blog.wired.com - 9/10/2008
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Cliff Kushler was on the team that invented T9, the life-saver mobile phone input technology that meant us adults could keep up with the ten-thumbed kids.
Now, as touch screens take over from actual keys, Kussler has struck again with Swype. The picture shows how it works. In it you see the ...
swypeinc.com - 9/9/2008
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swypeinc.com —
Swype, Inc. Text Input for Screens Home Product
Partners News Beta What users are saying: “It gives...
ten-finger capability to the stylus.” “Dramatic improvement in speed is an understatement” “This turns my handheld into a truly productive tool.” “I ...
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Swype | Text Input for Screens
news.cnet.com - 9/10/2008
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news.cnet.com —
The inventor of the T9 keyboard technology for
numeric keypads, Cliff Kushler, is back in the game...
with a new alphanumeric entry technology for today's devices: touch-screen laptops and smartphones. His new technology, Swype , is quite simple to use, ...
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Move over T9, here comes Swype | Crave, the gadget blog
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Swype is the new T9
Gadget Venue —
... to the I, back to the C and on to the K where you finish. The system can then look at the pattern and work out what word you were trying to spell (I guess by looking at the turning points of your text at the Q, I, C, K points… the obvious character to enter in there is U which the system works out automatically.
Registration can be done over on the Swype website linked below so you can be informed when the software will be available for download.
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Swype is the new T9
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Blindingly Fast Touchscreen Text Entry System Gets a Push By Creator of T9 [Cellphones]
Gizmodo —
... who are the developers of the WritingPad Android app and a similar app for the iPhone. How about that/ Swype is currently near prime time for Windows Mobile, with an SDK to bring it to other platforms in the works. ShapeWriter's Android version of WritingPad is forthcoming, and their iPhone version, which was released briefly before being pulled from the App Store for reasons unknown, should be back soon. No matter who brings it, I'm liking this. [CNET via Gadget Lab, jkOnTheRun, ShapeWriter]
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Creators of T9 Announce Swype Gesture Text Input
GadgetReview —
By: Albert S
The creators of T9 announced Swype, a very cool, potentially thumb-saving method of text entry. Simply trace the word and Swype figures it out. For instance, in the above image, the finger traced the lines between Q, I, C, and K to create the word ‘QUICK’ as in ‘50 words per minute QUICK!’
Check out the video below to see a live demonstration.
[Gadget Lab]
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