Monday, June 21, 2010

Swype: Type On Your Smartphone At Laptop Speed

iPad with on display keyboardImage via Wikipedia
Phone Software Takes the Taps Out of Typing allows users to glide a finger across the virtual keyboard to spell words, rather than tapping out each letter. ..... The movements do not have to be precise because the software calculates which words a user is most likely trying to spell. .... Capitalization and double letters can be indicated with a pause or squiggle, while spacing and punctuation are automatic...... Swype charges phone makers a licensing fee for each device sold .... “We could have custom dictionaries for doctors or lawyers” ..... “It could become the de facto standard for tablets, next-generation TVs or next-generation remote controls” ..... the Swype software — which took a laborious seven years. ..... global sales of touch-screen devices to reach 326.7 million in 2010, an increase of 97 percent from last year. ...... Google is trying to let people skip the screen entirely by developing voice- and image-recognition technologies. Its Goggles application can analyze a photo of some text and translate it into a different language — no typing required.











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I have a feeling Swype will finally make tablets competitive with laptops.
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