Swype
Yet another post revolving around the world of Android. This time though I’m actually writing this post on my Nexus, and using a new type of keyboard which rather than tapping, you swipe across. Having just tried to write the word swipe I see how they are seemingly being quite cheeky in that they’d much rather you write swype, the name of the application.
So rather than picking out each character, you simply swipe your finger roughly across each of the letters you require. I say roughly as it is impressively clever at working out which word you were aiming for. Initially sceptical, in just writing this post I can already feel myself speeding up to the extent that I’m thinking I shall have to try this for an extended period of time, and see if I can get used to it.
If you have an Android phone you can sign up to join the beta here. However… it appears that right now the beta its closed due to “overwhelming demand”. It’s had a bit of press recently.
Alternatively, they’ve made some kind of arrangement with T-Mobile and HTC to have Swype pre-bundled on the MyTouch 3G, so you can find it on there (if you’re the kind of person who chooses their phone based on the keyboard).
Tags: android, keyboard, Mobile, nexus, swype
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