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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Eclair~:
Oh they made typing in landscape easier... Or more so better. I like it, and I never exactly hated it either.

Oh it seems they made typing without swyping easier altogether, I typed this entire post with swype. Good job! Loveee it..
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] uansari1:
So typing normally is better on Swype than on the original Android keyboard?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Chinpokomon:
Hmmmm, send me a PM. I may not be able to get to it this weekend, but I'll see what we can figure out. I know why that might happen, but I'm a little surprised that you are experiencing that with a custom ROM.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Chinpokomon:
We're working to improve that experience as well, but for obvious reasons, we tend to focus most of our efforts on Swypeability.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] andythefan:
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

I've been waiting forever for this!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Eclair~:
I dont know if my opinion will matter, but im typing in landscape with very minimal mistakes, without even having to Swype! Im gonna go off a limb here and say this is definetly better the stock keyboard.

The bad thing is though, it doesn't have auto correction with just normally typing.. (big downer) but the accuracy is so good it can kinda be rarely needed. I believe that still should have been an inclusion.. Though.

Edit: yes it does looked in settings.. Lol
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] d.cortez:
PM sent. thanks for responding. :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] musashiken:
Oh this is so awesome! Downloaded and installed without a glitch. Will start to try out typing on this.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] psylink:
i'm on CM latest stable, had 0 problems getting email, downloading, installing
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Worsty:
Hmmm...

Have registered, got the email, got to the link...tried downloading but it's stuck with no data being transferred.

Anyone else experiencing this?

edit:

it downloads now...no idea why it didn't earlier...this version is much better than the ones released in the forum earlier... my default keyboard now :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilchip85:
Definitely looks better and it seems more accurate without swyping. I'm loving it. :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] gtrplr71:
nice smoother than HTC_IME to me
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] glawrung56:
sadly it wont install for me, im running the optimized cyanogen 5.0.4.1. from hero_over. get as far as installing but then it says install failed. ive got unknown sources checked .

bummer
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] jnizzle:
I have a stock nexus one and was able to install the swype beta. However, when i start using it i get the message: "The Swype package you installed is configured for another device and will operate with limited functionality. Please contact Swype about this issue." ....so in other words, it wont let me swipe. Although, I can hit individual keys and type. Anyone experience this as well? The version I have installed is: 1.25.16.5647.t100 and was downloaded using the swype installer from the link given when i signed up on beta.swype.com.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] JonInAtl:
Installs but won't work for me.

Upon successful installation on my stock Nexus One, I get the error message "The Swype Package you installed is configured for another device........." even though the emailed installer link is where I installed from.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] seanowns:
Swype is amazing, and glad to see they are supporting stand-alone android devices(not pre installed I mean). I will certainly pay a reasonable price for the app.

Outside of a little better non-swype inputting for websites/terminal it is absolutely amazing(still not even bad in those situations). I have the HTC_ime installed too, but just dont use it.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] JonInAtl:
Ok, fixed my problem by uninstalling then rebooting into (stock) recovery and clearing the cache partition. Re-installed and all is well
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lilchip85:
i have a stock nexus one as well and that didn't happen to me. it did however happen to my wifes mt3g.. :/
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] dynamisoz:
Hi... can you guys please check for me if there is option for korean input
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] serialtoon:
you have no idea how much better you made typing on my phone. Thank you and thanks for making it an open beta. wheres the donation box :-D
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Chinpokomon:
We know that there was a little hiccup this afternoon with our downloads. If you are having problems installing, please delete both Swype and the Installer from your phone and try again, downloading anew from the beta site. We have checked in changes to both.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Chinpokomon:
As a former Microsoft Employee, glad to hear it!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Chinpokomon:
I'm sorry, but the beta does not have support for Korean at this time. It is one of the many languages we are working on, and we hope to have an implementation available soon.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] JJackson9995:
Unfortunately, there appears to only be English at this time. The language settings are greyed out... Hopefully that's just for the beta stages for your sake, because this keyboard really is amazing... And made better by an official version now!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] redmongoose:
First thanks for opening up a open beta on standalone devices.

I had the being using another version and was very impressed with it. All the people I have showed it to are amazed by it!!

Keep up the good work
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] neatchee:
I'd like to stop for a second and give Ryan (Chimpokomon) a BIG round of applause. This guy has been ALL OVER the XDA forums and Swype uservoice forums since the launch of the beta. Thank you SO MUCH for providing us with a beta, listening to our thoughts and concerns, and showing that you're interested in what we have to say and how we can help make Swype an even better product than it already is (and it's f'ing amazing!). Thank you Ryan!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Albaholic:
Thanks for the heads up. Awesome. I'd have no qualms whatsoever about dropping a few bucks for swype.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] MintyFloss:
I dunno whats going on. Everything installed perfectly, but when I Swype, the words aren't put into my message bar. I see the blue trace line on my letters, but nothing is happening afterward. The keyboard flashes a blue border though o_O

EDIT: Reinstalled it and its working AMAZINGLY well. I can't believe i ever jabbed my finger at my phone like an ape, now that I have this app.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] stealth658:
I love the keyboard, but I hate the word choice window. Why not have a horizontal bar on top of the keyboard like all the other ones?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pzumk:
Download without registration should work with this link

https://beta.swype.com/android/get/

open with android browser

Edit // I see.. when you open swype for the first time you have to use your email and password to actually download it
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Tuborgmann:
Is Danish one of the languages you are thinking of implementing in swype?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pzumk:
I have big Problems with the beta.

After the "downloading.." screen it did download but the screen didnt go away for another 5mins after installing.

I pressed [back] a few times and got some force close messages but it still didnt close.

pressed again and again and again and it FC'd.

After that ive had a launcher fc, couldnt use my phone for 5mins.

I tried to write a message and got an error.. device resolution not supported, contact swype inc (or something like that) and the swyping didnt write anything.

Went back to the homescreens: Launcher error. always getting the launcher error now, uninstalling the beta :\
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] PAO1908:
do you have a roadmap when other languages (german) will be released?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] daveid:
You might make me give up my Better Keyboard for this... if only it had skin support, I can't believe how accurate this thing is.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] JD82:
+1 (but need the italian dictionary :P)

Meanwhile voted on this site for official inclusion of other languages:

http://swype.uservoice.com/forums/1...530207-languages-in-the-official-android-beta
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pakalrtb:
Whowww, what a piece of keyboard. I second the request of the Italian language support. I've been using the "leaked" version for a while now and this official beta, is quite an improvement.. I know that Swype aims at OEM licensing, but I would gladly donate if I could.

P_
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] xManMythLegend:
Love it.

Like the fact I can type normally on landscape. The word prediction for standard typing is non existent though.

Voice input desperately needed as mentioned.

Those 2 functions would make it my default KB by a clear mile.

Voice input would likely make it default anyway. I would rely more heavily on voice for landscape then.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Eclair~:
You're making the same mistake i made originally too. Please go to the Settings menu for Swype, and you'll see that there is word prediction for standard typing also.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] :
Awesome, multiple smilies. lol one of the biggest gripes I had

Where do we send feedback to the swype team?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Zuber:
Trying on mine am really chuffed.

Just a bit concerned I might get too used to it and then they launch at a silly price.

$4-$6 would be swiit, but I bet they go for something like $20...

Anyone know if they have indicated a price.

Zuber
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] glawrung56:
still having same problem, get thru download no problem, hit install button and i get "application not installed" click ok then get "installation of package failed"

steve

edit , tried wiping davlik cache as well, still same problem, cool keyboard, shame about the installation problem. going to swiftkey .
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] zoniq:
Didn't fix it for me. Still have the problem that swyped letters are not put into the text field.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] d.cortez:
i see the same issue after installing and then rebooting device. in my case i'll get a message saying this installation is for another device. from that point forward, no swyping is allowed: i can only type. i have to uninstall then reinstall to regain swype capability. is your situation similar to mine? very frustrating experience for me!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] net.cat:
Is aviable somewhere the apk's download of this release?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] masse1369:
You just register at their website and they email you a link to whatever email you have on your phone and then you can just install it from there. Basically they send you an installer and you go online and download directly from them in .apk format...
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] aberrati0n:
Wow, I did not expect this at all. Thanks, you guys are awesome!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] grainysand:
Something failed hugely here. When I rebooted the phone, got a pop-up telling me that Swype isn't configured for my device. Thereafter it ceases to work (though it still functions as a normal, tap-based keyboard). I'm on the Desire ROM, but reading back a few pages, someone with a stock Nexus also experienced this, so custom ROMs can't be it.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] daveid:
Same here, no longer can swype on it after a reboot. Using Cyanogen ROM.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Fuse8499:
WOOHOO! Installed on Modaco's Alpha 12 Desire rom without a problem. I love SWYPE!!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] d.cortez:
do you mind rebooting your device to see if you get the same "limited functionality" message?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Nauren:
Limited Functionality fix:

Long hold your text box.

Switch input methods to another keyboard.

Type a letter or two. Swap back to Swype.

And, to keep things clear, why don't we refer to using Swype to swipe as swyping and your typical pecking as typing? I certainly don't consider what I'm doing to be typing.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Fuse8499:
I just rebooted, and I did get that message. Now it won't work on my device at all
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Fuse8499:
That worked. Thank you!!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Nauren:
Credit belongs to skeezicks on Swype forums. The post is near the top. My fix was a bit more convoluted haha
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ggrant3876:
A little bit of a learning curve for me, but works well.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] MontAlbert:
Thanks for the fix. I Spouse that is why it us called a beta and not a final release version
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Nauren:
Trey posted on the Swype forums saying to reinstall the app completely, but I've had no luck. I'm going to go kitchen up a (mostly) stock ROM and try it fresh. I'll probably also try CM after that.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] negroplasty:
Thanks buddy, good lookin' out!

This version is far better than the leaked version. Awesome.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] th3fallen:
Works fine for me even after rebooting.... oh well. also on cyanogens rom
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djdarkknight96:
THE BEST EVER!!!!!!! Nuff Said!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lpasq:
i have the reboot bug and the above fix has me swyping...
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] MontAlbert:
I had the reboot issue and the above fix worked but for a permanent fix go to the email you got from them and redownload the installer. reinstall this and it fixes everything permanently. Got this from the Swype forums. The original installer was faulty apparently
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] neatchee:
Guys, you needn't really bother reporting bugs here, unless you have some suggestion on how to fix them or work around them. The proper place for bug information is on the Swype forums: swype.uservoice.com
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] grainysand:
Redownloading the installer and reinstalling Swype seems to have eliminated the "limited functionality" warning, though I also disabled Swype from auto-starting for good measure. Here's hoping this sticks.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] GodDriven:
More than Swype...!

Hey There.. Everyone.. Something For you..

Have Fun, Enjoy..

Mod Edit link to warez removed
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] zoniq:
Awesome! That fixed it :-)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] MontAlbert:
i redownloaded the installer but not still getting these errors.... will post over at swype forums
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] G-Driven:
Thanks for removing.. Ryan... Sorry..

GodDriven Needs His Account Back.. ! Please!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] rjhay22:
Got the same problem after rebooting the phone...

Edit: someone posted a solution to this on previous post :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] htcmagic:
@Chinpokomon: Does swype support dual languages, so a user can switch from one to another? This functionality is present in SlideIt.

Thanks
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] neatchee:
@htcmagic Yes, it does! Look at the "Q" key and you'll see "EN" as the alt-character for that key. Simply long-press the Q key and it will bring up the language choice menu. Currently it only supports English and Spanish, but as the beta moves forward (and in full stable releases) there will be more languages added.

FYI I'm not a Swype employee, just an informed user :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] d.cortez:
yep, a quick read of the Swype forums suggests there are still issues with the "limited functionality message" appearing after reboot and/or shortly after install. quite a few ticked off people making (what i consider to be) ungrateful comments. it's a Beta release and issues are expected when used by a wider audience (vs. a controlled environment). @ Swype - i hope you get the problems corrected soon.;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] htcmagic:
@neatchee: thanks for the info, i havent noticed. Waiting for the full release version.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Chinpokomon:
I hope you all can forgive me, I took a (much needed) break over the weekend. We are constantly looking for ways to improve the word choice window (WCW), but it is designed the way it is right now for a number of reasons.

First and foremost, we didn't want to get in the way of further Swyping. One of the advantages of the word choice window in Swype, is that you almost don't need to look at it at all mid sentence. When you are Swyping, if the WCW comes up, you could stop to figure out which word you want, or if it is the top listed word, you don't have to select it, just continue Swyping and that is the word that is used. Even if the default word is wrong, it is generally painless to go back and correct your mistake. The benefit of this is more plainly obvious when you have a "Swype Enhanced" (I made that up on the spot) device where we are integrated in with the OS. On those devices, you can double-tap on a word, bring up the selection list and we will automatically put the cursor back where you left off. All in all, this makes correcting a mistake an operation that might only take half a second.

With traditional tap keyboards, it used to mean that you had to distill what you were writing down to each letter. With keyboards that have predictive text input, you have to at least think about things at a word level. With Swype, it means that instead that you can think about things at a sentence level, which is far less disruptive.

We also tried to design the WCW to present the top word choices in a way that was easiest to access. By displaying the WCW in a modal style dialog, we can display the top 4 words without fear of words getting cut off (or at least that problem is greatly diminished), it makes it easy to make selection by using a Swype gesture, and it means that accessing the next 4 most likely candidates is just another Swype flick away. The fact that you can place your finger anywhere within the WCW and Swype out the sides to select the word you want is blazingly quick. We don't like that it covers what you are writing either, but it seemed to us and through our usability studies that it was the best compromise and consistent with the idea that we don't want to slow down the user.

There are a number of reasons we don't like showing words above the keyboard. First, the space is limited. If you are Swyping short words, it isn't as much of a problem, but if the words you are choosing are longer, you may only get to show 3 words before the word starts falling off the end. Obviously there are ways to improve that, by making it so you can pan the selection list, but you also give up consistent word placement and you add ambiguity to selecting a word. In all, it significantly slows the user down.

We will continue to evaluate other designs for a WCW, but I hope you will agree with me that we have put a great deal of thought into our current design, and that this ultimately provides the user with the best user experience.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Chinpokomon:
I can't provide immediate feedback for where Danish may be on our roadmap. I would recommend voicing your concern on the Swype forums so that the issue may be tracked, and perhaps one of our linguistic experts can answer your question there. We are working hard to enable lots of languages, and Danish may provide some technical challenges beyond a simple word list. I simply do not have that sort of information at my immediate disposal.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] david1171:
Been using swype for a while now and my only complaint is how long it takes to delete more than one word. Maybe have an option to repeatedly delete letters (then words if you keep holding the delete key) if you continue to hold the delete button after the first word is deleted.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Chinpokomon:
Very odd, Which device was this? We support HVGA, WVGA, and WVGA854 resolutions. We had a bug in the initial release that cause problems when provisioning a device, perhaps you got caught with that. Please try deleting both the installer and Swype, and then reinstall both from the beta site. If you continue to experience problems afterwards, please let me know and I will try to figure out if this is a systemic problem or something specific to your device.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Chinpokomon:
Please see my response about Danish.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Chinpokomon:
We don't have an official way to support skinning as of yet. It is something that we are looking to opening up for users, but I believe our language support will both have a higher priority and introduce difficulties as other languages generally require other keyboard layouts. There are some unofficial skinning efforts that were done for the leaked copies of Swype, and I would encourage you to look at how those were done if you would like to make skinning changes for yourself. Until we have an official means to doing so, I can't make any recommendations since you will be running Swype in an untested state.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Chinpokomon:
There is an option, turned off by default, that will enable predictive text input. However, because of how the WCW is optimized for Swyping, it doesn't make for the best user experience.

Voice input is currently being evaluated and I can make no promises with respect to how and when that will be available. Know that we are interested in providing a voice option too as we know there are times when that option is valuable to our users and we don't want to force them to switch to a different keyboard just to be able to use that feature.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] JonInAtl:
Chinpokomon, First of all thanks to you for your assistance and to Sywpe for opening up the Beta. I wasn't sure about it at first but once I got used to it I find it MUCH faster.

Question: Is it safe to delete the installer, or will it be used to download incremental Beta updates?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] keridel:
hey just got my download for my Hero. gonna give it a try and will get back to the forum to let you know. at first glance it looks good but i'm unsure of wcw. will be in touch.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Chinpokomon:
I can't really comment on our future plans, but I don't think you should be worried about this. Our commitment right now continues to be with OEMs, since by partnering with them we can provide the best on device experience. This is partly why we've opened up the beta, because we know there are lots of people with legacy devices that want to have Swype support even with the user experience inconsistencies with which it brings.

While I would certainly like to see Swype made available on the Android Marketplace, I do not believe we should be charging a high unit cost, and I will personally be very vocal against it, should the company decide to pursue that type of marketing strategy.

This shouldn't be construed to be an official response from Swype regarding our future distribution plans, but we certainly wouldn't want to be accused of gouging. We would rather see Swype have widespread adoption and I believe our pricing strategies will continue to remain in line with this.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deprecate:
Not all of us have left the sinking ship (yet)...glad you found a higher ground!! :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Chinpokomon:
I believe I may have a solution for you. In researching this issue this morning, we believe this may have to do with when Swype gets loaded when it is the default keyboard. If you run into this problem, and you were successfully able to install it from the beta site, please try the following:

1) In an edit field, press and hold until you get the option to select an Input Method

2) Switch to Android keyboard

3) Then switch back to Swype

This should allow Swype to start correctly and hopefully that will help with this issue. We are going to investigate a more permanent solution, as it appears that upon a device restart this will surface again. I don't have a timeframe for you, but we will try to correct this problem and have an update available on the Swype beta site.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Chinpokomon:
Switch to the stock Android keyboard and then switch back to Swype, and let me know if that doesn't resolve the problem for you.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Chinpokomon:
Thank you! I was reviewing internal email and that was the work around we came up with as well. Clearly not a permanent solution, but I hope that will suffice until we can put some engineering hours into it.