Recommend me a GOOD Tablet keyboard

[dmo580]

I want one for my TouchPad running CM9.

Here's a few things I noticed:

- Most keyboards are phone ports and so the backspace is on the bottom row rather than the top row. Tablets are almost used like real keyboards, so it makes more sense to have the backspace up on the upper right corner. Take note of the iPad keyboard and the TouchPad keyboard. It makes sense for the backspace to be on the lower right only if you're using your thumbs to type. Make note of phone keyboards (iPhone included). Clearly Apple thought this out, but it seems.

- Most Android keyboards suck balls. No offense, they just suck. Bad autocorrection or prediction. The iPad 2 I have has a solid keyboard. While I don't want say an Apple copy, even an iPad keyboard layout would be great. The webOS keyboard is the best keyboard I've used so far because its a 5 row keyboard. The number row really makes sense.

- No I'm not a fan of Swiftkey. Why the hell did they mess up the numbers and put them in a square layout when you want to input numbers? That doesn't even make sense.

- Smart Keyboard Pro was my favorite phone keyboard, but it's not really tablet optimized.

 

[SevenFourTwo]

Check out thumb keyboard 4.0. Its about 5$ but its totally worth it.

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[daveid]

I use Thumb Keyboard, you may also like Hacker's Keyboard.
The ICS stock keyboard is pretty nice too.

 

[Sian]

Can try Touchpal or Go Keyboard. Go keyboard even split up the keys into two halves optimise for both hands typing.

 

[alalni]

GO keyboard 10/10 free and full of features

 

[ybyb]

You can try A.I type keyboard as well.... It's nice

 

[Sine.]

Give a try to A.I. type keybord : it's very similar to the webOS one, can be divided like thumb keyboard, has the backspace on the top row, a 5th row with numbers, arrows, and it's free

Edit : arf, a little bit too late
Re-edit : just checked, the free version has only one limitation : prediction during the first 15 days only (I don't use it so I don't care)

 

[SevenFourTwo]

Call me a Steve Jobs, but I never liked anything from GO because they have no original ideas. Thumb Keyboard is still the way to go because they, as far as I know, started the whole split layout idea and do it best. Thumb Keyboard only costs $2.29.

Another keyboard you could try is Messagease, I'm not sure how it would work on a tablet, but once you're used to it on a phone, its way easier and faster than typing on a qwerty. It also comes with a game that you can use to get faster at typing on it! Messagease is Free!

 

[CreepyE]

F*ck all those keyboards. Hackers keyboard wins hands down. Next best to a real keyboard

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[SevenFourTwo]

A real keyboard on a tablet does a good one not make. Why not just buy a hardware attachment for the tablet if you wanted a "real" keyboard?

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