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Cant get fast on keyboard

my friends who have come from the iphone feel like they must stare at every letter when they type...just try not to stare and type like normal...ud be surprised over time how easy it feels...
 
I use swype now and love it once i tweeked the settings to my liking im blazing fast and just as accurate as using the stock keyboard. I came from the palm line of phones ie centro then pre and was fast on those keyboards as well. Using swype no other phone ive picked up compares to it. Im told to slow down all the time :) love swype will never go back only downfall is it doesnt support voice input yet to do that i have to switch back and forth between stock and swype :( other than that havn't looked back to a regular keyboard yet and consistently crush my iphone friends when we have little typing competitions easily 3x faster than a regular keyboard. Now this isn't without practice either i felt like an idiot the first week or two.


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Where does one find either the Droid X Keyboard or Swype? I don't see them on the market. Also hating the stock k/b.
 
ODog2323 said:
Coming from iPhone I was having the same problem. Just couldn't get used to the stock keyboard and felt like I was typing with a speed handicap. Yesterday I got the Droid X keyboard on there though and it made a HUGE difference right away. Another day or two and I'll be cruising like I've been used to.
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it's b/c the droid X is a multitouch keyboard.

i had it on my nexus one until froyo showed up and now i'm back to the old one... it's substantially slower.

i was approaching iphone speeds with on my nexus using the X keyboard.

that phone needs froyo now!

in fact all you EVO kids need it too :)


EDIT: here's the link

link!
 
Downloaded and tried both the HTC_IME and Droid X keyboards and man what a HUGE difference they make. I dont hit those damn arrows anymore.

I did notice while using the Droid X key board that i lost the ability to pinch-zoom with the dolphin browser.

You can get the droid x keyboard from the xda forums. Just google it.
 
Slice28 said:
I know this is a personal problem and not one with the phone itself, but its really frustrating that I just cant seem to get fast at all with this keyboard. It honestly seems like it dosent even keep up with my fingers and isnt always responsive when I press a key quickly. I tried taking off of the auto-correct and spell-suggestion functionalities and still have the same problem. One of the reasons why this is such a huge problem for me is because I am used to typing blazing fast, on a computer I type about 80wpm and on every phone that I have ever had with a keyboard I never actually tested myself but I had to be typing even quicker than 80wpm, I was suppppper fast without even looking at the phone about 50 percent of the time (in school). I knew that it would be harder to type on a touch screen phone, although I thought the massive screen would it make it pretty easy, and I messed around a little with the touch keyboard on the cliq and I started to pick it up a little but I just cant seem to get fast at all on the Evo. So I just wanted to know if anybody has any tips for me or any altv. keyboards that I can use, although I did try a couple already (pro keyboard and droid x keyboard) and none of them really seemed to make any difference. Also I want to point out that I had the ipod touch for about a year now and I am very quick at typing onthat even though I hardly ever have to type on it. So suggestions anyone ???????
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I highly doubt you hit 80 WPM on a phone, as that would make you the fastest phone typist on the planet."supppppper fast" is relative, and subjective.

I hit 120 WPM on computer keyboards, and my hands/arms begin to hurt if I push myself past 55 WPM on a slider qwerty, which is needless to say faster than any virtual keyboard.
 
IOWA said:
I highly doubt you hit 80 WPM on a phone, as that would make you the fastest phone typist on the planet."supppppper fast" is relative, and subjective.

I hit 120 WPM on computer keyboards, and my hands/arms begin to hurt if I push myself past 55 WPM on a slider qwerty, which is needless to say faster than any virtual keyboard.
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Not true, the fastest texter in the world uses Swype. If you get proficient at it you will easily exceed what you can do with a slider.
 
thekarens said:
Not true, the fastest texter in the world uses Swype. If you get proficient at it you will easily exceed what you can do with a slider.
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That is incorrect. Check the Guiness records, it was fastest typer on a "touch screen", which at that point in time, anyone could have broken, because it was a brand new category. Check your facts.
 
I had the same problem as OP. Swype has improved my speed and accuracy dramatically. I don't think I'd want to use my phone without it now.
 
SlideIT is the best, love it. Like swype but better, have speech to text, and better user interface.
 
80 wpm is blazing fast? i do 104...have i gone plaid?! :D

Once you get the hang of swype, you will be pleased. I went from a Treo to a Hero and my biggest concern was the lack of a physical keyboard but its just worth it for the screen real estate.
 
finally got swype to work on here and loving it a lot more than anything else so far.. much quicker typing and more accurate only problem is i dont know why but for some reason it dosent feel as gratifying as typing on a keyboard
 
Slice28 said:
finally got swype to work on here and loving it a lot more than anything else so far.. much quicker typing and more accurate only problem is i dont know why but for some reason it dosent feel as gratifying as typing on a keyboard
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Probably because you have to be more precise with a keyboard and you just feel better about yourself as a person.
 
This is my first touch-keyboard-only phone. I didn't like the stock keyboard at all, tried the X keyboard again just now and i still make too many typos with it even going slow. I've been using swype for the passed week or so and i agree, it doesn't feel gratifying at all. It does the job quite well though, and sometimes i'm amazed at how it can tell what words i'm swyping (swype "problematic" real fast for instance, crazy good accuracy!). I just wish it was a little easier to correct mistakes (thinking back arrow button on main screen, not just delete). My speed is hindered by the use of slang in messages, even though i think it's saving them correctly it still doesn't default to them when i swype.
 
cabbie said:
80 wpm is blazing fast? i do 104...have i gone plaid?! :D

Once you get the hang of swype, you will be pleased. I went from a Treo to a Hero and my biggest concern was the lack of a physical keyboard but its just worth it for the screen real estate.
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On the contrary, a slider gives you MORE screen real estate, no virtual board to get in your way while typing, which is very useful when during IM's, e-mail, browser, anything that could possibly involve reading and typing at the same time.

No, you didn't go plaid. Only light speed. Plaid is much faster! (ludicrous speed)
 
This is my first touch-keyboard-only phone. I didn't like the stock keyboard at all, tried the X keyboard again just now and i still make too many typos with it even going slow. I've been using swype for the passed week or so and i agree, it doesn't feel gratifying at all. It does the job quite well though, and sometimes i'm amazed at how it can tell what words i'm swyping (swype "problematic" real fast for instance, crazy good accuracy!). I just wish it was a little easier to correct mistakes (thinking back arrow button on main screen, not just delete). My speed is hindered by the use of slang in messages, even though i think it's saving them correctly it still doesn't default to them when i swype.
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For me with the slang....just type it out first once and it will remember it. So like I drop the 'g' off of words all the time....i type it out once then swype it again and it's registered. I love it. Works good as a reg keyboard too!


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