Guest dialmformostyn Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 At long, long last the Swype Beta has made its way (officially) to Android 4.0 and the Galaxy Nexus. Rejoice! I was dumbfounded when I booted mine up for the first time and was punched in the face with the news that Swype wasn’t compatible with my phone and its odd 720x1184 resolution. ‘Big deal,’ I thought and got down to business using the stock keyboard to text a man about a dog. I may as well have eaten my thumbs and bashed at the keyboard with my nose for all the sense my messages were making. I even bought SlideIt (for a cool 10 pence) as an alternative. It works, but it’s not the same. More after the break... As well as Ice Cream Sandwich support, the Swype Beta brings improved accuracy, downloadable languages for tablets (though I the language list never loaded for me), and Dragon Go!* dictation add-on support. It's as smooth and well-designed as ever, so I'm pleased to finally have it installed again. One thing does annoy me a little however: when Gingerbread was the OS to have, Swype was blue themed, not orange. Now ICS is where it’s at, they ditch blue for orange. Go figure. Swype’s not everyone’s cup of rooibos, admittedly, but it truly makes my Android experience much slicker and more enjoyable. If you don't believe me, believe the wildly over-the-top music in . In fact, I'd like to tell you that I Swyped this entire article, but that'd be showing off. And lying. Register and/or download the beta directly from Swype.com *I should note that while the Market version of Dragon Go! appears to be US-only, I had no trouble downloading and installing it from within the Swype Beta app itself - no poking, prodding, cracking or hacking required. This item was promoted to the News page - click here to view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ms20 Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 I like the orange I think it contrasts well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Involver Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 Well, if you don't like rooibos, maybe you should try zoethout... Or sterremix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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