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Swype Works!!! "Landscape" and "No Errors"

this has been put on market by someone who hasnt got anything to do with the guys who make it, but its there for download if anyone still wants it.
 
Fatal Exception said:
I installed it but it only works on the Swype Tutorial :-S Everywhere else is the standard Android keyboard.
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First off you have to enable it under the keyboard & language settings. After that bring up the keyboard, hold down ?123 and then select input. Pick Swipe and away you go.
 
Help. I am trying to do an installation over the earlier version. When I click on the installation it goes to the "replace application" menu and when I click OK and click "install" it goes to "Installing" but ends up with "Application not installed".

I have tried deselecting it as keyboard under the keyboard settings already.
Should I tried uninstalling the earlier version first? Actually how do you uninstall these non-android marketplace applications?

Thanks
 
extreo said:
Help. I am trying to do an installation over the earlier version. When I click on the installation it goes to the "replace application" menu and when I click OK and click "install" it goes to "Installing" but ends up with "Application not installed".

I have tried deselecting it as keyboard under the keyboard settings already.
Should I tried uninstalling the earlier version first? Actually how do you uninstall these non-android marketplace applications?

Thanks
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Nevermind, figured it out. Just uninstall from the Settings - Applications-Manage Applications 1st and do a clean installation. That works. Like someone earlier said, also remember to enable the swype keyboard under settings - language and keyboard and in your first application, long press the input screen and change the input method to swype. I love it too but was annoyed too by the warning page. If it becomes a paid application they will get my dollars.
 
Rusty! said:
First off you have to enable it under the keyboard & language settings. After that bring up the keyboard, hold down ?123 and then select input. Pick Swipe and away you go.
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I see. I did enable in the language settings but it didn't say anywhere that you have to hold down ?123!!!

I uninstalled it anyway, it didn't get on with my constant use of profanity.
 
It works fine with my swearing, but then I made a point of adding certain things to the dictionary when I first got it.
 
loved the portrait mode, the landscape mode they seemed to have reordered the keys, pushing stuff all around. i use a pc keyboard like 12 hrs a day, i use the n1 in landscape. can't get used to this :( gotta uninstall
 
There is a bug in landscape mode for foreign keyboard as AZERTY, the keyboard layout is AZERTY but not the image layout print.
 
Hi everyone,

We would like to provide an update regarding the unauthorized distribution of our Swype software for the Android platform. We realize that many sites are now distributing this software and several are providing installation instructions.

We are glad that you like Swype, but we did not release or leak it for distribution and do not currently support any downloadable versions.

There are now two devices that ship with the Swype keyboard pre-installed: the Verizon Samsung Omnia II on Windows Mobile and, more recently, the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G. We
 
TheSwypeTeam said:
Hi everyone,

We would like to provide an update regarding the unauthorized distribution of our Swype software for the Android platform. We realize that many sites are now distributing this software and several are providing installation instructions.

We are glad that you like Swype, but we did not release or leak it for distribution and do not currently support any downloadable versions.

There are now two devices that ship with the Swype keyboard pre-installed: the Verizon Samsung Omnia II on Windows Mobile and, more recently, the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G. We
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I'm trying to understand what you mean. Did you find a Mic button on your swype keyboard?
I don't have one on the one I downloaded. I really use that a lot, especially in the market, I just hit the mic and tell it what to find.
In summary, I can't find a mic button on the swype keyboard :)
if it's there, please tell my blind ass how to see it.

Cheers


Nexoid said:
I think now that the keyboard is in the hands of fine XDA Dev's we should see a version with "Speak to Text" in the near future. There usually on top of stuff like that. I find it pretty quick to long press as well and hit the mic button on the Android Board if i'm driving.

but... One hand typing is becoming so fast with this keyboard I think I'm kinda over the Speech Input ... Not to say I wouldn't love to see the hack ;)

Tip: when you start to become more familiar with the keyboard itself head into the settings and turn down the speed vs errors setting. This will enable to you type much faster. when your first starting off though I suggest you keep the setting stock.

I would say after 10-15 hours of pure usage you can get near 70-90 WPM out of this thing. I'm crazy into the keyboard though and would judge myself at nearly 100WPM Considering I can type out an Average text in roughly 7-12 seconds. Speed only gets faster to as you memorize the "Swype" technique for your commonly used words.

I bet this board has the potential and accuracy for in the range of 120-150 WPM depending on how familiar you become with it.

Food for Thought:

My average typing speed on a full sized computer Qwerty is 90-110WPM thats after roughly 12 years of using one.

One hand on Stock Android Keyboard probably 20-35WPM

15 Hours on the Swype and I'm easily at or surpassed the speed I can type on a computer keyboard. (With just one hand! better yet just my thumb ;) )

Glad you guys are having success and like it as I do.

Nex
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Trying this out. For portrait it is nice. Not sure I'll use it in landscape.

Anyone know how you can do 'word suggestions' for multiple languages without having to switch around the dictionary?
 
I just downloaded the swype keyboard and it is amazing literally the best keyboard i have ever used on a phone! My only complaint on the nexus was the keyboard and this fixed it, it made me fall in love with my phone all over again!!
 
jcmtyler said:
Thanks for posting this! After using it for a day I'd like to offer my impressions of how this compares to ShapeWriter.

Pros for Swype
- very nice look and feel
- like the alternate keyboards
- seems a bit faster than ShapeWriter
- landscape mode looks nice, although the resolution seems to be a bit off
- tap mode is much nicer

Pros for ShapeWriter
- much better handling of double letters, it can almost always guess what I actually want to write, where Swype only guesses right maybe 20% of the time
- auto capitalization of words
-I prefer the horizontal layout of alternate word suggestions, my finger doesn't have to travel so far to pick one
- auto contractions, typing don't, wouldn't, etc is nicer because it almost always guess correctly
- delete entire word if you accidentally insert the wrong one

Mixed
- capitalization, double letters, and apostrophes are easier on ShapeWriter primarily because it guesses so well. Swype's approach is actually more flexible and allows you to be more precise, but you generally need to make fewer corrections with ShapeWriter
- developer support seems to be poor with ShapeWriter, not sure about Swype yet

Overall I think Swype shows more promise and its certainly more visually appealing. As usual I'm getting much better with use, and I'll continue to try Swype as my main keyboard for the next couple of days at least. My hope is that it wil pick up some of the nicer aspects of ShapeWriter, because as it is now I rarely have to switch back to either the stock keyboard or the HTC Touch Input.

And just for reference, I typed this whole post using Swype, and it took me about 20 minutes.
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This is like months late, but thanks for doing a comparison. I'm debating between the two alternative QWERTY keyboards (going between the two and just seeing how I like them) and I agree with most of your points :o
 
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