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Swype comes to Samsung and Nokia handsets

December 18, 2009 at 1:11 pm by Hannah | In Mobile Content/Services, Mobile News, Mobile Phones

There have been a lot of updates in the mobile industry recently, from the software updates on the Satio, to Symbian User Interface improvements, so we are not surprised to hear that there is a new technology available for improving typing on touchscreens. Swype is a new technology which is designed to make typing on touchscreen mobile phones a lot more effortless for consumers.

After recent investment in Swype from Nokia and Samsung and the ongoing funds from Benaroya Capital comes to $5.6 million and a previous $1.7 million had already been raised by family, friends and its management team, Swype has been spending the past seven years developing an easier way to type using a touchscreen keyboard. With the rise of touchscreens, it was inevitable that improvements were going to have to be made.

Swype is designed to make typing on touchscreens more accurate by letting users drag their finger from letter to letter rather than having to tap each individual key. The software will then decide what word you are typing based on when your finger pauses or changes direction. As the software predicts what words you are going to type, users can input roughly 40 words per minute allowing for messages to be composed a lot quicker.

For those of you with the Samsung Omnia 2 you will already be able to enjoy the benefits of Swype, with many more Samsung and Nokia handsets featuring the software set to become available in early 2010. As well as handsets, Swype has been designed for tablets, game consoles, TVs and GPS units.

Take a look at the video clip below from Mobile Crunch, giving us a demo of how Swype works, and keep checking out the blog to keep updated with up coming handsets which will sport Swype.

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