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by Alex Dobie
Jun 05, 2013
The stock 'Nexus' keyboard app, complete with gesture typing, is now available to all Android users through the Google Play Store
Google continues the movement of its core Android apps o...
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by Andrew Martonik
May 29, 2013
A few important fixes just a couple short weeks after a big 4.1 release
Shortly after releasing version 4.1 of its keyboard that brought new themes and improvements, the bump to 4.1.1 today brin...
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by Alex Dobie
May 15, 2013
Paid version also half-price for a limited time
Popular keyboard replacement SwiftKey has hit version 4.1, and the new version is now rolling out through the Google Play Store. SwiftKey 4.1...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 01, 2013
We spend more time using the keyboard than many other apps. Which one is your favorite?
One of Android's killer features is the ability to change system applications if we come across one th...
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by Andrew Martonik
Apr 24, 2013
99 cents gets you one of the best-known third party keyboards on Android
Hell may have just frozen over today, because Swype is now available for purchase in the Play Store. Previously, as ...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 01, 2013
"Whole-body typing experience"
Not to be left out of the April 1 fun, popular keyboard app SwiftKey has today announced "SwiftKey Tilt," a new keyboard designed to offer a &q...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 26, 2013
SwiftKey, the popular third-party Android keyboard, this morning announced an update that will take care of a number of nagging issues. The update is now live in Google Play.
The big news, probably...
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by Casey Rendon
Mar 24, 2013
Owners of previous Nexus devices have enjoyed the ability to directly connect to USB flash drives and other peripherals using USB OTG (On The Go). The online help manual for the Nexus 4 origina...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 14, 2013
The newest Galaxy from Samsung is expected to have SwiftKey typing prediction built into the software, according to a source of The Wall Street Journal. The next word and sentence prediction fr...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 28, 2013
One of the best features of Android is that different portions of the interface can be changed to the user's liking, especially the keyboard. Even with drastic improvements in the stock Android ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 20, 2013
The folks at SwiftKey have made a hell of a good keyboard for Android phones and tablets. They've garnered numerous awards for it, from names like the GSMA, Fast Company, and our very own E...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 12, 2013
The SwiftKey Flow beta test continues with another release for phones and tablets today. Version 4.0.0.99 includes a new round of bug fixes, including behavior fixes for the Google Chrome Beta, vari...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 28, 2013
Swiftkey today unleashed a new version of its beta-only SwiftKey Flow keyboard. Corrections are easier, predictions are more prevalent -- and it's basically just more awesome.
Hit up the ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 07, 2013
Nuance, the folks behind Dragon voice recognition, and of course the Swype keyboard, has announced a new version of Swype beta, complete with a new feature you'll want to check out. They are cal...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 20, 2012
We might be all about SwiftKey Flow these days, but it's still in beta, and SwiftKey 3 lives on in full release. Today the uber-popular Android keyboard been updated to SwiftKey 3.1. H...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 06, 2012
It's been interesting to watch the continued evolution of Android keyboards. Google's didn't start getting decent until the last year or so, but it lacked the excellent prediction of Swi...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 30, 2012
Good news, Australians -- no longer will your unique contributions to the English language go unnoticed. SwiftKey has announced that it's added full Aussie dictionary support in the latest versi...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 25, 2012
SwiftKey has announced a brand new version of its popular keyboard app for Android, dubbed SwiftKey Flow. Launching "soon," SwiftKey Flow will bring continuous input -- similar to what'...
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by Victoria Ho
Oct 18, 2012
The latest beta of the Swype keyboard is out, and available to download from the Swype Beta website.
The popular third-party keyboard from Nuance Communications packs a number of new updates.
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by Richard Devine
Oct 16, 2012
One of the greatest positives about the Android platform, is choice. Hardware, software, apps, theres something for everybody out there somewhere. Customizing your user experience to meet your every...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 09, 2012
One of the Galaxy Note 2's best features may be one of its most hidden
A funny thing about SwiftKey. We've questioned, in the past, its strategy of forgoing deals with manufacturers to b...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Aug 22, 2012
ARCHOS today introduced the Gen10 XS line, the successor to last summer’s G9 tablets. The 101 XS, the company’s latest flagship tablet, will be the first to carry the Gen10 XS name, and ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 15, 2012
So you're all psyched about using the new fast keyboard in Jelly Bean, and digging the predictive text feature. But after a while, if you're like me, you realize that things went much smooth...
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by Richard Devine
Jul 15, 2012
One of the, many, awesome new features in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, is the keyboard. While sharing appearance with it's predecessor, where the Jelly Bean keyboard excels over Ice Cream Sandwich, i...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 20, 2012
Swype developer Nuance has announced -- and released -- a major update to the beta version of the popular Android keyboard. The new Swype beta, which is available to download now from the official s...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 13, 2012
Swiftkey -- the Android Central 2011 Editor's Choice for third-party keyboard -- today has received an honor most of us can only dream of, having been immortalized as an XKCD comic by the genius...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 30, 2012
Just a quick heads up, boys and girls, that Swiftkey (our 2011 editor's choice for Android Keyboard of the year, btw) has updated the versions of the Swiftkey 3 beta in the company's VI...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 03, 2012
SwiftKey, recipients of the prestigious 2011 Android Central Editor's Pick for third-party keyboard, today unleashed a new beta version of the SwiftKey 3 keyboard that, ahem, fixes a few th...
Article
by n64kps
May 02, 2012
Voting for the 2012 Webby Awards has come to a close and the winners have been announced. A few of our favorite Android apps inlcuding Google Wallet, SwiftKey X, and Evernote all brought ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 02, 2012
If you're interested in smartphone tech, you've surely been peeking at CrackBerry checking out all the BlackBerry World coverage. It's OK, we've been checking it out, too. The folks ...
