You may have already heard about Swype, but if you haven’t, it’s time to pay attention. Swype is an innovative technology that:
“provides a faster and easier way to input text on any screen. With one continuous finger or stylus motion across the screen keyboard, the patented technology enables users to input words faster and easier than other data input methods—at over 50 words per minute.”
Check out the videos on Swype’s product page. It’s quiet impressive. And it comes preloaded with your T-Mobile MyTouch 3G as well. So you can try this baby out for real.
Now what’a really exciting to me here is that finally there is some innovation in the mobile space again. Too many phones have been making minor iterations to the hardware specs and adding a few new software features. There has not been any real innovation in the mobile devices space in a few years now and that includes the iPad! Finally, here is technology that may actually have a significant affect on the user experience.
Personally, I haven’t tried Swype out, so I can’t say that it will have a dramatic improvement on the user experience when it comes to typing on virtual keyboards. However, the reviews have been good. And who are we kidding, it can’t get any worse that what it is now. I type 10 times faster on my BlackBerry Bold 9700 Keyboard that on any virtual keyboard and I’ve tried them all (iPhone, Storm, etc).
So kudos Swype for bringing some innovation into our midsts.
