ??????????????????
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Better Keyboard: Kii
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zl.inputmethod.latin
An alternative to Smart Keyboard.