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SlideIT for Android

vonfeldt7 said:
Actually, it is swype... just not the brand Swype. It's kind of like when people call any 4x4 a jeep... and it is, but it's not a Jeep (notice the capital to show I'm talking about the brand).

Swype is basically the name for the technology. Anyways, there's another keyboard called "ShapeWriter" in the Marketplace that uses the same exact technology.. there's a 30 day trial as well. Has nobody heard of it? I have been using it for some time now.
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Agree'd... It's all Eggo's and waffles. lol:D
 
negreenfield said:
Also I think there needs to be some long press abilities to bring up question marks, etc. Having to go into another screen for anything besides comma and period is a bit annoying.
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That doesn't bother me -- press-and-wait versus a two-key sequence are both just about the same amount of time and effort for me. I do find that having the parentheses on a different page in the symbols keyboard is a pain, though (especially since navigating back to the "main" symbols page is so flaky).
 
I don't know what the price elasticity is for an item like SlideIT, but I wouldn't be surprised if the maximum revenue point were somewhere around $3.00. It wouldn't hurt to make that suggestion to them. (BTW, it is a multi-person company, not just "him" -- the reply I got to my suggestions had three CC's on it, I presume to other people in the company.)
 
jennn said:
I prefer the Slide Keyboard by koku myself.
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AWESOME...was playing with a FITALY alternate layout, was pretty cool, but this thing is a combination of that concept and the swipe/slide of a 'normal' layout....

I think I'm going to love this one.

Thanks for that tip!
 
its a cool app but they want to much for it, plus in less than a week they start to harrass you with popups to buy the paid app. plus the slide doesnt work with contacts so if you goto text somebody and want to insert the first letter to bring up the name it wont pull the contact. big nono. went to swype beta and all is well
 
I've tried Swype, ShapeWriter and SlideIT.

Swype felt nice and smooth to use, but had issues filling in web forms. The gestures, like little loops to make double letters, were fine until I tried SlideIT which doesn't require them. I hated the popup word suggestion box. That just needs to go away immediately.

ShapeWriter is my least favorite I think. It felt the least refined when swiping and had the hardest time figuring out what words I wanted. It does have the much nicer word suggestion bar though.

SlideIT takes the best of the other two and combines them. It feels nice and smooth like Swype, has the word suggestion bar like ShapeWriter and has the bonus of not requiring the gestures of Swype. I felt it was well worth the asking price.
 
I have been using SlideIT for a couple days now. I love the create a quick word shortcut. I use it to create a shortcut for the ! and ? symbols so I don't have to click the symbols button. I also like the auto learn feature for words you make up. I've found that the program has very little errors and if there is an error its my fault 90% of the time. I wish the program had an auto space after you enter a word. this would speed up texting using the program 100x .

so far I love it. pretty damn cool
 
I have been using SlideIT for a couple days now. I love the create a quick word shortcut. I use it to create a shortcut for the ! and ? symbols so I don't have to click the symbols button. I also like the auto learn feature for words you make up. I've found that the program has very little errors and if there is an error its my fault 90% of the time. I wish the program had an auto space after you enter a word. this would speed up texting using the program 100x .

so far I love it. pretty damn cool
 
I enjoyed the video of SlideIT for Android and it is amazing one. SlideIT is a most exciting way for entering text easily,at much faster speed and with fun. You have to just Slide along the letters with your finger so the words appear magically.
 
Bane said:
Swype felt nice and smooth to use, but had issues filling in web forms. The gestures, like little loops to make double letters, were fine until I tried SlideIT which doesn't require them. I hated the popup word suggestion box. That just needs to go away immediately.
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I have the Swype Beta and that damn popup word suggestion box is so distracting. That really does need to change.
 
turbosol16 said:
I have the Swype Beta and that damn popup word suggestion box is so distracting. That really does need to change.
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Hate that thing. I am trying SlideIt again just because I hate the pop up so much.

I can't imagine myself paying for SlideIt though. They are asking too much for a phone keyboard. I'll probably stick with the demo and switch back to Swype after that.
 
The technology is properly known as "swipe," not "Swype." Swype is copyrighted.

Looking forward to trying Shapewriter, but it's been sold to a company called Nuance, a great move for both companies, as Nuance is a leader in the field. However, Shapewriter has been removed from the market temporarily during the changeover. We'll see how that goes.

I've used Swype and SlideIT extensively. Of the two, I much prefer SlideIT. Swype seems to have gotten carried away with possibilities. SlideIT just works smoothly, and doesn't have the little quirks. However, it's not quite as tolerant of sloppy swiping, and it doesn't automatically save new words. Auto-save is a mixed blessing in Swype's case, though, because it's what causes the program to slow down as it gets used more. One of the things they're working on while it's in beta.

The paid version of SlideIT is not available in the market for rooted phones. The dev is working on setting up an alternate download site so that us geeks can pay for it if we want to. The biggest difference between the paid and free versions is the ability to get the dictionary to permanently remember words (free expires after 30 mins., enough to allow you to use recurring words in one or two messages or docs, but it doesn't stay permanently). There are a couple of other advantages, which escape me at the moment.

Slide Keyboard: great for hunt-and-peck typists, but it will drive a touch typist crazy. Don't even bother if you can touch type on a full-size keyboard. It's totally counter to all the reflexes you've built over the years. Stick with the board you're used to. I uninstalled it after about five minutes. A clever solution to a non-existent problem.

I've also been using a keyboard called SwiftKey (beta) that's available on the market. It has the best text prediction that I've ever seen -- by far -- and is kick-a** when used with the physical keyboard -- extremely fast. If that prediction engine were combined with SlideIT, the combo would be unbeatable. It's worth trying it out just to see how really well-integrated software works. One big flaw is that the graphics on the keys are thin lines and too small. The superscript is useless, and the whole keyboard sucks for older eyes like mine. If they fix that, I'll buy it no matter what they charge.

I think if you find an app useful and use it a lot, you should be happy to pay for it if the option exists, to keep the developer in the game if for no other reason. As to price, how much is unreasonable for something you use all the time? $15 US comes out to about 4 cents a day, or a tiny fraction of a cent per use, for most users.
 
Love SlideIT, tried the demo version and liked it so much I paid for the full version. It's amazing how quickly you can get used to it, I can even do most typing one handed now.
 
just installed today and its awesome. 2 things though, does anyone know how to turn off the auto correct? and is there a way to swipe down to hide the keyboard?
 
Well, got a repair phone yesterday and shapewriter didn't back up to appbrain. My own fault not backing it up somehow...Now I am screwed out of shapewriter, oh well, slideit is nice so far, looks like I'll be buying it...
 
I got A cracked Swype that Iv been using forEVER and I am In love with it. I tried Slide-it and It (To me) was not as good as Swype. Swype is much more reliable when im being sloppy and always knows my words. But The Con to this is I cannot find Swype anywhere anymore for my DI because the cracked versions have been pretty much deleted from everywhere. So when a Nice Froyo comes out for my Rooted DI looks like im stuck on Slide-it :( . Unless somebody has a cracked Swype apk I can get im pretty much Boned lol...
 
I'm looking at slideit because I can't get in on the swype beta. I'm concerned about security with a keyboard that's not android made. Is that a valid concern? Don't want my passwords stolen and such.

Thanks,

ajj
 
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