One of the things that made the original iPhone different than most smartphones that had come before was that it didn’t have a physical keyboard and didn’t need a stylus. Apple developed an on-screen ...

Touch-based software keyboards on mobile phones are rapidly evolving. Meet Swype, a company that's trying to be on your next phone, TV, and game system. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now ...

Now that iOS 8 is available, iPhone and iPad users can choose from a bunch of different alternative keyboard apps. We tested out three of the most popular apps, including SwiftKey, Fleksy, and Swype.

Swype, the influential smartphone keyboard, is dead. XDA Developers is reporting that Swype’s owner, Nuance Communications, is discontinuing development of the popular keyboard app. While it might ...

Swype is no longer available on iPhone and iPad. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Mac Nuance has confirmed that it has killed off its Swype keyboard with Dragon Dictation for Android and iOS. Swype is no ...

Swype hasn't been spectacular in a long time, but its impact on Android and mobile typing in general is undeniable. Dearly beloved, we gather here today to celebrate the life and honor the memory of ...

That explains why Swype has been steadily degrading in quality for the last year or two. Anyone know a good alternative I could use? I fucking hate chicken-thumb-pecking. Click to expand... The Google ...

The Swype keyboard revolutionized how mobile phone users input text through an easy “Swype.” Not many technology products become a verb, as in “I Googled it” or “We Ubered.” But mobile keyboard ...

The popular Swype keyboard for Google Android smartphones is now available for tablets running Android 3.x Honeycomb. Or rather, a beta version of Swype 3.0 is available for tablets. You’ll need to ...

The inventor of the T9 keyboard technology for numeric keypads, Cliff Kushler, is back in the game with a new alphanumeric entry technology for today's devices: touch-screen laptops and smartphones.

One of the first alternative keyboards for Android, Swype, has been discontinued without much fanfare. Swype was the first alternative keyboard to allow people to swipe rather than type out words ...