Now that phones are on the market complete with Google’s Android ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ 4.0 and many more are just over the horizon, it’s time for app developers to begin upgrading their software. Luckily, it seems that popular developers are way ahead of us with the guys behind Swype coming forth to speak today. If [...]

The advent of virtual keyboards on touchscreen displays is either a love it or hate it affair – there is rarely anyone who did not take a stand. Well, if you love tapping letter by letter slowly, then a virtual keyboard would suit you just fine, but for those who have missed a physical QWERTY [...]

If you are rocking to an Android-powered smartphone that does not have a physical QWERTY keyboard, do you find it rather difficult at times to type an entire message or email correctly without having to make any corrections along the way because of typos? There is an alternative in the form of the Swype app [...]

Here is a quick question to those out there who are rocking to smartphones that rely on nothing but a touchscreen display for input – how do you find it so far? Do you wish you had a physical QWERTY keyboard to play around with? I can answer that question easily, even in the face [...]

Many different hardware manufacturers have released their Android powered offerings in an attempt to grab their respective share of the market but only few have succeeded. One of the most highly successful Android powered smartphone manufacturers is Samsung. Much of their success can be attributed to the Galaxy S which has appeared wireless carriers far and wide [...]

At the last few hours of big conferences, like CTIA Spring 2011, people tend to just want to come home. As a result, booths are unmanned, and others in the process of being torn down. I saw a booth for SlideIT, and took one of the flyers. I saw that SlideIT is …

Some of you have the Swype for Android before, and how certain speed records have been broken on it. A man named Hank Torres has a new Guinness World Record for “Fastest Hands-Free Typing”. In about 83.09, Torres typed “The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater …

We have reported on Swype many a time here, and those who really want to be speed-texters might want to know about the 5th release of Swype Beta. These improvements include Double Tap to Edit, a way of tapping the word twice to bring up a word choice window, pick the correct word, and …

We have reported on Swype being an alternative form of typing one-handed (or one-fingered) on a mobile device. The 8pen has a similar one-finger method of input, but it does it in an interesting manner. It starts by putting your finger in the middle and then doing weird circular gestures, like you’re setting a clock. [...]

I seem to remember a problem with Swype, and how the touchscreen keyboard could easily lead to others discovering your passwords. There is a study at the University of Pennsylvania with research into the Google Nexus One and HTC G1. They discovered that oily residues that remain on screen after being wiped off. …