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Re: Why do people like using Swype? It seems more complicated than useful.

anyone have a link to the latest version?

Re: Why do people like using Swype? It seems more complicated than useful.

If Touch Pal took the time to make a silly commercial then im sure this could beat swipe..

Re: Why do people like using Swype? It seems more complicated than useful.

I love Swype. Granted, I also love my full qwerty, but there's times where I don't have two hands available and really need to get a message out quickly. It does take some practice, and getting used to, but in my opinion Swype is very intuitive and convenient. Fiddle w/ the settings and take time to watch the tutorials and it'll have you going in no time ^_^

Re: Why do people like using Swype? It seems more complicated than useful.

it just takes longer...unless u have a big screen!
but its awesome the way it works :)

Re: Why do people like using Swype? It seems more complicated than useful.

when i used it, it was ok until i noticed it killed my email tabs accounts and jacked up my start bar!!

Re: Why do people like using Swype? It seems more complicated than useful.

I tried it. It was ok. I know it would take som getting used too. But sadly, it took my other virtual keyboards away. If I choose any WM virtual KB, it only lets me use Phonepad or swype as an option.

I uninstalled and had same issues.

I finally hard reset and haven't touched swype since

Re: Why do people like using Swype? It seems more complicated than useful.

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Originally Posted by Da Uniq 1 (Post 1674615)

were you using the tp2 clean up cab?

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Originally Posted by mjcole2003

I personally felt that it was a great app. After i got used to it I was typing messages very quick. the ony reason I dont use it anymore is that it didnt work when i hit "new text message". When i typed in the first 2 or 3 letters of name it didnt access my address book. I actually had to type in the phone number... Who knows the phone numbers in their contact list lol... If anyone knows a fix for this i would gladly go back to swype :)

What you do is type the first two-three letters or more then hit backspace and it pulls them up. a slight inconvenience but it works....

I can't agree with bacon and think swype rocks. In fact im using it right now to type this response. I never use the hardware keyboard and can't wait to ditch this phone for the evo.

Re: Why do people like using Swype? It seems more complicated than useful.

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Originally Posted by dumpringz (Post 1673878)

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i liked it. but only when i was driving or layin on my couch n 2 lazy to use 2 hands. it didnt have some choice words i use in my everyday talk which sucked & im not sure if had the ability to learn such words but i never really took time like that anyway 2 explore it. i was using it with no side effects i knew of but read many many threads on how it does more harm to our phones then we think. i got rid of it shortly b4 i upgraded to 6.5 because certain cabs costed my phone to go haywire & never installed it after cuz i DONT LIKE hard resets & kept my phone "light" so to speak. but its a hell of an idea on how it works & i may 1 day install it again, well if i downgrade to 6.1 bcuz memory is a thing of the past since 6.5 & i have no idea how much that would require. ehh

It will learn anything you want it to, simply type the word once and it's in the dictionary to Swype later.

So what exactly is the point of this thread anyway? Is anyone learning anything? Or is one guy just bashing a piece of new software??

I'm sure we can find a bunch of people to say that sliced bread sucks too... because they can't regulate the thickness!

If you don't like it, don't use it! Why come and bash it?

I personally think it's fantastic, and the first SIP that would make me consider going to a device without a keyboard.

Re: Why do people like using Swype? It seems more complicated than useful.

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Originally Posted by Adrianh85 (Post 1674600)

when i used it, it was ok until i noticed it killed my email tabs accounts and jacked up my start bar!!

All of that has to do with trying to trick your device into thinking it's something that it's not, use the 2.0 cab, instead of the hacked 3.x cab.