SwiftKey, probably the greatest keyboard ever to grace the Play Store, is now on sale. It is only a dollar right now, even though it’s easily worth the full price. Not only is it fast and smooth, but the predictions are unrivaled. It will read your mind. Personally, I just bought it. Uninstalled the version I got from the Amazon Appstore. It was the… Read more
The first deal on Woot today is the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. A refurbished model is now $179, which is a whole $20 cheaper than the Nexus 7. It offers respectable specs, with a dual core processor and a 7″ display at 1024×600. It also has a microSD card slot and an IR blaster, two things the Nexus 7 does not. It’s a great deal for a very good tablet,… Read more
The ASUS Transformer Pad TF300 is already a great deal. For $400, you get a Tegra 3 processor and Jelly Bean. It’s a solid tablet, but you need more incentive don’t you? Well if you buy one right now at Sears, they’ll give you a $150 keyboard dock free. That dock contains a keyboard, trackpad, USB ports, an SD reader, and a big battery. So for $400,… Read more
SwiftKey has launched “SwiftKey Analytics” which is an experimental new app that collects mathematical data about how you use SwiftKey. It is identical to SwiftKey 3.0.1 otherwise, which is the current Play Store version out. This is exclusive to VIP members, so not just anyone can have it. The data collected is fully anonymous and does not contain… Read more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuLFcZ0O05M&feature=player_embedded BlindType never made it, due to being bought by Google and integrated into Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard. While the implementation was good, and ICS keyboard turned out great, the autocorrect wasn’t quite as good as BlindType showed off. Well it might be getting a second shot at big… Read more
SwiftKey has been updated to 3.0.1, and this update brings a few significant changes. The first is themes. There are two new themes included, sky blue and fuchsia. Neither is particularly attractive to me, but I’m a fan of dark and sleek (like the stock cobalt theme). It also adds two languages, Malay and Urdu, making the total number of supported… Read more
Have you been craving a new physical keyboard for your phone but haven’t been digging any of the Bluetooth keyboards that are available? Usher in the NFC keyboard. This silicone keyboard looks great and useful until you see the price which comes out to roughly $240 USD. If that wasn’t bad enough then you might want to know that the battery inside of it… Read more
Jelly Bean brings with it many new features, but one of the most interesting ones is the entirely reconstructed keyboard. Appearance-wise, it remains the same, though Google has made some serious back-end improvements to improve word prediction. Beansoft has ported the keyboard to Ice Cream Sandwich devices running 4.0.3 and above. The app,… Read more
Been craving that new predictive text keyboard from Android 4.1 Jelly Bean? Your wish has been granted as developer, Beansoft, has ported the keyboard from AOSP and it’s in an alpha state. Currently, you can’t input your own words into the dictionary as it will force close then but some hiccups are to expected with such an early build. I haven’t picked… Read more
If I had to pick just one app that makes or breaks my Android experience, it would have to be Swiftkey, a replacement keyboard I absolutely, positively cannot live without. With its new spacing prediction that has been tweaked, and tweaked and tweaked a little more in beta, the final version is now available from Google Play for half-off. This temporary… Read more
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