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Shapewriter gone!

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wooly

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i recently had my phone stolen and i got my replacement today. today just happens to be the day shapewriter was taken off of the market!! i'm screwed is there any way to get this back.. like can someone upload it for download?? anything?
 
wooly said:
i recently had my phone stolen and i got my replacement today. today just happens to be the day shapewriter was taken off of the market!! i'm screwed is there any way to get this back.. like can someone upload it for download?? anything?
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Yup, yesterday was the last day.
 
I'm sure it's somewhere. But I'm also sure it's illegal to distribute now, so...

I hope they bring it back. I'll pay for it.
 
Swype is in open beta again so you could download that from their website legally. I remember reading something from Shapewriter that made it sound like they will not be returning any time soon. I don't have a source though. If you're fixed on Shapewriter, I'm sure an apk will turn up somewhere. Have you tried the xda developer forum?
 
SW is done, yeah. I seem to remember that they got bought out, so the reason the app isn't ever going to get updated is that they're working on more high-profile and professional applications. Shame, too.
 
Nuance Communications is pleased to announce that ShapeWriter, Inc. is now part of Nuance. The ShapeWriter continuous touch application has joined Nuance's portfolio of patented text input solutions recognized as the industry's leading predictive text technology. As we bring Shapewriter into the Nuance family, please note that we are suspending downloads of the iPhone, Android and Windows Mobile applications. Please stay tuned to this site for future product updates.

-source
 
wooly said:
i recently had my phone stolen and i got my replacement today. today just happens to be the day shapewriter was taken off of the market!! i'm screwed is there any way to get this back.. like can someone upload it for download?? anything?
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Yes, they've been acquired by Nuance communications, which I think is a good thing, as Nuance makes a killer diction app. Diction is all that shapewriter needed. I got a beta of Swype, but prefer shapewriter. I think shapewriter is more accurate, usually gives better alternative guesses when not, and has auto caps.
 
how do i do this through appbrain i clicked "install" but got nothing but like a welcome from appbrain.. its too late for me to still get shapewriter somehow isnt it?
 
wooly said:
how do i do this through appbrain i clicked "install" but got nothing but like a welcome from appbrain.. its too late for me to still get shapewriter somehow isnt it?
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Do you have an AppBrain account? Sign up if you don't and click install (on the shapewriter page) from your computer. Install the AppBrain app from Market then click "sync" then "perform installs". Click on appropriate "update" and "ok" prompts from there.
 
holy shit! it worked!!! (appbrain) you guys are the best! i'm an idiot i didnt dwnld appbrain to my phone!! thank you guys so much
 
i downloaded swype because i figured i was screwed.. and i gotta tell ya i really like shapewriter much better than swype. thank God for android forums!
 
wooly said:
i downloaded swype because i figured i was screwed.. and i gotta tell ya i really like shapewriter much better than swype. thank God for android forums!
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I just downloaded and installed shapewriter and HATE it. Not interested at all. SWYPE rocks.
 
zgeorge said:
I think shapewriter is more accurate, usually gives better alternative guesses when not, and has auto caps.
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Swype does auto caps, but otherwise you're right. The fact that Shapewriter is more accurate and gives better guesses just makes it faster. Plus I never liked the way Swype handled double letters and adding words to the dictionary. Sometimes I tap out words that I don't want to save! And you can't even edit Swype's dictionary. :mad:
 
Now the only keyboard on the market which uses this new sliding method is SlideIT. I use it for 3 months and it
 
red97xj said:
I agree! I have tried both, SWYPE is way better!
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I must be missing something. I have tried both, and I can hardly tell any difference. They both seem really nice. Smooth, good word prediction, way better than tapping... I don't know. It's a toss-up for me.
 
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