Swype on Moto Droid [Video]

[Martin030908]

Short of someone taking my phone and manually uninstalling Swype... it's not going anywhere on my device

[DroidxRage]

^^ +1

Loving it for quick typing stuff, makes the virtual keyboard actually usable for. I still love the physical keyboard though, but at least I have a good option now.

[Omega384]

I hate you bastards!

Cause now I'm texting more then ever, what a great app.. and thats coming from one skeptical guy

[LastLaugh]

My only concern is the standard warning when I was switching to Swype mode that it can record keystrokes and if you're silly enough to use your Droid to enter credit cards, or other personal information, that they could get this information. Is Swype one of those companies collecting this data?

I was thinkin the same, as long as your smart about the infomation you put in using swype...you should be good...correct?

[ciegasordomuda]

Posted this on Swypes site, but thought I'd share here too for any insight/suggestions/etc.......





Installed it on my DROID and it seems to work great EXCEPT when i try to type out a text message…. In landscape mode you cannot see any choices of your contacts as you start typing in order to choose a recipient.. better explained like this:
1- open messaging
2- Press pencil icon for ‘create new message’
3- Click on ‘to’ screen
4- Type in who I want to text… If I want to text John Smith, I start typing J-O- and a drop down menu with all contact matches appear… I then tap the contact I want, John Smith
*5 – In landscape mode with Swype installed, my contact choices, as explained above in #4, do not appear
Suggestions?… or perhaps a future fix?
BTW, I know it does work in stard mode, just not landscape, which I use, and feel is best to use, for texting since the screen keyboard is bigger and you also have to drop down keyboard

[Slntagent]

great find...love this option..i was using the physical keyboard....till now

[gentlefury]

This thing is AMAZING!

My ten year old just tried typing Mississippi using Swype, and it worked perfectly!

He didn't even do the "loop" thingy, to indicate double letters!

This is really SOOOOO much easier to type with!

actually the more difficult the word the easier it would be to swype. How many possible words could fit the path of mississippi? It should get it right if you are remotely close and never loop the doubles.

[moosc]

wonder if swype is mad their app is leaked.oh I do use my credit cards bank info on my droid its a business tool

[Martin030908]

My only concern is the standard warning when I was switching to Swype mode that it can record keystrokes and if you're silly enough to use your Droid to enter credit cards, or other personal information, that they could get this information. Is Swype one of those companies collecting this data?

I was thinkin the same, as long as your smart about the infomation you put in using swype...you should be good...correct?

this is true with or without Swype. Just use common sense.
Standard Warning is correct, the app is supposed to list the areas of the OS/phone it can/needs access to and since it's a keyboard app it is most definitely going to have access to keystrokes.... but any keyboard app will have access to keystrokes.

[Shel]

This thing is AMAZING!

My ten year old just tried typing Mississippi using Swype, and it worked perfectly!

He didn't even do the "loop" thingy, to indicate double letters!

This is really SOOOOO much easier to type with!

actually the more difficult the word the easier it would be to swype. How many possible words could fit the path of mississippi? It should get it right if you are remotely close and never loop the doubles.

Good point. You're right.

Still, Swype seems to work for most words... it's very accurate.