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

THE-COPS · #1 (**permalink**) 04-01-2010, 02:51 AM

I never could understand it. I have seen rave reviews over this Swype app. Saying that it makes typing out words and sentences much more easily and quickly. Previous users of touchscreen only phones with no qwerty keyboards are the ones to most praise this app, since they are accustomed to having to use the stylus to type. Getting my TP2 in Oct, this is my first PPC phone. Knowing that I have an available keyboard, I make use of quite often. But sometimes I just don't feel like sliding it out (that and to try and prevent premature wear on the slider) and use the stylus to tap out a message. It's no big deal for me to use the stylus. When I tried Swype, I worked with it for about 2 hours. I cannot see what the rabe is all about. If you ask me, it's complicated and takes way too friggin long to draw a line through the letters. Many times when it pops up words, it gets them wrong, and even when it does pop the right word, it seems like it makes it take longer to have to click on that word. I can tap tap tap tap out words a hell of a lot more quickly than trying to draw a path through them. There were other issues I had with it, but that was a few months ago so I dont recall what they were. It just takes up too much time to use this app... To put it in short, I deleted this app shortly after installing it.

It sucks IMO..... What is your take on it?

**Rager02** · #2 (**permalink**) 04-01-2010, 03:01 AM

My take on it is: I have never used it im fine using soft keyboard without need for a stylus,but saying it sucks isn't right im sure since somany people rave about is its most likely that it isn't for you.Don't Put an app down so harshly that other people love which proves that it had alot of hard work put into it.

**austin420** · #3 (**permalink**) 04-01-2010, 03:03 AM

i think its okay. it is kinda too slow for me though. i think in theory, its awesome. it probably rocks on a 4.3 inch screen though!

mac901 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-20-2010, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by austin420

i think its okay. it is kinda too slow for me though. i think in theory, its awesome.it rocks on a 4.3 inch screen though!

it really is a good thing to have if you have no keyboard and alot of people that have the epic or evo came from tp2. i like swype but i also switch back to the reg keyboard but it is da bomb

rjmjr69 · #5 (**permalink**) 04-01-2010, 03:05 AM

I Do not think you gave it a fair shake. And I know that you didnt even bother trying to adjust the SETTINGS!!!! lmao.

You can set how LONG That screen with the suggested words will stay popped up if at all you can also set it to not pop up if you can spell.
You can also set it to be a bit more SLOPPY try to figure out what your trying to type even though your getting it wrong I find it to be EXTREMELY accurate and FAST.
The WORLDS text SPEED record was just set using Swype so I guess maybe you that some things are ok for some it works great for them and sometimes no so for others.

Swype 3.9 is even better in my opinion and I have a cab that has it working on any rom with out an issue its lovely.
I would give it another shot and adjust some of the settings to suit you better

kilv26 · #6 (**permalink**) 04-03-2010, 03:26 PM

I have to agree, I have been using swype when I don't feel like messing with the keyboard and I really like. Besides have to get used to it for when I get that 4G evo that coming out lol

**austin420** · #7 (**permalink**) 04-01-2010, 03:11 AM

ohh. it'll learn those werds. my friend sat here one night and taught it a bunch of stupid things i cant say here. we had a 20 miniute long conversation that night about wether ass hair was one word or two!

kabuk1 · #8 (**permalink**) 04-01-2010, 03:17 AM

I've tried it twice & didn't like it either. It seemed more complicated & slow than useful, IMO.

**jmorton10** · #9 (**permalink**) 04-01-2010, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by kabuk1

I've tried it twice & didn't like it either. It seemed more complicated & slow than useful, IMO.

I totally agree.

I have swype in my system (it came in my NRG ROM). I tried it out for a week or so & never really liked it at all.

I use TouchPal 3.5 for my on-screen KB & like it better in every way.

I can type insanely fast using TouchPal & their T+ technology.

~John

rjmjr69 · #10 (**permalink**) 04-01-2010, 03:48 AM

There is a video tut that you can watch when you first install it or if you select the I down in the bottom left corner...lol

To teach words is very easy all you do is TAP The word out then you hit SPACE now its saved in the dictionary. if you wish to erase it you highlite the word and delete it that easy.
You can also get it to punctuate and put a space by just swyping to the mark you wish say a ? goto it then to space bar and whala@!!!!!!