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: Is it time to forget about the Swype?



DirtySoul
11-02-2010, 09:36 PM
Introducing 8pen - a new typing technology for mobile phones.

http://gizmodo.com/5679266/android-keyboard-interface-8pen-makes-swype-look-like-a-breeze

UPDATE: Using it right now.. So weird, need to get used to it! :):)

Goots
11-02-2010, 09:49 PM
I think it was better before they re-organised the letters.

I'm all for advances in tech, but atm I think Swype > 8pen.

Having said that, I wouldn't mind having a play, just to see what it's like :)

DirtySoul
11-02-2010, 09:52 PM
Well.. Not so easy to type. Goots, check your inbox, I sent you a PM.

Goots
11-02-2010, 09:55 PM
Cheers mister :)

Nab
11-02-2010, 10:17 PM
hmmm i think swype seems faster and easier to be honest

Slenders101
11-02-2010, 10:19 PM
4 some reason recently swype has gotten everything wrong for me. e.g instead of "hello", it says "nello, bello, grillo, grullo...everything apart from what i want to say! I would try out 8pen but i dont want to spend money on it cuz i dont know if i like it or if i would ever use it

DirtySoul
11-02-2010, 10:27 PM
Ahahaha :) I answered in your thread. Check Swype language. I knew that I'm right :) And check your Inbox.

Sibboz
11-03-2010, 12:00 AM
is it me or is this not available on the market, even though the website says so

Doomed
11-03-2010, 04:53 AM
Is it just an X?

Hampe
11-03-2010, 09:31 AM
Ehhhhh....I'll probably be sticking with Swype...

steviweavi
11-03-2010, 10:55 AM
I never use swype, I just can't get on with it!

HappyH
11-03-2010, 12:01 PM
Just had a wee play & looks quite good. Obviously need to practice with it for a while but it'll need to be pretty damn good to supercede Swype for me.
Cheers for the heads-up.
HH.

fatfred
11-03-2010, 12:53 PM
I never use swype, I just can't get on with it!

I hated it when I tried it on the HERO but since getting the SGS I can't get enough of it!! You do need to practise though.

Hampe
11-03-2010, 01:58 PM
When typing in english, Swype is WAY faster for me than using the normal keyboard. When typing in German though, the suggestions/auto fill are terrible (same problem the Iphone had)...it always suggests the wrong word.

dk206
11-03-2010, 05:02 PM
Think swype is better to be honest. Alot went into it from Samsung, Swype is going to be ported over not to only android. So its the future I guess.

extremekhaos
11-03-2010, 08:05 PM
8pen wants to change keyboarding, but shuffling around like you are on an ipod just doesn't make typing any faster.

Swype still has the better idea.

DirtySoul
11-03-2010, 08:16 PM
8pen wants to change keyboarding, but shuffling around like you are on an ipod just doesn't make typing any faster.

Swype still has the better idea.
Agree. Even when I try to type random characters in 8pen, it happens more slowly than when I type with swype.