ThickButtons Update Adds Voice Input, Smarter Landscape ModeS

Android only: ThickButtons' keyboard slightly enlarges the letters you're most likely to type next. It's a neat idea, but you might miss a standard landscape mode, or Android's voice-to-text powers. Luckily, both are present in the latest ThickButtons update.

ThickButtons certainly won't be everyone's cup of tea. Commenters in our original post were divided on whether they actually gained speed from having predictive buttons, or if they'd rather their keys stay in place for their muscle memory. For those with fingers too large for a comfortable fit with the standard Android keyboard, and those who don't quite dig swipe-style alternatives (like the invite-only Swype beta), ThickButtons might be worth another look, though.

You can now set ThickButtons so its landscape mode doesn't use predictive buttons. The keyboard also includes a microphone button for activating voice-to-text input (on Android 2.2 and later), which can be better than any keyboard. The developers also promise speed and algorithm improvements in this 0.9 release, with more to come.

ThickButtons is a free download for Android phones.