Google is
adding Swype - like features tho Jelly Bean, so that text can be entered on the on - screen keyboard without the user having to lift up the finger.
A late December firmware update will
add a Swype keyboard to the ViewPad 7, according to Viewsonic.
Not exact matches
Third - parties can extend the Honeycomb touch keyboard, too,
adding features like
Swype or XT9 text - entry.
Even with all the pre-loaded software T - Mobile and Samsung have installed, there are
add - ons worth having:
Swype keyboard, T - Mobile's Wi - Fi calling and Hotspot functionality and Google's Tag app (NFC related) that are all welcome additions to the Blaze 4G.
The device's support for
Swype technology
adds to the intuitiveness and facilitates sending quick texts as well as picture messages.
There is now the preloaded
Swype keyboard application with the Streak, where instead of removing a finger from the keyboard when entering text — the finger is just swiped from key to key, with spaces and words being automatically
added and recognised.
The element Google
adds that make this stand out from
Swype is predictive text.
The Lumia 930 is Microsoft's first flagship device to ship with Windows Phone 8.1 out of the box (the Lumia 630 and 635 also ship with the newest OS) and as such, it offers key improvements over Windows Phone 8, like support for a
Swype - like keyboard input (called «Word Flow Keyboard») as standard, better control over your home screen (the ability to
add a background and more Live Tiles), a pull - down «Action Center» notifications panel.
In an attempt to integrate emojis into their gesture - based input method,
Swype developers have
added word suggestions that aren't words at all.
Finally, Microsoft has improved the already - good keyboard on Windows Phone by
adding swiping — in this case «Wordflow» — like
Swype and SwiftKey, among others.
Windows Phone has always had a good keyboard, but Word Flow
adds the ability to swipe through your words similar to
Swype or SwiftKey.
With its plethora customisation options, including downloadable themes, fonts, adjustable keyboard size, the option to
add a separate number row and gesture - based
Swype - like typing, plus a lot more, it has many strings to its bow.
This is very similar, but it
adds a swipe - based (and
Swype - like) handwriting system that many users have grown to prefer.
But as
Swype promotes improved prediction and SwiftKey
adds gesture input, they both trump Google's stock keyboard on ye olde hunt - and - peck front.
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).