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 ...

I have the original Droid on VZW. One of my requirements was the slideout keyboard. I text frequently to my fellow interns and residents; typing messages on a touchscreen I felt was tedious. Having ...

Here's some good news for users of Swype, the popular alternative keyboard for Android. The app has gotten a significant update, adding advanced next-word prediction, a shared dictionary between type ...

Swype has been my favorite way to type on an Android phone, but it’s been kinda limited in what phones can run the keyboard software. Until now! All you have to do is register at Swype and download.

SwiftKey is one of many alternative keyboards available to Android phone and tablet users — and today it’s adding one of the features of its biggest competitors, Swype. SwiftKey’s claim to fame has ...

I have an Android, but I can't stand to use the Google Keyboard because I'm so used to Swype's layout for special characters and the emoji and speak buttons. (I've used Swype since Samsung Galaxy S ...

Smartphone screens keep getting bigger and bigger, which means typing with an on-screen keyboard is also getting easier and easier. But not all touchscreen devices have big screens — the average ...

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced an agreement with TCL to deploy Swype Platform as the touch screen keyboard in the U.S. on Android ...

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that its popular living, learning Swype keyboard for Android smartphones and tablets is now the default ...

Swype’s update for their application last week fixed some major bugs and provided some database enhancements. This generated the belief that there was a final version of the application on the way.

Among these features is Swype keyboard input, a global exclusive for Telstra on the Wildfire. This software lets users input text using swiping finger gestures across the on-screen keyboard rather ...