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Fogmeister
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Has anyone here ever used a Swype keyboard? A friend of mine showed me his phone with it on and it is truly amazing! I was instantly typing a lot faster than I ever have on my iPhone. http://www.swypeinc.com/I wonder if there will ever be anything like this for the iPhone?
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| Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:25 pm |
 
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finlay666
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Got it on my SGS
it is win
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JJW009
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Just had a play on the HTC HD, and to be honest I'm not quick with it yet. Really struggled to get some words in, and I can't figure out how to correct a word - it says double-tap but that brings up the copy/paste menu on top of the correction menu!
I guess it's like anything, only practice will tell. Perhaps the HTC with Huge Dimensions just doesn't need it - I get 120 wpm just tapping like a normal keyboard.
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james016
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I would hope so, it does look great from the videos I've seen. Off topic: Apple should show the correct case on their keyboard as well. _________________ My Flickr PageNow with added ball and chain.
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Fogmeister
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That is the first thing I said when my dad showed me his original iPhone. I went to type and the case didn't change and it completely threw me. His argument was that the case on a normal keyboard doesn't change but this isn't a normal keyboard, it's a software keyboard it can do anything.
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Fogmeister
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The site has a load of "Tips and tricks" videos. http://www.swypeinc.com/tips-tricks.htmlOne of them is for correcting a word.
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finlay666
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you can even add smileys and it auto adds punctuation such as apostrophes  _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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EddArmitage
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I wonder if they'll produce an iOS control. Could be interesting as an option.
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finlay666
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Nope, No apps that duplicate functionality allowed on the app store, same reason you can't get Winamp and the same reason Firefox is a lame bookmark extension for Safari _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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JJW009
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I did see that, but it doesn't work. Double-tap brings up the correction menu, but it also brings up the copy/paste menu which appears on top and totally obscures it making it unworkable. _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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