There’s a suspiciously “studio-based” look to this stunning demo of alternate Android keyboard Swype in action, but it’s still a damn good look at the sort of things the gesture-based text system is capable of if you put the man-hours in and really learn how to use it properly.
Here’s a man typing out the sentence “The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human” using Swype:
Amazing. We’d imagine he had quite a few practice attempts beforehand, but it’s still pretty incredible to see. Read more about this new Guinness-endorsed world texting record over at TechCrunch.


Rico
/ March 23, 2010Still amazed how much quicker SlideIT is then Swype.
After using it more and more I’m finding myself getting quite confortable with SlideIT. Defnitely feels a lot “lighter” than swype.
http://www.mobiletextinput.com/
EURODROID 00001
/ March 23, 2010I’ll give it a go. Swype was a bit too “Cyber-warrior” for me.