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Best most iphone like keyboard

I'm going to admit that I love the iphone keyboard
The spacing between the keys just works for me
I've been trying to duplicate that on my evo and having a hard time
Tried swype and eh
Tried swiftkey and its great but keys are super close to each other
Tried the droid multi touch and it feels slow
Tried htc mod and its closer since I can modify the spacing but still Its a bit slow
Anyone have any recommendations or tips for a keyboard

Jsimon9633 said:
I'm going to admit that I love the iphone keyboard
The spacing between the keys just works for me
I've been trying to duplicate that on my evo and having a hard time
Tried swype and eh
Tried swiftkey and its great but keys are super close to each other
Tried the droid multi touch and it feels slow
Tried htc mod and its closer since I can modify the spacing but still Its a bit slow
Anyone have any recommendations or tips for a keyboard
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All the ones I would recommend you already listed! lol. My two favorite are swiftkey and swype. I haven't seen any keyboard like Iphones. Maybe better keyboard? You can always search the market and download some of the free keyboards and see if you like them. Good luck!

Free or paid?
Smart keyboard is pretty close to the keyboard. And if you want it to look like the iphone turn the alt labels off with caps always on in the setting.

soxozor said:
Free or paid?
Smart keyboard is pretty close to the keyboard. And if you want it to look like the iphone turn the alt labels off with caps always on in the setting.
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Either would work

soxozor said:
Free or paid?
Smart keyboard is pretty close to the keyboard. And if you want it to look like the iphone turn the alt labels off with caps always on in the setting.
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Ditto smart keyboard is awesome even has the iPhone keyboard sound.
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slinky1914 said:
Ditto smart keyboard is awesome even has the iPhone keyboard sound.
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Sweet I bought it hopefully works well
Thanks for the suggestion

Well I have to say that even after 30 min of having it. It is already by far the best android keyboard I have used. I am in love with it thanks for the awesome suggestion!

I definitely agree. I got Smart keyboard on Thursday and I'm hooked. Lots of great customization as well. Check out the iPhone skin (although it may be enabled by default.) I'm using the black skin. LOVE IT.

nolageek said:
I definitely agree. I got Smart keyboard on Thursday and I'm hooked. Lots of great customization as well. Check out the iPhone skin (although it may be enabled by default.) I'm using the black skin. LOVE IT.
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Yeah I'm using iPhone skin now ,its great.
I love how quick it pops up and its not laggy to type on. And the layout.
Those were my biggest gripes with every other one I tried . Laggy and lame layout \ spacing

thanks to you guys i am now flying, literally on smart keyboard.
jesus this can actually keep up with my typing speed, to which i can fly on this phone.
awesome stuff thanks for the tip y'all

v_lestat said:
thanks to you guys i am now flying, literally on smart keyboard.
jesus this can actually keep up with my typing speed, to which i can fly on this phone.
awesome stuff thanks for the tip y'all
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Exactly the other keyboards lagged so I typed way faster than they could keep up with. Now its keeping up with my typing speed no problem. Looooove this keyboard

Best keyboard app for SGSII?

Hey,
Whats the Best keyboard app for SGSII?
What do you guys use for faster typing?
Thanks.

Latest Swype, it's amazing.
Trying the TouchPal V5.1 now, it's amazing too so far, lets see with which one I fix at last.
There were already some threads regarding this too.

Smart Keyboard pro!
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SwiftKey X
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+ 1 swiftkey looks the best imo too

ithehappy said:
Trying the TouchPal V5.1 now, it's amazing too so far, lets see with which one I fix at last.
There were already some threads regarding this too.
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5.1? Where did you find it please? It's not on market and maybe I've missed some twit from cootek. It's my main keyboard for month!

I prefer the standard Gingerbread keyboard. You can download it from the Android Market. Once you use it for a good period of time, you get used to it.

uzirox said:
5.1? Where did you find it please? It's not on market and maybe I've missed some twit from cootek. It's my main keyboard for month!
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Best of luck,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261750

SwiftKey X is excellent! Definitely worth the money. Go and download the one month trial.

ive tried a lot of them but keep going back to the htc mod someone made for it. Still the best one in my opinion

Swype
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I would be interested in new keyboard .. but I don't want any prediction. I want nice layout portrait and landscape, perfect reaction time. Customizable layout would be sweet, as so far, nothing really fits my needs.
Edit: looks like Smart Keyboard is going to cut it for me ! Lots of customization .. and some neat Czech options ..

Swiftkey X. My typing is TERRIBLE but it has fantastic auto-correction, so now I never have to worry about typos.

okmijnlp said:
Swiftkey X. My typing is TERRIBLE but it has fantastic auto-correction, so now I never have to worry about typos.
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+1 for SwiftKey X
and also this is what I like about this keyboard:
- great prediction and auto completion,
- simultaneous use of different languages so don't have to remember to change language like in swype
- It can even predict little town names (at least in UK) and start them with capital letters.
- when you want to come back to previous words, you can still use dictionary, it doesn't treat them as a bunch of single letters but as a word.
It was my best buy from the market.

michal_alton said:
- simultaneous use of different languages so don't have to remember to change language like in swype
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Well... That's very nice. I'll have to give that keyboard a try.
Edit: Predictions are excellent, I've got to say. Very nice keyboard.
And having two languages at the same time is killer

I'm using Swype. Couldn't stand Swiftkey because it kept predicting the wrong words for me.
That said, I do love the latest Swype with prediction.

Swiftkey
Its by far the best, and gets better the longer you use it.

Smart keyboard pro... most accurate...
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mr.sev said:
I'm using Swype. Couldn't stand Swiftkey because it kept predicting the wrong words for me.
That said, I do love the latest Swype with prediction.
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The latest beta 3.26 is the best one yet. Get's my vote by far, and I've bought other keyboards. Excellent multi-language support and editable dictionary, gestures, etc. It's getting to be amazing.

nothing beats gingerbread keybard or latest swype is good

Anyone have an installable Swype keyboard from Gingerbread or ICS 4.0.3 to share?

Greetings all, sold my S2 yesterday and picked up an S3 and the samsung keyboard is driving me up a wall and I miss Swype! If I can get ahold of the apk I'd install it in a heartbeat! Anyone else feel it was a superior keyboard to the one samsung gave us on the S3?

tlees82 said:
Greetings all, sold my S2 yesterday and picked up an S3 and the samsung keyboard is driving me up a wall and I miss Swype! If I can get ahold of the apk I'd install it in a heartbeat! Anyone else feel it was a superior keyboard to the one samsung gave us on the S3?
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google swype beta and sign up and download the installer, then it will install right to your phone.
It's on swype's webpage and free.
Noellenchris

Dude you're my hero! Now I have a useful keyboard once again! Thank you!

yeah the swype beta is even far superior to the original swype. good call man.

xXxShAmRoCkxXx said:
yeah the swype beta is even far superior to the original swype. good call man.
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I agree

You know,xda isn't the only site on the web. If you have a question like this, chances are that Google will have the answer.

...but there is a catch: if you post something on Disqus-based blogs, you may notice something awful; this also happens on my Galaxy Tab Plus. Strangely, Swype works fine with Galaxy Nexus.
I suspect there's something happening with Touchwiz, Swype, and Disqus.

ok you guys themed versions of swype and actually just swype by itself is not allowed to be distributed on xda. If its in a stock rom thats ok if it came with the manufacturer to begin with. This is from swype themselves and we just enforce it

Papa Smurf151 said:
ok you guys themed versions of swype and actually just swype by itself is not allowed to be distributed on xda. If its in a stock rom thats ok if it came with the manufacturer to begin with. This is from swype themselves and we just enforce it
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Sorry
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SwiftKey Flow Keyboard Beta

No, the beta isn't out yet but it should happen any day now. To sign up for the beta go here
http://www.swiftkey.net/flow/

DataHawg said:
No, the beta isn't out yet but it should happen any day now. To sign up for the beta go here
http://www.swiftkey.net/flow/
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i could never choose between the speediness of swype and the accuracy of swift key. Hopefully with this, i wont need to switch between two keyboards anymore

I've been using FlexT9 keyboard for quite awhile. It's like swype with better word prediction. I like it a lot but it's not free. The new SwiftKey Flow won't be free either but it's cool to be able to try a beta

I can't live without SwiftKey. Adding swipe functionality to it will be icing on a cake.
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DataHawg said:
No, the beta isn't out yet but it should happen any day now. To sign up for the beta go here
http://www.swiftkey.net/flow/
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I would say that a more realistic expectation is that the beta will be available in a couple of weeks to a month. That is purely conjecture, but I think that it will be more accurate than a few days.
I am looking forward to checking it out as well. I have been running the Swype Beta for a few days now to get used to the input technique and to have a fresh point of comparison. I will probably flash the 4.2 Keyboard tonight as well for the same reason.
If you sign up for the beta now, you will get an email when it is ready. Also, if the day it is released is like the day SwiftKey 3 Beta was released, the servers will be gridlocked. I got kicked off several times trying to sign up that day, and the VIP member base has basically doubled since then.

DataHawg said:
No, the beta isn't out yet but it should happen any day now. To sign up for the beta go here
http://www.swiftkey.net/flow/
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Oh my gawd! This is actually happening? I've always said "SwiftKey needs Swype! SwiftKey needs Swype!" and then it would be perfect! Thanks for showing us this. I just got real pumped for release.

The Samsung keyboard that came with the Note 2 is powered by SwiftKey Flow. SwiftKey announced flow within a day of the release of the Note. So that seems like the explanation of timing.
Now to the next part. Someone claimed that the 4.1.2 leak for the S3 (I don't know which carrier) has the same Samsung keyboard. I read that our phone's jelly bean leaks are ports from the S3, so I was curious if it might have it too. Has anyone reading this thread tried the leaks? I might flash a leak this weekend just to find out.

I really hope you are wrong, because if you are right, it means that SwiftKey flow will be available only for ICS or JB =(
And I want that keyboard! XD

driftinganomaly said:
The Samsung keyboard that came with the Note 2 is powered by SwiftKey Flow. SwiftKey announced flow within a day of the release of the Note. So that seems like the explanation of timing.
Now to the next part. Someone claimed that the 4.1.2 leak for the S3 (I don't know which carrier) has the same Samsung keyboard. I read that our phone's jelly bean leaks are ports from the S3, so I was curious if it might have it too. Has anyone reading this thread tried the leaks? I might flash a leak this weekend just to find out.
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Yes, the Samsung keyboard with Swype-like functionality is included in the leak

I'm running the FK09 JB leak on my E4GT. The Samsung keyboard in the Rom with word prediction is pretty good. Only issue i have with it is the keys are too small with a lot if space between them. I still prefer the Flex T9 keyboard with swype function and word prediction. If you want Swift Key with swype, that's basically what Flex is.
I would be surprised if Swift Key flow didn't work on ICS. I've also tried the new Android keyboard with swype on JB 4.2 on my Nexus 7. The word prediction is not very good yet but I'm sure it will get better.

Maxrulez said:
I really hope you are wrong, because if you are right, it means that SwiftKey flow will be available only for ICS or JB =(
And I want that keyboard! XD
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I am sure that SwiftKey will make it compatible with older versions of Android, but it makes sense that Samsung doesn't care to try to.
I am just saying that making it work for any phone on any version of Android is probably why they haven't released it yet. I am looking forward to it as well.
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Yes, the Samsung keyboard with Swype-like functionality is included in the leak
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Thank you for the confirmation. On the Note 2 it plainly said SwiftKey Flow in the settings on the Samsung keyboard.
DataHawg said:
I'm running the FK09 JB leak on my E4GT. The Samsung keyboard in the Rom with word prediction is pretty good. Only issue i have with it is the keys are too small with a lot if space between them. I still prefer the Flex T9 keyboard with swype function and word prediction. If you want Swift Key with swype, that's basically what Flex is.
I would be surprised if Swift Key flow didn't work on ICS. I've also tried the new Android keyboard with swype on JB 4.2 on my Nexus 7. The word prediction is not very good yet but I'm sure it will get better.
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From the video that they posted, it looks like it will operate on top of the same layout as SwiftKey 3. I have tried the Swype beta again recently and it has improved, but I still prefer SwiftKey. I will have to try Flex T9 as well.

Still waiting on the beta code to hit my inbox. Using the 4.2 keyboard without issue so I know swift key flow will be fantastic.

well i just got an email saying i got into beta and that i will receive the install instructions soon via email. so it should be any day now-

Thanks for the post, just signed up for the beta, I signed up for the Swype beta back in the day and it took over a month to get a response, I'm certain that won't be how it is with this one. I'm stuck on keyboards with swiping ability, but I REALLY like this one even tho I have to hen peck it out, so hoping I can have a new keyboard home with this ones new ability.

TheAtheistOtaku said:
well i just got an email saying i got into beta and that i will receive the install instructions soon via email. so it should be any day now-
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I got the email today, too.

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I got the email today, too.
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Wo-ho! Fast space! You can swype to the space, so you can type two words without releasing the finger...!
Seems pretty awesome!
Can't post link to the video because of the limited number of posts.

still didnt get it here.. you got it already? ^^
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It still isn't released yet. Here is a link to what he was referring to though....
http://m.androidcentral.com/flow-through-space-video-appears-offers-new-look-swiftkey-flow
It looks like a leaked video featuring a new feature called "Flow through space". This Let's you flow through the space bar to split up words instead of lifting your finger.
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Maxrulez said:
I really hope you are wrong, because if you are right, it means that SwiftKey flow will be available only for ICS or JB =(
And I want that keyboard! XD
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I saw an interview that said that it would be available for GB and newer.

Non way I am Froyo (Í curse you, LG Optimus Chic!)! Was I waiting for nothing? I hope you are wrong, this new really made me feel bad

Lg g3 Keyboard just unusable

Is it just me or does everyone else agree that the stock keyboard is unusable. Simple texts or emails take 5 times longer then just using the android keyboard. Its horrible. Horrible prediction and does actions I never even ask it to do. Haven't even got to the lag!!! I know there is a mod to fix the lag but I don't think it does much. Anyone else dealing with this?? Anything I can do?

I can't say I agree. The keyboard on the LG G3 has to be one of the best I have ever used. Very close to the one on the iPhone in terms of responsivenss, pretty much no lag and the predictions are quite good.
Have you tried the advanced settings for the keyboard?

The only issue I have with it is not inserting spaces as I'm swiping.

Tbh i love it. Its really great.
What lag are you talking about thats because of the LG keyboard?

For me the keyboard is very fast and the prediction is perfect. It looks good aswell and is very customizable.

It's just you the stock key board is one of the first I have not had or wanted to change soon at I turned the phone on

First stock keyboard that hasn't made me switch to swiftkey... Yet anyway

Glad I noticed this post. I had automatically installed swiftkey and turned it off for a while to see if I liked the LG keyboard. It seams very responsive and easy to use. I love the way you can increase the size of the keyboard.

Yeah the keyboard is pretty bad.
I used it for 1 month straight and was too tired of its errors. I didn't see any lag with it but things like swiping to "is" and getting "it's" drove me nuts and wasted a ton of time correcting. Far too many of these types of errors.
Back to Swype and it works perfect as always.

I like it at first but now reverted back to the Google Keyboard. I find the predictive not that good, say you wanted totype "Ship" it would automatically correct it to "Shop". Any word typed that is not in the dictionary it replaces with one that is, its trying to be too clever.
But the biggest problem is I get this bug where I can only type numbers.
There are good things about this keyboard, numbers shown on top row and excellent spacing of keys.

Retarded Timing said:
The only issue I have with it is not inserting spaces as I'm swiping.
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I'm having this same problem. There has got to be a fix for it, I've tried everything I can think of.

Ok, so switch to another keyboard. Seriously, these types of threads are out of control here. Are we getting all the rejects from the rest of XDA? Are all the smart folks buying other phones? What is going on here.

That was a little harsh. Last I checked this was a discussion board.

bigkevbosky said:
Ok, so switch to another keyboard. Seriously, these types of threads are out of control here. Are we getting all the rejects from the rest of XDA? Are all the smart folks buying other phones? What is going on here.
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You know, you can easily ignore threads with titles that don't interest you instead of complaining... This is a thread about a feature on the phone that this forum is for - it is perfectly on topic.

I agree with the OP its one of the worst I've used because of how tiny the buttons are, I just switched to stock Google and am typing much faster because of it.

Just use Swiftkey, it's free !
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey&hl=fr

xlxcrossing said:
I agree with the OP its one of the worst I've used because of how tiny the buttons are, I just switched to stock Google and am typing much faster because of it.
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You k ow You can change the size of the keyboard right

CheesyNutz said:
You k ow You can change the size of the keyboard right
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No i didnt although opening it again after reading your post and i have noticed that the keyboard updated to a more modern ios type look which is nicer than the bubbly one it shipped with.

Install the Google keyboard, it's fantastic.

Well, kinda agree on this...i stopped using it too, try the google L keyboard... I found it easier to type and use as well. Is available on xda, just search for L keyboard... Comes as apk, can be aplied on non rooted device
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