I really love the web os keyboard and I was wondering if anyone would be willing or able to port it over for use on android?
I have seen similar threads before..and i remember correctly...no one is working on it....
I highly doubt it. 2 different OS's, 2 different frameworks. Even so, why would you want to? There are a ton of keyboards in the android market that shouldn't run you more than a few bucks. Give them a try, you might like them.
look for tablet keyboard, or hacker keyboard in the market. I use A.I. type thumb keyboard which can be configured to look nearly the same as the webos one, and has an extra row of number keys on the top.
I agree with the OP in the sense that I love the webOS keyboard. I havent found a keyboard on android that is better. I use go keyboard though with the pad plugin. Its the best I have found so far.
I use thumb keyboard I know of tons of key boards I just can't type as flawlessly as with the one on web os I don't know what it is about it I have just never found and equal. Btw i spent about an hour and a half configuring my thumb keyboard
I agree with the OP. The webOS keyboard is by far the best I've ever used. Nome of the keyboards available on the play store are good enough, so I've stuck with the ICS keyboard. But if someone ported the webOS keyboard, that'd be awesome.
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I highly doubt it. 2 different OS's, 2 different frameworks.
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And that ^^ is just silly. It doesn't matter what frameworks they're run on. Its called "porting"
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Hey guys. So I got a GTab 10.1 when it came out in June but ended up returning it cause Honeycomb felt slow and laggy, and as many would say, not ready for primetime. Since then, I've also tried the HTC Flyer, which I ended up returning due to lack of apps since its running Gingerbread so it only has like a tiny subset of the hundred Honeycomb apps.
Overall I didn't have a a good experience with Android tablets so I turned to iOS. I've never owned any iOS devices before and recently got an iPad 2 as my first. I like how I can type on it with all my fingers like it was a full sized keyboard on the smart cover typing angle. I use it for mostly couch potato style web browsing, reading news apps, and watching videos. The lack of flash is also quite annoying (I ordered dominos and got the wrong toppings lol).
With the recent Touchwiz on the GTab 10.1, I am revisiting this forum to see if I should make the switch back to Android. Particularly interested to hear if any of the problems still exist.
Is the keyboard lag when typing in the browser still there, after Touchwiz?
I am able to type with all my fingers like a full sized keyboard on the iPad. I forgot to try this when I owned the GTab. Does anyone do this, and is the GTab's keyboard able to pick up fast typing on its multi-touch keyboard? I know the GTab keyboard has multi-touch but I don't remember how smooth it is.
Anyone with experience with jailbroken iOS devices, does in-app purchases work with apps from Cydia? I just want to know the accessibilty of apps on both platforms.
Anyone with experience on these two tablets, got any recommendations on which one I should stick with? Thanks for your time.
TouchWiz comes with Swype. While I never likes Swype on my phone, it works great on the Tab. Who would have thought?
There's no lag.
TabGuy said:
TouchWiz comes with Swype. While I never likes Swype on my phone, it works great on the Tab. Who would have thought?
There's no lag.
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I am not really a fan of Swype, like the touch typing more. I've seen a video on Swype but I rather be using all that real estate for all finger typing like a real keyboard. What about the regular keyboard, no lag for that as well?
trees812 said:
I am not really a fan of Swype, like the touch typing more. I've seen a video on Swype but I rather be using all that real estate for all finger typing like a real keyboard. What about the regular keyboard, no lag for that as well?
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I must say that I agree with you. However, I'm amazed at how useful Swype is on the Tab. I'm a fast touch typist and have found that Swype, while not as fast, is very useful. It's especially useful in a "lean back" scenario where you don't have a table to set it on for two handed typing.
The biggest difference between the iPad and Android is that you get a choice. When you get to a screen where input is required and the keyboard pops up, you have that little keyboard icon in the notification area. In only a few seconds you can choose the appropriate input method for the given scenario. I have 7 keyboards installed and use some of them frequently and some none at all. I almost never use the stock Android keyboard which, by the way, resembles the iPad's keyboard the most.
With iPad there's no choice. With Android it's up to you.
I've seen posts requesting this on several different forums, but no dev ever picked it up. Thumb keyboard did this for android, and UMPC's, Windows 8, and iOS5 all have split keyboards natively. Is there any chance someone can patch in a split keyboard for the touchpad?
Typing on these "full sized" keyboards on tablets is borderline unuseable, and after being spoiled by the thumb typing on my nook color it's going to be hard to deal with the stock WebOS keyboard.
I've searched around and as far as I know it hasn't been made yet. Any devs up for it?
Thanks!
same here, got used to thumb keyboard and swiftkey x, would love something similar for my touchpad
i'm pretty sure I saw it somewhere' must've been dreaming. Need this on the touchpad
I think this needed too. Anyone care to make one?
While I'm waiting for my keyboard dock to come in, I'm using the ASUS on-screen keyboard, which is a pile of crap. Is there a way to get the stock Honeycomb keyboard, or should I look for a third party keyboard in the market?
you can change it in the settings, under language to get the stock one. im still searching for a better one than both of those. so far, its go kb...
The stock keyboard is way better than the Asus one for me, too. But which is the best tablet keyboard out there?
I've seen recommendations for Swiftkey-X for Tablets, and for "Thumb Keyboard." Both are paid apps, so I've been hesitant without a solid recommendation. I know there are others too.
What's best?
Yeah asus keyboard sux. I'm using the slideIt keyboard now. works great and fast. a lot faster to slide in portrait mode than in landscape. I have big hands but thiswidescreen is even to wide for me to type easily like on my iPad.
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you can change it in the settings, under language to get the stock one. im still searching for a better one than both of those. so far, its go kb...
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Took me a while to find it, but thanks. Much better now.
I just read a review comparing SwiftKey and Thumb. Even though I love Swift on my phone, Thumb won out because it's cheaper and MUCH more configurable. From just a little bit of use, I'm definitely liking it.
had the og transformer, and thumb keyboard is the best! Also has a bunch of themes so looks nice too.
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You guys could get the swype beta, it's cool, in landscape mode, it can turn into a small little keyboard that you can move from side to side, and use with one hand. Just go on swype .com to get it
I just got my Transformer Prime about a week ago, super kick ass by the way, and I love SwiftKeys on my phone. However.. first off I think it sucks you've got to buy the SwiftKeys Tablet version. It wouldn't be that hard to just issue a license that let you download the SwiftKeys Tablet for free once you purchased the base model. Even better just create one version and have the user select in the initial options "Tablet or Phone" during setup. I haven't had to re-buy any of my other apps thus far, they all just work. So I wanted to call bull****, bull**** and get it out of the way.
Related to that I was wondering if anyone was just using the regular SwiftKeys app (meant for the phone) on their tablet with any success, or do you have to break down and buy the tablet version?
Next does SwiftKeys Tablet work with the Transformer Prime? I know because it has a docking station it's a little different, and when I downloaded the trial version of SwiftKeys Tablet it was kinda flaky. At times when I'd plug in my keyboard, it wouldn't type, and it was always prompting me to choose which is the default keyboard. So I wanted to know if SwiftKeys Tablet actually worked with the Prime and if so, were their some tricks I was missing?
Lastly in lieu of SwiftKeys is their a better keyboard app for the Prime? The default onscreen keyboard is okay, but the word prediction sucks, and it's not very intuitive. I know the Prime having a physical keyboard throws a monkey wrench in most of the keyboard apps, so is there perhaps a defacto app that's as awesome as SwiftKeys but is designed with the Prime in mind?
I've tried regular Swiftkey on my Prime, and it works, but not well. It defaults to the same behavior as on a phone, which doesn't translate over to a tablet very well. I think that the reason why there is two versions is because keyboards actually need to behave differently between phones and tablets, so there is really two separate apps that had to be developed. I'd rather not pay for two apps in this situation, but I'm all for free markets, and nobody is making anyone else buy anything.
As for other keyboards, I use Thumb Keyboard and I like it. Its word prediction isn't even close to Swiftkey's, but it's better than stock, and you can adjust the size of the keys, as well as lots of layout options. I mainly just use the dock for typing anything more than a few words, though.
Doesn't Jelly Bean have lots of Swiftkey style features? Might be worth just waiting and saving money.
Mind you, that could be a long wait.
I use SwiftKey, it works great for me
But I don't use the dock on my Prime
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I use the tablet version too. Docked though, seems a little odd having the three suggested word boxes show at the bottom of the screen while I type on the dock (as I'm typing this now). Overall, I do like it. I also use Swiftkey X on my phone.
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SK is ok on tablet, but Thumb keyboard is better IMHO
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SK is ok on tablet, but Thumb keyboard is better IMHO
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Agreed. I love swiftkey on my phone, but Thumb Keyboard kicks ass on a 10" tablet.
I have been using better keyboard 8 since shortly before it dissapeared from the android market/play store. I like it so much I have never even bothered to look at other keyboards. I was surprised at how many other keyboard options there were now. So what are the top keyboards nowadays? Are there any similar to better keyboard 8?
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I have been using better keyboard 8 since shortly before it dissapeared from the android market/play store. I like it so much I have never even bothered to look at other keyboards. I was surprised at how many other keyboard options there were now. So what are the top keyboards nowadays? Are there any similar to better keyboard 8?
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SwiftKey 3 is the BEST by far. The predictions at the second to none
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SwiftKey 3 is the BEST by far. The predictions at the second to none
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And did you type this with SwiftKey 3?
louched1 said:
And did you type this with SwiftKey 3?
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I just look at my phone now and it reads my mind
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SwiftKey 3 is the BEST by far. The predictions at the second to none
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Thanks for the suggestion. I'm trying Swiftkey now and it's really nice.
We had been using better keyboard as well and recently found Kii Keyboard in the market. It is still in beta and you can use the premium features for free while it is. We both downloaded it and deleted it once because we didnt like it at first, Then we tried it again and played with the settings, and wont go back to better keyboard. You can even use all your better keyboard skins with it. Check it out, it is pretty nice.
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I have been using better keyboard 8 since shortly before it dissapeared from the android market/play store. I like it so much I have never even bothered to look at other keyboards. I was surprised at how many other keyboard options there were now. So what are the top keyboards nowadays? Are there any similar to better keyboard 8?
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Also if you are a SwiftKey vip member you can get the new SwiftKey flow. Just like swype but with the predictions of SwiftKey
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Thanks for the suggestions. Tried swiftkey and didn't like it at all. Kii was okay, but I still prefer BK8. I think I will continue to stick with that.
Personally I just use the stock aosp 4.2 keyboard on sense. If I do use a 3rd party though, Kii is my favorite.
Switched from Swiftkey to Kii a few weeks ago. So far haven't gone back. There is so many customizable options with this keyboard. New update this morning allowing us to use encoded emoji w/o rooting (this app you can actually see them, no foreign characters) meaning developers are listening. It's just an awesome app and still in the beta stages. I'd recommend this one. At least give it a try for a week or so. Biggest issue initially was prediction but it seems to be getting easier the more I type it is becoming accustomed to my style, similar to Swiftkey as well. hth
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Switched from Swiftkey to Kii a few weeks ago. So far haven't gone back. There is so many customizable options with this keyboard. New update this morning allowing us to use encoded emoji w/o rooting (this app you can actually see them, no foreign characters) meaning developers are listening. It's just an awesome app and still in the beta stages. I'd recommend this one. At least give it a try for a week or so. Biggest issue initially was prediction but it seems to be getting easier the more I type it is becoming accustomed to my style, similar to Swiftkey as well. hth
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swift key for the win
Thumbs keyboard beats both. Used them all. Has many options and good predictions
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Kii Keyboard is amazing in terms of features and funtionality