TC50: Get ready for a revolution in mobile phones – Swype turns a stylus into a keyboard

TC50: Get ready for a revolution in mobile phones – Swype turns a stylus into a keyboard

Usage of SMS and chat on mobile phones is growing by leaps and bounds, but there’s nothing quite as painful as trying to type out a long message on a keypad or touch interface. Swype is the one company I’ve seen that might be able to change that.

The basic idea of Swype is using a touchpad to quickly link together letters on a displayed keyboard. So if you want to spell “VentureBeat”, for example, you… Continue Reading