Swype Set to Challenge iPhone Onscreen Keyboard

SEATTLE — A new technology is poised to challenge Apple's onscreen keyboard for speed and ease of use: Swype.

The iPhone has achieved a high level of popularity in the adult industry not only for its powerful video capability, but also for its next-gen support for useful apps. Many industry professionals use the iPhone and other mobile devices to update their Twitter profiles and other social networking profiles.

Swype offers an alternative to the iPhone onscreen keyboard by letting users swipe their fingertips across the keyboard, in effect drawing a connected line between all the letters in their message. This demonstration shows a Swype user beating an iPhone user in a race to type a simple message.

It's a competing technology being developed for the Verizon Samsung Omnia II, which runs on the Windows Mobile OS. Android-powered devices will come bundled with Swype support in the first quarter of 2010.

TechCrunch analyst Eric Schonfeld expressed optimism for the new tech, although he cautioned against hype.

"A practiced iPhone typer can bang out a few sentences just as fast," he said in reference to the demonstration video. "I tried it myself and was able to basically tie the Swype user on the video. Still, I’ll withhold judgment until I can actually try a Swype phone myself."

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