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SwiftKey 3 hits beta with new UI – We go hands-on

By Cory Gunther
on 4 Apr, 2012

The popular 3rd party keyboard for Android SwiftKey is back in the news today announcing the all new, redesigned SwiftKey 3 for smartphones and tablets. Available starting today is the new and improved SwiftKey 3 beta for their VIP forum members, and we can expect it to launch in the Play Store soon. We were lucky enough to enjoy the predictive text features and more all early so check out the hands-on after the break.

Archos teases new G10 Tablets with ultra thin keyboard dock [Video]

By Cory Gunther
on 14 Mar, 2012

For those that are fans of Android tablets, especially ones in the budget price range we have some good news today. The popular budget-friendly tablet maker Archos has just released a brand new teaser video showing off their latest Android 4.0 ICS tablets. Only these are aiming for the Transformer crowd and come complete with an ultra thin keyboard dock like we've seen from ASUS. Check out the fuzzy yet HD teaser video below.

Siine Keyboard for Android released – icons make texting even easier

By Cory Gunther
on 6 Mar, 2012

Custom keyboards are nothing new in Android although it seems like many offer similar functions, change themes, or simply suggest words faster than others. Today we have a brand new keyboard for Android called Siine that was just released and actually has some innovative and new features that had me extremely impressed. Check out the images below, and the video demonstration really shows how neat this keyboard can be when using familiar icons to type faster.

SwiftKey passes 5 million downloads, on sale this weekend only

By Cory Gunther
on 17 Feb, 2012

One of the most popular and widely used 3rd party keyboards for Android smartphones and tablets, SwiftKey, has just announced they've passed 5 million downloads. Along with this awesome news comes two things. They are hosting a sale to celebrate, and have also updated the applications with additional language support and more.

Swype Beta released with official Ice Cream Sandwich support

By Cory Gunther
on 16 Feb, 2012

The popular 3rd party keyboard for Android Swype has just released their latest beta today, finally adding official support for Ice Cream Sandwich and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. It's a little later than the "few days away" comments from Swype earlier this month, but it's finally here so lets enjoy it. Even if this is only a beta release.

Motorola DROID 4 Hands-on and Unboxing

By Cory Gunther
on 8 Feb, 2012

Say hello to the Motorola DROID 4. Just arriving on our test bench we decided to quickly snap some photos and look over the latest iteration in the popular DROID line before giving it a full rundown. At first glance you'd almost mistake this for the new DROID RAZR, only the screen is slightly smaller and we have that all important keyboard. Coming in with specs similar to what the DROID 3 should have been, the D4 has some impressive power under the hood in more ways than one.

Swype for Galaxy Nexus and Ice Cream Sandwich only “days away”

By Cory Gunther
on 6 Feb, 2012

The popular 3rd party keyboard maker Swype promised an update to support Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich back at the beginning on January. Stating it would arrive before the end of the month. Now that we are slowly getting into February it should be coming any day now. Who is ready for some official Swyping on their Galaxy Nexus?

Galaxy Note update rolling out with “one hand operation” keyboard tweaks

By Cory Gunther
on 19 Jan, 2012

If you've been following the Samsung Galaxy Note you know this 5.3" phone tablet hybrid is anything but ordinary. For that reason Samsung has been pushing update after update to the international version according to many comments on Twitter and over at XDA forums. Today it appears a huge update is rolling out bringing all sorts of improvements, changes, and tweaks for the larger than life device. If you have the extra screen real estate you might as well use it right? They've even added a one-handed typing option. More details are below.

Swiftkey X updated with slew of bug fixes — now even better

By Cory Gunther
on 5 Jan, 2012

Here at Android Community we love 3rd party keyboards and Swiftkey X is right at the top of our list. We've constantly recommended this as one of the best apps for Android phones and tablets. Today they've pushed their latest update to improve upon the recently released v2.2 and they've added tons of improvements and bug fixes -- Especially for the Droid Bionic.

Swype opens the freezer, Ice Cream Sandwich support coming end-of-month

By Cory Gunther
on 5 Jan, 2012

Good news folks, for everyone that loves to swype rather than type it appears that Swype might finally be ready to start beta testing and bring an official version to market supporting Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and the Galaxy Nexus. After being unsupported since release date today they've clarified when we can expect to see an update.