Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Five Great Reasons to Root Your Android Phone!! (3/5)

blogged by GmyDotCom

A better keyboard

 
The standard Android keyboard has its issues, and leading Android phone maker HTC knows it. They made their own keyboard for the HTC Hero, and the CyanogenMOD makes it available in any Android phone. 

Enable it by heading to Settings, Locale & Text, then turning "Touch Input" on and adjusting its spell/suggest/feedback settings. "Better" is this editor's own opinion, though Matt Buchanan from Gizmodo agrees: 

The keys are "puffed up" and easier to hit, the "long press" is faster than reaching for an Alt key, once you're used to it, and the auto suggestions and replacements are, if not subtle, generally helpful. What's definitely better is the responsiveness and snappiness, which is crucial when you're blazing through text and don't want to guess what three letters you last selected.

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