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Better Keyboard updates to 5.0; here are 10 Good Better Keyboard Skins

Better Android has just released version 5.0 of its Better Keyboard application. The latest update includes a re-designed speech input button that can continue recording until the user presses the button again and decide to end the communication. The speech engine also recognizes punctuation, so it will place a comma in a sentence if the [...]

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How to install Swype on a G1, myTouch, Hero, or HVGA device

Swype is an Android app that enters text simply by moving a finger over letters. The Android keyboard alternative then predicts what word you meant to type, correcting errors and speeding up the data-entry process. Previously, the beta version of Swype was available only for WVGA devices like the Motorola Droid and the Nexus One. Now, [...]

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Touchpal Keyboard enhances Cupcake keyboard experience (sort of)

Touchpal Keyboard can provide another option for Android users looking to upgrade to a better onscreen keyboard. The just released Android app greatly improves on the default keyboard with a strong capability to predict and AutoCorrect text among other key features. Touchpal Keyboard has three keyboard layout options, including phone, half QWERTY, and full QWERTY style. [...]

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Virtual keyboard comes to Android, still not ready for primetime

Android may currently be lacking a virtual keyboard, but that does not seem to be stopping developers from working on a solution and including it with their apps. We have already seen the reports that a true virtual keyboard will be available during Q1 of 2009, but this first is included as part of the [...]

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Touchscreen keyboard coming to Android in early-2009

While the G1 has been getting pretty good reviews that does not stop the complaints from coming, after all no mobile phone has yet been determined to be perfect. One of these issues is due to the lack of software keyboard, which initially sounds like it should not be an issue thanks to the large [...]

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