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Oh my goodness--the keyboard. Yes. I'm a recent iPhone 4s -> Nexus 4 convert, and I can say that the built-in keyboard is vastly better than the iPhone keyboard
by peatmoss 14y ago
Oh my goodness--the keyboard. Yes. I'm a recent iPhone 4s -> Nexus 4 convert, and I can say that the built-in keyboard is vastly better than the iPhone keyboard. And the predictive accuracy (I have a friend in the business) of the built-in Google keyboard is quantifiably and substantially lower than its other Android competitors.
I'm told Apple's keyboard is abysmally bad because it asks the question on a per-word basis: "Given these jabs at the screen, what is the probably that the user meant 'foo'?"
Just about everyone else looks at the words preceding and includes that when coming up with a probability.
I can understand that a swiping keyboard might be too freaky for some people at Apple, but the predictive accuracy of the jabby keyboard is just embarrassing.
The ability to quickly and accurately type things out is the number one thing that will prevent me from moving back to an iPhone. Even given a choice between stabbing at my much bigger iPad screen and swipe typing on my Nexus 4, I've found myself putting down the ipad to respond to emails.
- zarify 14y agoI agree about the keyboard with a caveat (and this is based on my experience with the Nexus 7, I'm still hemming and basic about replacing my phone with an Android device) - the touch recognition relative to where you actually touch seems (if this makes sense) more accurate but less natural. iOS devices seem to put the touch at slightly above where I tap, meaning that it triggers where I'm looking at more than where I'm actually tapping. It's subtle but I find it quite difficult to type and web browse on the Nexus sometimes. I do love swiping words now I'm used to it though. Shame there's a palpable mental shift that has to happen when I had to stop swiping for stuff like proper nouns though.