HTC Keyboard Application for Android

If you have used HTC phones, you might be knowing, it has a good keyboard application. You can now get this keypad app for Android powered Google Nexus one. There are lots of features available in this version.

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Features:

  • Customizable language settings
  • Smileys hacked into the hide key (see screen shots)
  • Swap Smiley/12# button
  • Custom smileys
  • Installs also on Android < 2.1
  • Custom word candidate bar that raises the keyboards so dictionary won’t cover the app you type in
  • Prediction in fields with own suggestions (search bar etc.)
  • Prediction in fields that sets the filter flag
  • Prediction in URL fields
  • Disable automatic capitalization
  • Play sounds in silent mode
  • Set sound level
  • Automatic space insertion
  • Enable prediction with cursor in or adjacent to existing words (QWERTY only)
  • Enable a space bar key in URL keyboard (experimental)
  • Prediction for physical keyboard (reported working, not tested by me)
  • Support for German QWERTZ hard KB layout
  • Show voice input button for all keyboards with a settings button
  • Swipe right for voice input on any keyboard
  • Swipe left to delete word (now even while dict. is showing)
  • Swipe down to hide keyboard
  • Swipe up for shift
  • Disable key preview popup
  • Use Google development server for voice (supports German but isn’t online 24/7)
  • Position of word candidate list is saved if you long press and move it
  • Left align word candidate list
  • Droid landscape support with resolution related glitches
  • User dictionary import/export (for backup or building your dictionary on your computer)
  • User dictionary accepts any character, not just HTC approved ones
  • Custom vibration length
  • Character replacement (can remove diacritic chars)
  • Pipe key in qwerty mode

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