The responses here are so typical of this site and snobby mac users. "If I-whatever" don't have it then it can't be good!". SWYPE is amazing pure and simple. Maybe the iPhone just doesn't have the processing power to do it? Or is it a licensed tech that Apple doesn't want on their device because it doesn't make them any money. I bet if the iPhone did have it, it would add an extra $50 to the price.
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Fastest Texting in the World Actually on an iPhone?
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I've always been able to type faster on the iPhone keyboard than on a sidekick, treo, or cell phone. The people who complained about it were the anti-Apple zealot idiots who, of course now that most android phone use only a touch screen, don't seem to complain about not having a hard keyboard much anymore.
And looking at all of your previous posts, you seem to be the typical anti-Apple zealot who signs up on a Mac/Apple forum just to troll it. Get a life faux nerd.
By analyzing the video the first letter on the keyboard was touched when the timer was at 00.6 seconds and the last letter typed was pressed at 21.5 seconds making the total time 19.9 seconds.
did you join this forum just to rip on apple and talk about how good android is? what a huge waste of time. perhaps you should go back to the android forums and brag about how good your droid is compared to iphone.
go here and leave us alone
And what exactly did you expect from a site that caters towards the Mac community? Clown.
I can type faster on my i4 compared to our on-call Blackberry. However I do notice if I sit and play with the BB, I will get a little better.
Again... people here still haven't realized that the lady probably did her typing one-handed since Swype was made for that. To beat it on iPhone with its current keyboard required two hands. Not as convenient imo.
Only time I really have an issue is when using certain forums - my 3G really doesn't like to be snappy on those. But they are a bit bloated with features, which I am sure is part of the issue.
The other being my 3G
I hate touchscreen typing because half my time is spent hitting backspace or undoing the autocorrect
Cmon Apple, do something with that tactile feedback touchscreen patent already!
Cmon Apple, do something with that tactile feedback touchscreen patent already!
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Unfortunately, it was also about 5 hours and 45 minutes slower than the last guy who posted that exact same thing.
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Well after using my iPod Touch I sure can say that I hate using any other kind of text input that you can find on phones. Once you let yourself go, select the language you're going to type in, and then start typing, the auto correct almost always figures out what you want. The only problem is when you type in many different languages and you forget to switch between keyboards, then it screws everything up!
You still need two hands to use Swype - you have to hold your phone with one and 'type' with other (it's impossible to use Swype with just your thumb - but you can use only your thumb to type on iPhone keyboard).
Swype was great when it was introduced for the first time under different name few years ago for the stylus based devices (i've owned HP iPaq 1920 back then). On tiny windows mobile keyboard on resistive touchscreen it was faster but with introduction of iPhone and its keyboard it became obsolete.
Disclaimer: I don't own an iPhone - I'm using Samsung Galaxy S.
A touch screen is no keyboard. Typing on a touch screen like you do on a keyboard is so 2006. It's like having a stylus for your touch screen.
Swype really uses the touch screen technology. Though T9 typing is still the fastest method even on touch screens.
Swype really uses the touch screen technology. Though T9 typing is still the fastest method even on touch screens.
I recall seeing a TV program about someone trying to break the texting Guinness world record, he didn't make it, and I can't even remember the numbers, but it sure was the same text. The rules included no auto-correction and no predictive texting, so only letter-by-letter. The guy who tried it, as well as the current record holder were using a numeral keypad, like on a regular Nokia phone. I guess a full QWERTY or other keyboard might be faster, if that's allowed.
Of course, it's possible they might have another class/league that would allow for auto-correction/predictive, like T9 etc.
Of course, it's possible they might have another class/league that would allow for auto-correction/predictive, like T9 etc.
I don't really see the point. And I say that as someone who owns both an iPhone and an Android device. Any modern smartphone with a fast processor and capacitive screen should afford, for the most part, the same text input speed. The virtual keyboards on 3.7" screen smartphones are generally all the same size.
I find the 4" screens slightly easier to type on (4.3" strikes me as stepping into "a little much" territory in terms of phone size) due to there being just that little bit of extra space which makes the input a little more accurate and doesn't require as many corrections. I actually find most predictive text in English to be slower since for unusual words, having to manually type in those words with long-presses kind of breaks up the flow. But I type very fast on phones though, so maybe that's just me.
I find predictive text to be quite useful for other languages though, particularly for ö,ä,ü,ß, etc. Predictive text is generally right about spotting words where an "o" should be an "ö" and suggesting it as the top result. That winds up being quicker than long-pressing the o,a,u, or s every time I need a special character. So predictive text that only corrects if you select the suggestion (not simply auto-selecting the top choice when you hit spacebar) is generally the quickest for multi-lingual support. So generally for anyone who speaks another language in addition to English, using the other language's keyboard with predictive text makes for the quickest input, since for the English words we just type them in manually and for the other language rely partially on predictive text to speed input of special characters.
That's just my experience, although many colleagues who are bilingual made the same observations and generally utilize the same philosophy for text input.
I find the 4" screens slightly easier to type on (4.3" strikes me as stepping into "a little much" territory in terms of phone size) due to there being just that little bit of extra space which makes the input a little more accurate and doesn't require as many corrections. I actually find most predictive text in English to be slower since for unusual words, having to manually type in those words with long-presses kind of breaks up the flow. But I type very fast on phones though, so maybe that's just me.
I find predictive text to be quite useful for other languages though, particularly for ö,ä,ü,ß, etc. Predictive text is generally right about spotting words where an "o" should be an "ö" and suggesting it as the top result. That winds up being quicker than long-pressing the o,a,u, or s every time I need a special character. So predictive text that only corrects if you select the suggestion (not simply auto-selecting the top choice when you hit spacebar) is generally the quickest for multi-lingual support. So generally for anyone who speaks another language in addition to English, using the other language's keyboard with predictive text makes for the quickest input, since for the English words we just type them in manually and for the other language rely partially on predictive text to speed input of special characters.
That's just my experience, although many colleagues who are bilingual made the same observations and generally utilize the same philosophy for text input.