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Since I've been using Swype on Android, every "normal" keyboard on a touch device seems primitive. Even the iphone/ipod keyboard to type emails, text messages is to slow.

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I'm on Android and I've been in the testing phase of Swype for a very very long time. Swype's major failing is the adding of unusual words. It's not built for real touch typing even though they added that feature in. Also I've given it a very good go since I use my android device for blogging as well and while swype performs remarkably well in portrait mode it feels different in landscape. the distance your single finger has to travel as opposed to being able to use all ten fingers to touch type like you would on a standard keyboard makes touch typing feel like the more efficient method here.

Thus I think swype for phones is fanstastic.. Swype for tablets is great if for some reason you can just use one hand.. But both hands hand touch typing works the best on a tablet imo. And this particular invention enhances that effect a lot.

Tip: You can make swype in landscape (on a tablet) take up 1/2rd of the screen and place it in the bottom left or right corner, so you can actually have the same feel as using it on a phone or in portrait mode.

Check out the screenshot: http://www.smartkeitai.com/swype-3-0-for-android-honeycomb-t...

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