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keyboard with back, forward, up & down keys?

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rabcnesbit

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Anybody knows of a keyboard with a back, forward, up and down keys please? It's a bit tedious and diificult sometimes to be able to position the cursor at the exat position you want in a text by just tapping. Thanks

Dell Streak with froyo.
 
SlideIT, which is in the market (but is a paid app), also provides this functionality, although Swype's is more comprehensive (offers home/end, pgup/pgdn, etc.) and easier to get to than SlideIT's.
 
lennyjew said:
Swype | Text Input for Screens

Just register there and you should get an email soon enough with a link you have to open on your android phone. That'll be the installer app.
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Thanks for the link lennyjew. Just gone to the web page and the following statement is from the web page:
If your phone came pre-installed with Swype
DO NOT download this beta (it won't work)
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As my phone came with a pre-installed swype (version 2.8.50.12867), I suppose the above statement will apply to me. So, might just have to wait until this beta version is officially released. :( Cheers
 
rabcnesbit said:
As my phone came with a pre-installed swype (version 2.8.50.12867), I suppose the above statement will apply to me. So, might just have to wait until this beta version is officially released. :( Cheers
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I'm confused -- if you already have Swype on your phone, why would you want to sign up for the beta?

To get to the keyboard with the navigation keys, just trace from the Swype key (lower left) to the SYM key. (Or does the version of Swype on your phone not do that? Every version of Swype I've used does.)
 
wmm said:
That's odd. If you go to Swype | Text Input for Screens and play the "Symbol Layers" video, this is described beginning around the 1:20 mark. And that doesn't work in the version installed on the Streak? I wonder why?
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Thanks for the link, I have watched the video and now know how to navigate to the correct layer for the required keys, which my phone has actaully got. So problem solved. Easy when you know how. Many thanks.:D
 
Smart Keyboard Trial has an option to enable an arrow board. I have used Swift, SlideIt & most other keyboards on the Market & Smart Keyboard Trial is easily my favorite. Paid version also available.
 
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