Swype Technology

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I am sure quite a number of you tablet PC or touchscreen smart phone/mobile phone or touchscreen computer owners will be ever familiar with the touchscreen keyboard which lets you tap out texts for your notes, word processing or simply just sending text messages. Till date, I think the many of you may prefer the handwriting input of the Palm technology over these touchscreen QWERTY keyboards which could be quite daunting for users on smaller devices like the cellphone. Well, fret no more, for Swype (pronounced as SWIPE) is here! From the inventor of T9 software, or predictive text, which guesses the word people are thinking of as they text, Swype technology is here and is believed to be the next wave to text input over mobile devices with a touchscreen QWERTY keyboard. Inventor Cliff Kushler, interviewed in the video below believes that his invention can increase the speed of even the most nimble texter by up to 30 per cent. Basically, a user will just need a finger or stylus to perform a continuous motion across the device's screens keyboard, roughly aiming to pass through the letters of the intended word and the patented technology will then trace the path and form the word for the user to input. It is believed that the patented technology has an achievable rate of over 50 words per minute - a speed thus far been considered being the fastest than other conventional “target-tap-lift-target-tap...” data input methods. Now available on certain models of cellphone brands like Motorola, HTC, myTouch, and Samsung - current owners may want to check with your phone's official website or service centers to see if you can obtain this new input technology via firmware updates. It is believed that more brands and devices will be coming on board and I must say that this is indeed a much needed new technology. So, be on a lookout! Read more: http://www.swypeinc.com/product.html Video feed: http://cnettv.cnet.com/swype-new-keyboard-technology/9742-1_53-50003669.html