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Which version do you use (SwiftKey 3 or SwiftKey 3 Tablet)?

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hajimeabc

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Hi, I purchased SwiftKey 3 but after installation, a window showed up on my Galaxy Note saying that: "Wrong SwiftKey! SwiftKey 3 (phone) is not optimized for tablets. Please consider purchasing SwiftKey 3 Tablet."

Which one is better for the Galaxy Note? Before I purchase SwiftKey 3, the Play Store states that it is compatible with my device. Thanks.
 
I saw the Samsung's advertisement on TV. Phone or tablet?

In general, if both phone and tablet versions are available, which one shall we use?
 
hajimeabc said:
I saw the Samsung's advertisement on TV. Phone or tablet?

In general, if both phone and tablet versions are available, which one shall we use?
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Well, I am using the phone version for purely scottish reasons. The tablet version was a euro more expensive at the time, so I went for the cheaper option. It was not like I used the split keybord option on the Note in any case.

Regards,
Eric Ritchie.
 
perpetualjon said:
Yeah, I use the phone version. Amazing app! Kinda' creepy how it almost knows what I'm trying to say most of the time --even my funny spellings that I like to use like "you guyz"...
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Whenever you are typing your passwords, does it know what you are going to type? Will those words be displayed on the screen?

I asked the company the differences between the two versions and which one is better for the Note. According to them, "They are both optimized for each respective platform. The Note is a hybrid, so you should be able to use either version". That does not really answers my questions.

Any advantage in using the tablet version? I suppose the tablet version has a split keyboard. The Note's screen may be too small for that.
 
B2L said:
I use Swiftkey 3, I tried the Tablet version, but it was too small for my liking.
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Do you mean the keys in the tablet version are smaller than those in the phone version? Is it only under the landscape mode? I wonder if this is due to the split keyboard. Can you adjust the height of the split keyboard to change the size of the keys?

I suppose that in the portrait mode, the look and size of the keyboard of both versions are the same. Please let me know if I am wrong. Thanks.
 
hajimeabc said:
Whenever you are typing your passwords, does it know what you are going to type? Will those words be displayed on the screen?

I asked the company the differences between the two versions and which one is better for the Note. According to them, "They are both optimized for each respective platform. The Note is a hybrid, so you should be able to use either version". That does not really answers my questions.

Any advantage in using the tablet version? I suppose the tablet version has a split keyboard. The Note's screen may be too small for that.
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Password fields are generally protected (you only see stars as you type). Since SwiftKey is field aware it presents a numeric keypad for number fields and does not note passwords. It will cache your credit card details, so you may want to be careful about that.

I have tired both and found very little difference (aside from a minor change in the keyboard layout) so I chose on price. You can always test out both and see what you think.

It's not that the Note's screen is too small for the split screen, it's more that you simply don't need the split screen.

Regards,
Eric Ritchie.
 
hajimeabc said:
Do you mean the keys in the tablet version are smaller than those in the phone version? Is it only under the landscape mode? I wonder if this is due to the split keyboard. Can you adjust the height of the split keyboard to change the size of the keys?

I suppose that in the portrait mode, the look and size of the keyboard of both versions are the same. Please let me know if I am wrong. Thanks.
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In both versions you can change the vertical height of the keys (in portrait and landscape mode separately) but not the width.

Regards,
Eric Ritchie.
 
touringhaggis said:
In both versions you can change the vertical height of the keys (in portrait and landscape mode separately) but not the width.

Regards,
Eric Ritchie.
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I tried both versions. The first difference I found is that the tablet version has a split keyboard. There is a key in the split keyboard that allows you to convert it into a non-split keyboard like the one in the phone version. I do not know other differences. It appears that if the cost is the same, the tablet version is a better deal as it offers at least one extra option.

How do we change the height of the keys only? I found the option of "Portrait key height" and "Landscape key height" under Advanced. Changing the key height also changes the overall size of each key. Is there any other way to change the height of the keyboard especially in landscape mode? I found the split keyboard with Normal landscape key height the most comfortable to type on. (I made lots of mistakes using the small option.) However, I can only see three lines of the text I am composing. In my opinion, the height of the space bar and the suggested words could be smaller. I recall seeing a message that the size of the keyboard could be changed by swiping... It disappeared so quickly that I could not see the rest of the sentence.

By the way, the app adds a space behind each suggested word. For example, I wanted to type "becomes". "become" appeared on the suggested list. When I chose it, "become"+space was typed automatically. I had to hit the back key to add the "s". Also, is it possible for the program to change my typing of "3dog" to "3 dogs"?
 
hajimeabc said:
I tried both versions. The first difference I found is that the tablet version has a split keyboard. There is a key in the split keyboard that allows you to convert it into a non-split keyboard like the one in the phone version. I do not know other differences. It appears that if the cost is the same, the tablet version is a better deal as it offers at least one extra option.
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I have been reading through the FAQs and found one significant difference between the two versions. Apprently the tablet version does not support arrow keys (they could have meant on the home screen, but the text was unclear). I use the arrow keys a lot to position my cursor and select historical commands in my Linux shell. Glad I went for the phone version now ;)

Regards,
Eric Ritchie.
 
touringhaggis said:
I have been reading through the FAQs and found one significant difference between the two versions. Apprently the tablet version does not support arrow keys (they could have meant on the home screen, but the text was unclear). I use the arrow keys a lot to position my cursor and select historical commands in my Linux shell. Glad I went for the phone version now ;)

Regards,
Eric Ritchie.
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I am a bit confused about the use of the arrow keys on the Galaxy Note. As far as I know, we can move the cursor to anywhere on the Note's screen by just pointing, there is no need to use the arrow keys. Am I missing something?
 
hajimeabc said:
I am a bit confused about the use of the arrow keys on the Galaxy Note. As far as I know, we can move the cursor to anywhere on the Note's screen by just pointing, there is no need to use the arrow keys. Am I missing something?
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Sometimes, especially when you're posting on a forum like this, when you edit a post it can be a bit tricky to pick the point you want to edit. For those times it's useful, although I have them deactivated anyway - in portrait I like the space bar at the bottom of the screen, in landscape I don't like how it makes every key smaller horizontally.

Nice to have the option though.
 
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