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Keyboard suggestions

jackroo

jackroo

Android Enthusiast
What kind of keyboards are people using? I know people rave about swift key but I really didn't like it...or maybe I didn't have something set up right? Just curious for some suggestions. Right now I'm using an Ice Cream Sandwich one and it's okay but I'm looking for one that's quick and accurate. Thanks for any suggestions!
 
Touchpal is the best that i've used so far. The swype and the samsung one that comes installed have too many flaws. Mainly the prediction is either off or terrible and also it wont capitalize "I" unless its at the beginning of a sentence. Thats just a pet peeve but it gets on my nerves. Touchpal does have some flaws, but its better than the preinstalled swype and samsung keboards. I also downloaded the Jellybean 4.2 keyboard and its not that good either
 
I've tried them all (I think...) and I always come back to swiftkey. Try smart keyboard and thumb keyboard they are my 2nd and 3rd favorites.
 
I currently use Thumb Keyboard. I prefer Thumb over Swiftkey because of the multiple layouts I can chose from that are not available on Swiftkey. Also, I do not like Swiftkey because it inconsistently autospaces and I cannot turn this feature off. I can with Thumb.
 
Another vote for Swift Key. Love how it will autocorrect "hellothere" into "hello there". I haven't found any others that do that, and missing the space bar is my most frequent error.
 
Swiftkey is amazing. I'm a rapid typer and just upgraded to the S3. I've had it for less than a month on this phone and Swiftkey has me figured out already. I had it on my Droid X for a year. Great keyboard.
 
Swiftkey is aggregatingly awkward for me and man is it urrrrrgly, even with themes.

I have tried literally every well known keyboard. My problem is coming from a HTC, I've been spoilt and almost everything is ridiculously poor. . Except smart keyboard pro. Its not amazing. You can still end up typing "coukd" quite easily but the accuracy and calibration cannot be paralleled for the way i type
 
I loved swype on my Captivate (with GoSMS) but for some reason on the SGIII the text input box hides most of the text screen so I am unable to see what I am actually typing.

So for now I am using Swiftkey, and have signed up for the 'swype' beta and an excited to see how it pans out.
 
Can the Swype beta be installed over the existing Swype stock? Does that cause any problems or do you have to be rooted? The stock Swype on the S3 is terrible.
 
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