'Swype' Offers New Way to Type On Touch Phones
Dec 1, 2009, 3:33 PM by Eric M. Zeman
Today Swype announced new text prediction technology for touch phones. Swype works by allowing users to swipe the letters of a word on the software QWERTY keyboard of a touch phone to spell them. For example, to spell the word "phone" a user would place their finger on the "p" and then (while keeping pressure on the screen) slide their finger to the "h", "o" and so on. When the user lifts her/his finger, the word will appear in the text box. If there are multiple matches to a given pattern on the keyboard, Swype will offer suggestions that can be easily inserted into a text box. It works with a finger or stylus, and Swype claims that adept users can reach typing speeds of 30 words per minute. Swype was created by Cliff Kushler, co-inventor of the T9 predictive text technology. It can be used across a wide array of software platforms and form factors. It will be launching on the Samsung Omnia II with Verizon Wireless on December 2.
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| I've seen this work... | Slammer |
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| Android... | johnkzin |
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| But... | kiptonia |
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| Nice keyboard...still not gonna buy the Omnia | Steven58 |
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