Other features added on WP 8.1 are Action Center — that gives notification of battery, apps, short cut to enable / disable services (Wi - Fi / Bluetooth etc), revamped Windows phone store, Wi - Fi Sense with efficient hotspots and better management, IE 11 browser, tweaked calendar and word flow keyboard — users can swipe characters instead of tapping (
Swype style).
And there's Word Flow for super-fast
Swype style typing.
The two cameras, Bluetooth, GPS, build quality, 16 GB plus up to an additional 32 with a card,
Swype style keyboard option, and the 1.5 single core is surprisingly faster than their dual core tablets.
Not exact matches
The
Swype -
style Sliding mode was responsive and easily able to pick up on our inputs.
Shape writing, if you need a refresher, is the
Swype -
style mode of typing that Microsoft first brought to the Windows device family starting with Window Phone 8.1 a few years ago.
Windows Phone 8.1 includes a new
Swype -
style Word Flow keyboard that Microsoft claims has set the world record for typing on a mobile device.
The 1.5 GHz processor is running Android 4.2, complete with updated Google Now functionality, a clever 360 - degree «Photo Sphere» panoramic camera feature, and keyboard gestures for
Swype -
style typing — those on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean can get the new Google Now abilities by updating the Google Search app from the Play market.