Guest Paul Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Welcome to 'Paul's App of the Day', where I pick one of my favourite apps as featured app of the day! Today's app is... TouchPal What they sayChinese :angry: What we say Don't be fooled by the fact that this is listed as 'TouchPal Chinese Input' in the Market (and the description), this excellent input method has full support for English (sorry, no other languages at this time it seems) and is completely free of Chinese language when in use (just turn off the Chinese dictionaries in the application settings). I've been a big fan of TouchPal for a long time, so i'm excited to see it in the Market and FREE! The included skin is slightly ugly, but it makes up for this with handy features including QWERTY, 20 key and 12 key layouts that can be switched between by swiping horizontally on the keyboard, swipe up on a letter for upper case and swipe down on a letter to use the symbol from that key (soooo useful!). I hope we'll see a full multi language release on the Market at some point, however TouchPal's primary business model is via OEMs (TouchPal is bundled on Huawei devices for example), so it's unclear at this point when / if that will happen. Permissions INTERNET / READ_CONTACTS / VIBRATE Download View TouchPal at AppBrain QRcode To use, install 'Barcode Scanner' from the Android Market. Price FREE (We like that! ;)) Market star rating at time of writing 4.39 (377 ratings) Version at time of writing 4.2 Similar / Alternative apps There are many alternative input methods on the market, including Smart Keyboard, Better Keyboard and SwiftKey (amongst many others). Suggested improvements for the next version I would like to see a full release with support for more languages but most importantly a prettier stock skin and theming support. Have your say Fan of TouchPal? Found something better? Just wanna share your experiences? Post below! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Specialist79 Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Permissions INTERNET / READ_CONTACTS / VIBRATE I would be very cautious installing an IME with INTERNET privileges. In theory, it could phone home with all all your typed data (including passwords). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest goatee Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 (edited) I loved Touchpal when I had the Pulse. Now I've had Swype for months, and a day or two of Swiftkey, I'm eager to see if it's as good as I remember (used to love the qwerty keyboard with two letters per key). Edit: Oh, it really is as good as I remember. Thank you Cootek! This is the best keyboard - perhaps not quite as fast as Swype for normal words, but for anything not in the dictionary, and for emoticons, this wins hands down. And the additional cut/paste buttons rock :angry:. Edited July 19, 2010 by goatee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 I would be very cautious installing an IME with INTERNET privileges. In theory, it could phone home with all all your typed data (including passwords). It uses it's Internet permissions to check for updates. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zigzagindex Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 It uses it's Internet permissions to check for updates. P Thanks, it works like a charm, better than Baidu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest siimo Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 how do i get this to work on the Desire rom for nexus one, i cant hold down to select input method like on the stock froyo rom :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 You need to enable the input method in settings! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest siimo Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 Thanks Paul will give that a try :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hazi1964 Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 Thanks Paul will give that a try :( If I hadn't read this thread, I would still be stuck with Qwerty. Loving this keypad. Thanks for posting it here. I'd never have downloaded it cos of the chinese language thing, wouldn't have realised it was English. rofl. Alison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Entreated Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 The latest update (todays) for TouchPal makes this the best keyboard out there. The main part of the update for me is that the skin has been improved 110% and is far more better to look at rather than the basic theme before. And an advantage for the update is that is makes accessing various other menus easier than before as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Agreed, TouchPal got a MUCH nicer look with the new update downloaded from within the app settings. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Does Touchpal have a # key? I twitter a fair amount from my phone and it's fairly important to me as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Accessible by pressing the symbols button... P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skinnypupp Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 (edited) I loved TouchPal on WinMo, but this version just doesn't feel quite as good. Also being able to skin it was REALLY nice, as there were actually some nice skins on XDA (I know) Also, having no auto-space after word completion REALLY sucks Edited August 2, 2010 by skinnypupp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Very nice. Always liked it on my Omnia, and this feels just as good now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 7, 2010 Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 Accessible by pressing the symbols button... P It took me forever to realise the symbol page scrolls. D'oh, thanks. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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