what keyboard are you using

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101luva
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Re: what keyboard are you using

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I am in the process of putting Swiftkey on my 101. Do I need to install an SD card to store the language modules? I am already at the point in the set-up where it says the modules will be stored on my SD card, but I don't have the card yet. Can I still install Swiftkey and then transfer it to SD card later or should I not go any further in the set-up and wait for my SD card to arrive? If I abort the set-up, how do I do that without harm to my 101?
I'm learning as I go and sometimes it's slow-going, so thanks for everyone's help. I would be completely nowhere without it.
Hope to have an answer soon, as I am in the middle of this process!
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Re: what keyboard are you using

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I didn't have any sdcard when I installed them, so I expect it just uses internal storage instead. However, I can't confirm this because I uninstalled it, and have gone back to the stock keyboard.

Swift is a nice looking keyboard, but the lack of arrow (navigation) keys, without making multiple keypresses, ticked me off in the end.
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Re: what keyboard are you using

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sweetypie wrote:I didn't have any sdcard when I installed them, so I expect it just uses internal storage instead. However, I can't confirm this because I uninstalled it, and have gone back to the stock keyboard.

Swift is a nice looking keyboard, but the lack of arrow (navigation) keys, without making multiple keypresses, ticked me off in the end.
sweetypie...Thanks so much! I ended up installing SwiftKey with no problems. I guess I can transfer to SD card at some point, if I decide to keep it. So far, though, after giving it a try, I think I'm really going to enjoy using it a lot. The predictive text makes it so much faster, at least for me. I find it easier than the FlexT9 keyboard. I didn't have the "technique," if you will, for that one, no matter how much I tried. It seemed to take forever to swipe a simple message and I soon got tired of that. Alas, it could just be me, though. :|
Thanks again. I am grateful you were right there to help!
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Re: what keyboard are you using

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I am using Ultra Keyboard, it is the only one with so biiig keys (key size is customizable, in any case). It's not free but cheap, and if you set the kickstand to the maximum extension you can type very very well with this keyboard. It almost feels like a qwerty PC keyboard. :D
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Re: what keyboard are you using

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I have an archos 70. I used the keyboard that came with it for over a week. It was ok but no prediction. I downloaded the swiftkey keyboard and within an hour was probably typing text 40% faster. I than tried SlideIt and same thing, great prediction on both of these and very very fast prediction. SlideIt in landscape mode clips off some of the keys to the right of the screen but is useable. However, it makes little sense to use a swype style keyboard in landscape as the distances you have to swype defeat the purpose and slow you down. In portrait mode SlideIt is really good but would be nice if you could customize the keyboard size to smaller, it would speed up typing. I may try the thumb keyboard next.
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Re: what keyboard are you using

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I am using Ultra Keyboard. I like it but wish it were smaller.
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