Swype now Officially available (Free) on SanFran/Blade

[Guest goldengate]

Everyone should know Swype BETA is now Officially available to download for your SanFran/Blade and works great! :)

Just visit and register at http://beta.swype.com/

(Important: You will need to register with your email address that you can access via your phone and also activate your email address via link.) Swype will then email you to installation loader https://beta.swype.com/android/get/ - all this is done on your phone.

Once run you will be giving 2 options full version (10MB) or English/Spanish version (2.6MB), obviously if you just use English select the later option.

Really impressed with this so far and much better than SlideIT. My top tip - just Swype as fasts as you can ignoring the confirmation boxes and then re-correct any mistakes later by double-tapping the word. ;)

Edited December 21, 2010 by goldengate

[Guest Phoenix Silver]

thanks for the info

i'll try it

[Guest Movisman]

Thanks for this - curious about Swype so will give it a go..

[Guest jamidodger1]

Yes! Finally On The SF, I had this on My Nokia 5230 Before and it was good and i've been waiting for it on The SF :) ;)

[Guest tdroza]

I've been using Swype for a few months - I had the early Beta on my HTCHero before I switched to the San Fran. I've tried several other keyboards (SwiftKey, ThickButtons and even stuck with the crazy 8pen for a week), but I keep coming back to Swype. It's improved a lot since the first version I tried - it's now much quicker and more accurate.

Get it. It's great.

[Guest Stuart_f]

Did you know: You can get arrows for moving around and editing text by swyping from the swype icon to the "SYM" key. I've only just found this out and it REALLY helps when trying to edit a URL or something that isn't a real word.

[Guest targetbsp]

I've been in the beta for a while on the San Fran. The beta doesn't have Uk english though. :)

[Guest Cronnix]

I think I will stay on my less legal version, since it got swedish and the official one doesn't seems to :/

[Guest rbbrslmn]

thanks, am giving it a spin

[Guest rbbrslmn]

how do you add a word? was trying to do a swear just now but couldnt work out how

[Guest fryguyse]

Doesn't support swedish and worked pretty badly imo. Uninstalled.

[Guest Cronnix]

how do you add a word? was trying to do a swear just now but couldnt work out how

It should add the word automatically, you just need to type it out once, and then you should be able to swype it.

[Guest Phoenix Silver]

great app works very well with french

i keep it :)

[Guest tdroza]

Did you know: You can get arrows for moving around and editing text by swyping from the swype icon to the "SYM" key. I've only just found this out and it REALLY helps when trying to edit a URL or something that isn't a real word.

Also after typing any word, swype from the SWYPE key to the Shift key to change the capitalisation of the previous word - you'll get a popup with options for all uppercase, all lowercase, or initial letter in uppercase.

[Guest goldengate]

how do you add a word? was trying to do a swear just now but couldnt work out how

Theres quick helpful videos on how to do this and more good tips: Official Swype Tips & Tricks :)

[Guest Supersonic8t7]

I'm having a problem downloading the app, i've been through the registration and activated my account - but when i navigate to the download page using my phone it tries to download the app but ends up with 'download unsuccessful' - im using the default browser on Paul's 2.1 R4.

Edited December 21, 2010 by Supersonic8t7

[Guest asdfdsaddaasdas]

Why does it collect so much info? (access to phone calls) gives you a warning that whatever you type (even passwords) will be send to them etc...

[Guest IronDoc]

Why does it collect so much info? (access to phone calls) gives you a warning that whatever you type (even passwords) will be send to them etc...

You get that warning on all 3rd party keyboards I think. It doesn't mean swype have said they will, it means android is telling you that the app has the permissions necessary to do so. I don't know about the phone calls thing.

[Guest strumluff]

Installed this today, loving it!

[Guest misterLjay]

Everyone should know Swype BETA is now Officially available to download for your SanFran/Blade and works great! :)

Just visit and register at http://beta.swype.com/

(Important: You will need to register with your email address that you can access via your phone and also activate your email address via link.) Swype will then email you to installation loader https://beta.swype.com/android/get/ - all this is done on your phone.

Once run you will be giving 2 options full version (10MB) or English/Spanish version (2.6MB), obviously if you just use English select the later option.

Really impressed with this so far and much better than SlideIT. My top tip - just Swype as fasts as you can ignoring the confirmation boxes and then re-correct any mistakes later by double-tapping the word. ;)

Amazing keyboard, loving it. Cheers for the link.

[Guest korky69]

Installed this today, loving it!

wont download for me, stays on "waiting for data connection"

nothing wrong with my wi-fi as other stuff downloading ok??

[Guest Stuart_f]

wont download for me, stays on "waiting for data connection"

nothing wrong with my wi-fi as other stuff downloading ok??

Probably the other end getting hammered. Give it an hour and try again.

[Guest cartierv]

You get that warning on all 3rd party keyboards I think. It doesn't mean swype have said they will, it means android is telling you that the app has the permissions necessary to do so. I don't know about the phone calls thing.

This has been bothering me too. Because it is implied that Swype are seeing what you type to help them make the beta. That would be a total no no.

Although this isn't from the Market, I think in the future Android devs (Google) are really gonna have to tighten up policies about apps and data, because a lot of apps are just getting too much data. Mobile vendors are seeing the platform as a free-for-all of data gathering. As if all the hard work to stop that on the Desktop suddenly doesn't matter or apply here. And it is shocking. Google are at the forefront of this.

We need good apps, hacks and of course Roms to really to stop all phoning home (or third parties) with things like phone ID, number etc. That there isn't even one proper cookie-killer app on android says there's a lot of growing up to do here.

Devs have got to STOP hard writing in Google as a trusted 'norm'. It isn't.

We need browsers totally without GOOGLE ANYWHERE IN IT AT ALL... That you can't turn off the Google-suggest-as-you-type in the default browser is concerning.

Edited December 21, 2010 by cartierv

[Guest cartierv]

Swype itself:

I've been very used to TouchPal which I think is very good and I kind of miss it with Swype. But Swype is a very cool and clever input method.

Frankly I think the keyboard itself is a little tacky and naff looking. Design-wise isn't quite there (devs just copy Apple) but it's functional, quick and fun and intuitive.

The ideal for me would be a mixture of Swype and TouchPal with the look of the standard Android keyboard.

[Guest neologan]

no uk english?

I think i prefer Swifykey, my fingers seem to big for this :) i'll need practice i'm sure.

Edited December 21, 2010 by neologan