I have always hated touch screen keyboards, and now that 90% of new phones are touch screen and do not have a physical keyboard I am kind of stuck. Luckily Swype came out, you probably have seen the commercial, but the gist of it is all you need to do is trace the word you want to spell on your phone. You never lift a finger until you are done with the word.
The standard touch screen keyboard has a dictionary that predicts your words, and so does Swype, however, Swype tends to be way more accurate in its wording, especially with long complicated words. Swype is still in beta mode, but even the beta mode is really good. As of now it is free to download, limited time offer.
Head over to https://beta.swype.com/ sign up and download. Works on the G1 too!
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[…] have a keyboard, which is what I feared most about switching from the G1. However it does have Swype which I reviewed earlier. On this phone it moves a ton faster than the G1 making it much easier to […]