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Review: Swype for Android

There are a ton of keyboard replacements apps out there, some good, some not so good.  Swype is one of the greats.  It’s easy to use and increases your touchscreen typing speed to blazingly fast.  No more tappity tap tap tap to put your thoughts into words.

Swype isn’t just any keyboard replacement program, it’s revolutionizing the way we interact with and enter text on our favorite touchscreen device.   If you were one of the lucky one’s and got in on the beta program you know what I’m talking about, if you weren’t you can swing over to Swype and put your name on the list.

Swype works with the on-screen QWERTY keyboard on your Android device, but instead of tapping letters out, you touch the first letter of the word you’re going to type without lifting your finger, move it to the remaining letters in the word, when finished remove your finger from the screen.

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Swype for Android Goes Beta

Swype Keyboard - Text Input

To get your copy here’s what you need to do:

• Register for the beta program.
• Open to a limited number of testers, sign up now
• If you already have a bootlegged version of Swype on your device you’ll want to uninstall that before installing the beta
• HVGA and WGVA resolutions only, automatically detected so you get the correct version
• Available for English and Spanish, other languages to come
• Support is done via Swype’s forums
• If your phone came pre-installed with Swype (T-Mobile’s updated myTouch3G), DON’T download the beta. It won’t work

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T-Mobile Announces Updated myTouch 3G

T-Mobile USA will release a new version of the existing myTouch 3G. There are only few small differences between the old and the new version, which for some might be very important.

According to T-Mobile the new myTouch 3G offers the following:

• 3.5mm headphones jack
• on board RAM was increased from 192MB (previous model) to 288M
• 8GB microSDHC memory card included
• Swype for faster text input.

The new myTouch includes all of Google’s Android features like access to their services, including Google Maps, G-Mail, Picasa and YouTube.

Even with all of these additions T-Mobile kept its price at $149.99 with a two-year contact. The new myTouch 3G will soon be available at select T-Mobile USA locations and online.

Earlier this year T-Mobile also released its limited myTouch 3G Fender edition, featuring the same specs, but includes a 16GB microSDHC memory card.

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