Swype, the alternate, line-drawing keyboard for Android that comes pre-installed on quite a few Android phones these days, is now available for download for everyone – for a limited period. And with a few of its features restricted. Great!
It’s not on the Android Market, though – it’s a direct download only from the maker. Here’s what you’ll get:
If you’re keen on trying it and haven’t already got it on your phone, head off over to the Swype Beta site and give it a go. We didn’t like it, to be brutally honest. A bit too fiddly, and requires too much learning from our tired old brains.
HTC’s 4.3″ dual-core Android model, powered by Qualcomm’s all-new S4 processor. It’s smaller than the enormous One X, but is it as nice as its bigger brother? (SPOILER: Yes it is).
HTC is very much B-A-C-K at the top of the Android world with this, its quad-core flagship for 2012. Great camera, huge 4.7″ display and Android 4.0 running beautifully well.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
Arivind Abraham
/ June 18, 2010You guys are kidding right about not liking it? It’s so intuitive and my typing speed has increased almost threefold. Can’t see how this has not been introduced sooner!
Gary C
/ June 18, 2010It just made no sense to me. The fact that it was a bit jerky on my Magic didn’t help, either. And I didn’t like the way it handled words that weren’t in the dictionary.
But it’s on my Big List of ‘Things to Give Another Go’ at some time in the future though, you might be pleased to hear, seeing as everyone’s raving about it now.
Marcus
/ June 18, 2010So for those of us using ShapeWriter at the moment is there a reason to choose this?