{"id":302887,"date":"2010-02-10T14:15:17","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T19:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jkontherun.com\/?p=56709"},"modified":"2010-02-10T14:15:17","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T19:15:17","slug":"swype-on-mytouch-3g-%e2%80%94-text-entry-without-lifting-a-finger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/302887","title":{"rendered":"Swype on myTouch 3G \u2014 Text Entry Without Lifting a Finger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/YnQts9NUnL4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/YnQts9NUnL4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>One of the challenges I&#8217;ve noticed on my Google Nexus One is the software keyboard. Obviously, I can use it since the device is my primary phone, but it&#8217;s <em>not<\/em> quite as good as the iPhone implementation. My speed is diminished just a tad and I occasionally revert to using voice-to-text for short bursts of input. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m very interested in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swypeinc.com\/index.html\">Swype<\/a> &#8212; a new method for using that old QWERTY keyboard. Today, the company announced a product partnership with T-Mobile and the first fruit of that relationship is Swype on the myTouch 3G as of today. Swype isn&#8217;t just for Android handsets though &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/jkontherun.com\/2010\/01\/07\/htcs-hd2-is-bound-for-t-mobile\/\">when the <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jkontherun.com\/2010\/01\/07\/htcs-hd2-is-bound-for-t-mobile\/\">HD2<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jkontherun.com\/2010\/01\/07\/htcs-hd2-is-bound-for-t-mobile\/\"> arrives for the T-Mobile network<\/a>, it too will offer Swype as a companion to the native Windows Mobile software keyboard.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inline-related-posts-56709\" class=\"widget inline-related-posts alignleft clearfix\">\n<div class=\"widget-wrap\">\n<div class=\"widget-title-wrap clearfix\">\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">More on <span><a class=\"category-link\" href=\"http:\/\/jkontherun.com\/topic\/smartphones\" title=\"Smartphones\">Smartphones<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<ul class=\"inline-related-posts\">\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-related-posts-article\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jkontherun.com\/2010\/02\/13\/winmo-wrap-wm7-is-coming\/\">WinMo Wrap: WM7 is&nbsp;Coming!<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"brand-icon jk-run\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jkontherun.com\" title=\"Visit: jkOnTheRun - This is a description.\">Gadget Gurus<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-related-posts-article\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jkontherun.com\/2010\/02\/12\/will-a-cloud-based-android-interface-fragment-the-platform\/\">Will a Cloud-Based Android Interface Fragment the&nbsp;Platform?<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"brand-icon jk-run\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jkontherun.com\" title=\"Visit: jkOnTheRun - This is a description.\">Gadget Gurus<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-related-posts-article\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jkontherun.com\/2010\/02\/12\/sprint-premier-awards-new-phone-every-year\/\">Sprint Premier Awards: New Phone Every&nbsp;Year<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"brand-icon jk-run\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jkontherun.com\" title=\"Visit: jkOnTheRun - This is a description.\">Gadget Gurus<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-related-posts-article\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jkontherun.com\/2010\/02\/11\/palm-halting-phone-production\/\">Updated: Palm Halting Phone Production?&nbsp;Nope<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"brand-icon jk-run\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jkontherun.com\" title=\"Visit: jkOnTheRun - This is a description.\">Gadget Gurus<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"widget-bottom clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  title=\"swype\" src=\"http:\/\/jkontherun.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/swype.jpg?w=210&#038;h=140\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"140\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-56716\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The video demo shows how quickly you can enter text, but like any other input method, there&#8217;s going to be an adjustment period. Luckily, there&#8217;s no new keyboard layout or any other barrier to adoption &#8212; you simply trace your words out, letter by letter, without lifting your finger. These days, I use two hands for data entry on handset keyboards, so Swype could free up a hand. While I haven&#8217;t tried the product yet, I&#8217;ve mimicked the method on my Nexus One and I think I can swipe text using just my thumb. I&#8217;ve just received the software a few minutes ago, so I&#8217;ll try it exclusively over the native input method for a few days and report back in.<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/56709\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/56709\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/56709\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/delicious\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/56709\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/56709\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/stumble\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/56709\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/56709\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/digg\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/56709\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/56709\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/reddit\/jkontherun.wordpress.com\/56709\/\" \/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=jkontherun.com&#038;blog=4479943&#038;post=56709&#038;subd=jkontherun&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the challenges I&#8217;ve noticed on my Google Nexus One is the software keyboard. Obviously, I can use it since the device is my primary phone, but it&#8217;s not quite as good as the iPhone implementation. 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