Next Generation T9 Keyboard Technology 150
Iddo Genuth writes "Cliff Kushler, the inventor of the T9 keyboard technology for numeric keypads, has developed a new alphanumeric entry technology for touch-screen laptops and Smartphone devices. This latest technology, named Swype, works with an on-screen QWERTY keyboard similar to ones found on Windows Mobile and the iPhone. The difference from the usual method of typing in the letters is that a finger or stylus is used to slide in the first letter, then without lifting the finger, the user continues writing the entire word. Only once the word is completed can the finger be lifted off. According to the developers, this leads to a much faster way of 'typing,' or as we might call it soon, 'swiping.'"
Re:bleh (Score:4, Informative)
But when typing a normal SMS, T9 predictive input makes it so much easier for me.
WritingPad (Score:5, Informative)
This was "swype'd" from Dr Zhai, of IBM, research (Score:5, Informative)
writingpad iphone app (Score:2, Informative)
http://www.shapewriter.com/iphone.html [shapewriter.com]
Re:A simple question (Score:2, Informative)
I got to try out Swype last fall at the TC50. It's pretty great technology, as I remember to do a double letter you just needed to loop around the letter.