SwiftKey X is free today at amazon android app store

[Pliablemoose]

Uninstalled, back to GB keyboard for me.

 

[hanoverphist]

gb keyboard has been annoying me for a while, its like they moved where the keys were just enough that i seem to miss more than i used to. i got the swiftkeyX when it was free and forgot to install it, so im giving it a try to see if its any better. so far i like the neon theme, and it has been pretty accurate for my huge thumb typing.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Yeah I'm having a hard time finding the perfect keyboard. I still use Swype 2.x (Samsung Epic preload) as my main one, with the current Swype 3 beta hampered by annoying "features." Still does some things I don't like, mainly revolving around choosing the LESS useful word in many situations. It automatically added all my contacts' names to the dictionary, which is fine, but it makes it impossible to swipe the word "also" because my grandfather's name is "Aldo." Even though "also" should be much more common, it's almost impossible to get it to come up even if I exaggerate the gesture. Like if I swipe A-L-A-O (going far, far left of the D) it still puts in Aldo. If I aim for the middle of the S, it still usually puts Aldo, but will sometimes pull up the word choice window and suggest also.

Installed the SlideIT preview, and that one works properly - Aldo is the less common word, and also comes up more easily. But SlideIT has its own set of quirks.

I prefer tracing keyboards to tapping ones, so SwiftKey X really isn't for me. In fact, I think I prefer the stock Gingerbread keyboard over SwiftKey, even after setting it to use autocomplete instead of prediction.

 

[Fingolfin269]

This is easily my favorite kb app.

 

[BagOfWalnuts]

yeah definitely my favorite as well.

 

[cronos]

This is also the best keyboard I've ever used.

I was a huge fan of Swype for a long time until I got the original Swiftkey from Amazon free app of the day (I then tried FlexT9 and some others, and still went back to Swiftkey). So when this came out I bought it right away.

The multiple language pack is like a dream feature that I didn't even think would be available, and it actually works very well. I often switch from one language to another within a sentence (very common for us non-native english speaker), and the prediction is really good!

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Yeah I'm having a hard time finding the perfect keyboard. I still use Swype 2.x (Samsung Epic preload) as my main one, with the current Swype 3 beta hampered by annoying "features." Still does some things I don't like, mainly revolving around choosing the LESS useful word in many situations. It automatically added all my contacts' names to the dictionary, which is fine, but it makes it impossible to swipe the word "also" because my grandfather's name is "Aldo." Even though "also" should be much more common, it's almost impossible to get it to come up even if I exaggerate the gesture. Like if I swipe A-L-A-O (going far, far left of the D) it still puts in Aldo. If I aim for the middle of the S, it still usually puts Aldo, but will sometimes pull up the word choice window and suggest also.

Installed the SlideIT preview, and that one works properly - Aldo is the less common word, and also comes up more easily. But SlideIT has its own set of quirks.

I prefer tracing keyboards to tapping ones, so SwiftKey X really isn't for me. In fact, I think I prefer the stock Gingerbread keyboard over SwiftKey, even after setting it to use autocomplete instead of prediction.

Swype lets you hop in a bounce manner, so if you want to type OUT which is all on the top row, you make bounces in a "u" manner hitting the 3 letters. That helps a lot. Otherwise it gets confused with "out" "our" "it" a LOT