Being a Nokia user for almost 10 years, moving from a T9 keyboard system to a full android keyboard is something I find really hard to adapt to. The reason why I prefer the T9 keyboard over a full keyboard is the ability to type using one hand, not to mention the buttons on a full keyboard is simply too tiny, I tend to press on the wrong key once too often.
Upon researching, Smart Keyboard Pro is the best T9 keyboard for android. It is still somewhat clustered with additional keys, none the less it is still free, almost as good as Nokia’s keypad. Head over to Google market place and download this app, it is free.
(EvenBetter)NumberPad on the other hand is the closest thing to Nokia’s T9 keypad. However, it cost 3.99 USD.
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Actually I found the Smart Keyboard Pro even better (than NumberPad) as an ex-Nokia user. If you like entering words such as Stourbridge as multiple T9 words (St our bridge) just hit the T9 button twice each time you want to start a new selection.
You need to go through the settings carefully (eg turn on auto learning) to get the total Nokia environment.
If you could type at the speed of light on a Nokia, you can on Android with this. Thank you so much for showing me this app, you have saved my sanity.
5 Stars for this app.
T9 reminds me of the good old Nokia keypad… fast and can be typed using 1 hand
Smart Keyboard Pro is a fast multitouch keyboard with multi-language support, skins, voice input, T9 and compact mode
It was really hard for me to move from Nokia to Android, I miss the T9 keypad but eventually i got over it.