DroidWars: Keyboards – Q1, 2010

And the Winner is…

Smart Keyboard Pro


Of the keyboards available in the Android Market, I have yet to find one that offers me the speed and accuracy of Smart Keyboard Pro. This is the result of a lot of factors: The phone I’m using, the size of my fingers, the way I hold a device when typing, my style of typing on a standard keyboard, what situations I type most in, etc. Many of you will find that another old school inspired keyboard work best for IMs with emoticons and tons of abbreviations, and others will find themselves at home with some strange, new take on text input. Myself, limited within the confines of the Android Market, I can’t find anything that stacks up to this multi-touch marvel. It looks beautiful, and feels like an extension of myself.

winner


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Download the new HTC keyboard and there is an option to show the candidate bar (extends the keyboard for a suggestion area). Best keyboard on the droid. Second is the smart keyboard pro with the iphone skin.

Download the new HTC keyboard and there is an option to show the candidate bar (extends the keyboard for a suggestion area). Best keyboard on the droid. Second is the smart keyboard pro with the iphone skin.

Download the new HTC keyboard and there is an option to show the candidate bar (extends the keyboard for a suggestion area). Best keyboard on the droid. Second is the smart keyboard pro with the iphone skin.

this is a great comparison, it really helps to show what is unique about the android market compared to the apple app store. I hope to see more posts like this in the future.

touchpal still the best imo if you lucky enough to have gotten it before cootek took it of the market

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My top keyboard overall is the HTC Sense keyboard - when used with Sense. I chose Smart Keyboard Pro as the best available in the Market because it offers *me* the best typing experience of what's available.

So are you picking smart keyboard over HTC IME just because it's available legitly from the market, or do you really like it better?My only beef with HTC IME is that the suggestions cover up a lot of the text input box at times. The free smart keyboard is useless, and I haven't put down the cash to try the pro version.

What about slideIT? That's a decent slide type keyboard similar to swype and that other one you mentioned, Shapewriter. Swype I still think is the best, but slideIT is an alternative and I believe it's a bit better than Shapewriter in that it is more accurate and less awkward.

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