Most of you guys would know Swype ( get it here ), if you were wondering whether Swype is really faster than other mode of texting ? the folks from samsung have set a new Guinness Record for the Fastest Text Message on a Touchscreen Mobile Phone by using Swype on a Samsung II. The record was set by Franklin Page a Swype employee. He managed to set the record in 35.54 seconds.
Texting speed records were previously a combined title for T9, physical QWERTY, or touchscreen. That wasn’t exactly fair, so Guinness has begun to separate things out into proper categories. Page’s was the first record attempt for this category; in theory, he could have taken 20 minutes to type the message and still claimed the record.
Anyhoo I dont this this record will last too long. May be they should send this guy to do a vs with the swype employee .
leo001 from MoDaCo has managed to extract Swype Input Keyboard from the Omnia 2 ( props to Pocketnow for the find ). Once you get used to this , you will love to use this keyboard. Its much more fun and faster to input text on your device.
From their finding it looks like the app works on GSM Omnia II, HTC Pure, Touch Pro2, etc.
PPC Configurator manages your SIP inputs for Windows Mobile. Sometimes having too many input methods can slow your device or freeze it, so PPC Configurator can help you hide them. It was created for the HTC Touch HD, but it may work on other devices.
VJSipSwitch IIis a freeware windows mobile Soft Input Panel changing utility.
Usage Instructions :
Make a shortcut to VJSipSwitchII, and specify command line parameters which match the name of the SIP you want to switch to.
Launch the shortcut and your phone will switch to that SIP.
This is useful if you want to, for example, always use SPB Keyboard as your default SIP.
eg:
“\Program Files\Vijay555\VJSipSwitchII\VJSipSwitchII.exe” spb keyboard
will switch to SPB Keyboard.
Bonus Feature:
If you launch VJSipSwitch II without a command line parameter it will now pop up a menu asking you which SIP to switch to.
I have always been frustated with default windows keyboard, due to its tiny size. It is hardly possible to use your finger to input data. But now with this new onscreen keyboard writing on my phone is just a breeze. PocketCM keyboard has lots of intelligent features like a visible feedbackof the key currently pressed, you can imagine that your finger is on the keyboard… and now you can easily see what key is pressed. Second important thing is you can move your finger, the key will change, release it, the key will be triggered (so it’s the opposite of a physical keyboard: the actual action is when you release the key, not when you push it).
Feaures:
It can be used with fingers
It suggest word based on letter position
It trigger the key when your remove your finger from the screen, not when you press it.
It can be customized
It’s a standard Windows Mobile SIP, so to use it you have to select it as the input method, therefore it can be used in (almost) any application.
Customizable layout: as you can see the layout is “azerty” for the screenshot, by default PocketCM Keyboard comes with a QWERTY layout. Creating your own is just a question of editing a text file.
Accent recognition and suggestion: the keyboard know accentued letter… so for instance, the french word for summer is “été”, if I type ‘e’, ‘t’, ‘e’, the keyboard will suggest “été”. No need to go to a sub/hidden keyboard doing some accentued letters.
Once you get used to it, you can grab it with two hand and type with the thumb… goes pretty well.
A software keyboard with big, finger friendly keys, that makes the text input on Pocket PCs easier. Teksoft has got a FingertouchPro version as well. But version one is made available as a freeware now, which is good news for all freeware lovers. :)
Features:
# 5 different Keyboards to chose from
# UltraKeyboard technology Built-in
# Finger friendly, big buttons
# Smart keyboard based on English letter order statistics
Its a finger friendly finger friendly SIP, with this program you can input text to your PDA like write SMS on a regular cellphone. The software supports all of the letters of the English alphabet, punctation characters and numbers.
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Andrew Chobaniuk: Thanks for the heads up! [Posted from the 1800PocketPC app]
Emiel Zuurbier: I would like to see the posibility of making a trip that uses different kinds of transportation as from train to bus, bus to subway, subway to train. With a map and directions,...
MrVamosMuchachos: Nice idea. You could take some ideas from the application “SBB”. It is the public transport app from switzerland. [Posted from the 1800PocketPC app]