31 January 2010
A new software called Swype is making it's way on to all types of touchscreen phones including Windows Mobile and Android operating systems. From the inventor of numeric keypad based software T9, comes Swype. Cliff Kushler, the creator of Swype, says although the software is quite simple to use, there is a lot going on beneath the surface. Instead of tapping out letters to send a text message, you drag your finger (or stylus) over each letter of a word and lift it to end the word.
We tried it on an HTC Touch Pro 2 with Windows Mobile 6.5. It works, even with a small portrait touchscreen keyboard. It is our favorite new input method.
A 65,000 word dictionary corrects obvious mistakes and spelling errors and even the less obvious come with a suggestion. In our tests, the 1st suggestion was always what we were looking for. Swype is being released on some phones direct from manufacturers like the Samsung Omnia II. We expect to see this popping up in a lot of other places.
Check out Swype in action or watch more videos in our How-To section.