When smartphone industry has grown so huge, it is not a surprise
that companies have tried to converge every feature into the mobile
devices. It would not be incorrect to say these smartphones are almost
like your mini mobile computers and with a device so personal, users
find options that best suit their style. With the kind of services these
devices offer and to think no basic QWERTY physical keyboard is there
to assist, it makes it rather important to have the right kind of touchscreen keyboard on the screen.
Android devices have a lot of apps to choose from in this regard. When it comes to a keyboard on touch screen, the developers have spent a lot of energy at crafting apps for keyboards. This article suggests the best five apps for keyboards sorted upon two types: tap typing and swipe spelling.
Text prediction is the core feature this app is fundamentally created
upon. Swiftkey is more accurate than many top-notch keyboard apps in
guessing the next word to be entered right after the second and in some
cases, the first letter has been punched in. All the user is left to do
is tap on the word rather than spelling each letter out. That would save
a lot of time. For other functions like backspacing an incorrect word,
simple gesture support has been added. You can get the app free of cost
so head to the store if you are interested.
Better Keyboard claims to be one of the fastest QWERTY keyboard apps
with skins that can not only be chosen to go with the device interface
but the color schemes also give high visibility in Sunlight at
comparatively lower brightness setting. Reviews have been positive so
far and apparently the app uses half the CPU power than other apps thus,
less battery drain. Gesture support and larger keys for easy typing
make this a very user-friendly touchscreen keyboard. Available for $2.99 for Android users.
It is the keyboard app that practically introduced the swiping word
gesture in onscreen touch keyboards. All you have to do is swipe the
intended word as clearly as possible and you will have the desired word
on the screen with a number of other possibilities if the word predicted
is not the one. Swype makes tapping letters look like a tedious job as
swiping is faster and smoother. This keyboard app comes with a backup
and sync option for your personal dictionaries that you can save in the
cloud and sync with any of your Android devices thus, eliminating the
hassle of adding words to your personal vocabulary over and over again
with a change in device. You will find Swype pre-installed in Motorola
Droid X and for others the developer opens the originally closed beta
app from time to time.
SlideIT is only slightly different from Swype keyboard app. As the
name suggests, this app also supports swiping method for words making it
very quick to type in or should I say ‘swipe in’ your desired words.
Even if you are not on the mark with your swipe gesture, the app will
still be correct in predicting your word in most cases. If you didn’t
like Swype but don’t want do use a tap typing keyboard then SlideIT
would be a good choice. You can get either the free or the paid version
from the Android Market. Paid version will definitely add to the
features.
Android devices have a lot of apps to choose from in this regard. When it comes to a keyboard on touch screen, the developers have spent a lot of energy at crafting apps for keyboards. This article suggests the best five apps for keyboards sorted upon two types: tap typing and swipe spelling.
TouchPal
With a wide variety of options that are offered, it is definitely an app worth trying. There is a support for twenty languages and users can even download more than one pack if they have multilingual routines on their Android smartphones. TouchPal is based upon a swiping mode offering a number of keyboard layouts including the standard QWERTY keyboard with number keys and it is pretty easy to switch layout as all you have to do is swipe left or right. Also, the text prediction is based on a smart suggestive technique that is correct with most of the guesses for the next word.
Swiftkey
Text prediction is the core feature this app is fundamentally created
upon. Swiftkey is more accurate than many top-notch keyboard apps in
guessing the next word to be entered right after the second and in some
cases, the first letter has been punched in. All the user is left to do
is tap on the word rather than spelling each letter out. That would save
a lot of time. For other functions like backspacing an incorrect word,
simple gesture support has been added. You can get the app free of cost
so head to the store if you are interested.
Better Keyboard
Better Keyboard claims to be one of the fastest QWERTY keyboard apps
with skins that can not only be chosen to go with the device interface
but the color schemes also give high visibility in Sunlight at
comparatively lower brightness setting. Reviews have been positive so
far and apparently the app uses half the CPU power than other apps thus,
less battery drain. Gesture support and larger keys for easy typing
make this a very user-friendly touchscreen keyboard. Available for $2.99 for Android users.
Swype
It is the keyboard app that practically introduced the swiping word
gesture in onscreen touch keyboards. All you have to do is swipe the
intended word as clearly as possible and you will have the desired word
on the screen with a number of other possibilities if the word predicted
is not the one. Swype makes tapping letters look like a tedious job as
swiping is faster and smoother. This keyboard app comes with a backup
and sync option for your personal dictionaries that you can save in the
cloud and sync with any of your Android devices thus, eliminating the
hassle of adding words to your personal vocabulary over and over again
with a change in device. You will find Swype pre-installed in Motorola
Droid X and for others the developer opens the originally closed beta
app from time to time.
SlideIT
SlideIT is only slightly different from Swype keyboard app. As the
name suggests, this app also supports swiping method for words making it
very quick to type in or should I say ‘swipe in’ your desired words.
Even if you are not on the mark with your swipe gesture, the app will
still be correct in predicting your word in most cases. If you didn’t
like Swype but don’t want do use a tap typing keyboard then SlideIT
would be a good choice. You can get either the free or the paid version
from the Android Market. Paid version will definitely add to the
features.
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