Swype

[prashanthchengi]

I've always enjoyed typing fast and I've even blogged about it in the past.  However, typing  anything on a mobile phone is a totally different proposition. I'd tried posting to lj by typing away on my old Nokia phone using the t9 dictionary which was very useful considering that the the alternative was to type the 'a' key thrice just to get the 'c

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[anonymous]

For Nokia atleast swype came with a limited time free edition. (It was in Beta for Symbian when I tried it.) On Android I think it's free with a few features from the paid app missing. You should probably check out their webpage....
http://www.swypeinc.com/

\Harish

[prashanthchengi]

Hari, they are as clear about their license terms as Congress is about their grand visions for India!
I've downloaded Swype beta, so while it may be expected to crash at any time, I don't think it'll stop working after sometime, like trialware.
It's pretty good and I for one would not mind purchasing it, as long as it does not cost a bomb.

[deponti]

This sounds interesting to me, but I suspect my phone is not sophisticated enough for Swype. Also, I have always find auto-fill very irritating, so I wonder if this would be any different...refer to this in our next conversation.

[prashanthchengi]

On the contrary, I think you phone would be supported. You'll really begin to appreciate Swype when you try to type more than one paragraph of text, on your phone. It wouldn't make much of a difference if you are only going to use if to type out an SMS.
The auto complete thing is really a double edged sword: when I type out all the letters,I don't even need to crosscheck, but it's tiresome. Smart completion programs like Swype need to be carefully watched, for the first few days as you would be getting used to the system and hence would be most likely to make mistakes. However, word prediction can lead to some pretty bizarre gaffes if one is not careful, seasoned user or not! It would be pretty embarrassing if one were to end up typing 'immoral' where 'immortal' was meant or 'pubic' where 'public' was intended!!

[deponti]

My phone's auto-complete feature most often gives me bizarre, unconnected words, so I detest it.

Love your immortal public examples :)

[prashanthchengi]

Oh, very tame examples..I'm sure your brain can come up with some really wicked examples! ;)