Swype Vs Shapewriter

[Houstatlanavegas]

Shapewriter and Swype have been in topic with me for the past couple days and i just wanted to see what you guy thought was the best keyboard replacement..

This is not limited to the two I mention and if you do have another please post it along with your review.

Thanks

 

[xAusTiN]

What is shapewriter?

 

[xx_bishop_xx]

What is shapewriter?

Exercise DVD I believe.

 

[cableguynoe]

Exercise DVD I believe.

lol...

There's one or two members here that will swear by Shapewriter.

But Swype is the best thing to ever happen to touch screen phones IMO...

ALL the threads about swype here say it all...
Especially the way everyone was about to jump off a bridge when all our Swype versions expired...
I still have nightmares about those 8 hours....

 

[mc48]

swype is brilliant. The one app I wouldn't/couldn't do without.

 

[xx_bishop_xx]

lol...

There's one or two members here that will swear by Shapewriter.

But Swype is the best thing to ever happen to touch screen phones IMO...

ALL the threads about swype here say it all...
Especially the way everyone was about to jump off a bridge when all our Swype versions expired...
I still have nightmares about those 8 hours....

Agreed, Swype is certainly the way to go. When (if) they start charging $.99, 2.99, 5.99 or whatever, that developer with make a mint.

 

[xx_bishop_xx]

Agreed, Swype is certainly the way to go. When (if) they start charging $.99, 2.99, 5.99 or whatever, that developer with make a mint.

"with" = "will". Geeez, I can't type AND I can't edit my posts anymore. Bad combination.....

 

[cableguynoe]

Agreed, Swype is certainly the way to go. When (if) they start charging $.99, 2.99, 5.99 or whatever, that developer with make a mint.

I think they would too...
But they dont. I emailed them about getting it for my sister who has the Motorola Devour. I hadn't found it anywhere. This is what they said:

Thanks for contacting us, and for your kind words about Swype. Swype is not currently available for direct purchase/download on any platform. Our current business model is OEM licensing, which means that the only way to use a feature-complete Swype is to purchase a device that ships with our keyboard pre-installed.

The good news for you is that we do have a beta program for Android, located at beta.swype.com. Enrollment is currently closed, but we

 

[xx_bishop_xx]

I think they would too...
But they dont. I emailed them about getting it for my sister who has the Motorola Devour. I hadn't found it anywhere. This is what they said:

Thanks for contacting us, and for your kind words about Swype. Swype is not currently available for direct purchase/download on any platform. Our current business model is OEM licensing, which means that the only way to use a feature-complete Swype is to purchase a device that ships with our keyboard pre-installed.

The good news for you is that we do have a beta program for Android, located at beta.swype.com. Enrollment is currently closed, but we

 

[gruss]

I voted other because I keep going back to the compact qwerty but have both mentioned on my phone, I'm not sure if its becasue its closest to my BB keyboard or what but I'm no faster with the "swype type KB's". While I couldnt prove it they also seem to wear down the battery a little worse than the stock kb's on heavy texting days. So my opinion is that swype has better word recognition out of the box, but shapwriter is ok. I like the numeric pad of SW and their word chooser box thing better than swype.
Overall I would say swype is "better" BUT Shapewriter is still really good and is readily available for free!

 

[cableguynoe]

Nope. Tried it and it didn't work. Not sure about the Devour's resolution
She ended up going back to her dumbphone...
So I stopped my search...
although i'm sure i would have gotten it by now if she still had it

 

[cableguynoe]

Ok... i have officially changed my view on Shapewriter. I have been bashing it lately because I think Swype is so great (still do).

I had tried shapewriter before and felp Swype was a bit better. However, i had not looked into all the different settings.

For example, if you text in more than one language... then Shapewriter is MUCH better than Swype in that aspect.
I text a lot in Spanish, and with Swype i can add words one at a time. But it would take months to have a decent amount of words to be able to swype in spanish without problems.

Shapewriter allows more than one language at ONCE!!! So i can swipe in Spanglish without any problems. Just download your language dictionay... and you're set. Don't have to give up english to type in another language.
And I can delete words from Shapewriter dictionary... which you cannot do with Swype.

As far as accuracy, i still might give a slight edge to swype... but shapewriters is right there. Maybe i just need practice.

Still love swype... but I'm going to stick with Shapewriter for a bit to see if it grows on me.

 

[aznguyen316]

Ok... i have officially changed my view on Shapewriter. I have been bashing it lately because I think Swype is so great (still do).

I had tried shapewriter before and felp Swype was a bit better. However, i had not looked into all the different settings.

For example, if you text in more than one language... then Shapewriter is MUCH better than Swype in that aspect.
I text a lot in Spanish, and with Swype i can add words one at a time. But it would take months to have a decent amount of words to be able to swype in spanish without problems.

Shapewriter allows more than one language at ONCE!!! So i can swipe in Spanglish without any problems. Just download your language dictionay... and you're set. Don't have to give up english to type in another language.
And I can delete words from Shapewriter dictionary... which you cannot do with Swype.

As far as accuracy, i still might give a slight edge to swype... but shapewriters is right there. Maybe i just need practice.

Still love swype... but I'm going to stick with Shapewriter for a bit to see if it grows on me.

thought you can delete from swype by highlighting and pressing the swype key? anyway, the language thing seems nice, though I don't.

 

[cableguynoe]

thought you can delete from swype by highlighting and pressing the swype key? anyway, the language thing seems nice, though I don't.

Only words that you have previously added.

 

[CycloneFever]

I haven't tried Shapewriter, but Swype is, by far, the best app I have seen on Android. I had the trial period ending problem. I tried one tweet and I was about to give up smart phones altogether until I found out how to get Swype back.

 

[Jshizzy]

I currently use ShapeWriter due to the larger font on the keyboard.. i liked the original ported swype but three current version I dislike.. does not seem as responsive to me

 

[Peaser]

I LOVE Shapewriter! It is incredibly fast and accurate. I can use left or right hand and send texts and emails so quickly. Absolutely couldn't do without it!

 

[phantomevo77]

There is also SlideIT which on my friends Eris works amazing. I
enjoy taking his phone time to time just to use SlideIT

 

[aznguyen316]

I've also heard of slideit.. Willing to try out both shapewriter and slideit.. guess I'll mess with it and see.

 

[ericDylan]

just tried shape writer and it is ok but i like swype better ... does anyone have a download for swype i couldnt find one since my download stopped working about a month ago and i can't find another one and i miss swype ..

 

[xx_bishop_xx]

just tried shape writer and it is ok but i like swype better ... does anyone have a download for swype i couldnt find one since my download stopped working about a month ago and i can't find another one and i miss swype ..

This is the version that was posted, and that has been working for me since the trial period ended. Hope this helps.

I have uploaded it to MegaUpload here:

Link Removed by OfTheDamned

It is still available here.

 

[nomarsgirl]

I currently use ShapeWriter due to the larger font on the keyboard.. i liked the original ported swype but three current version I dislike.. does not seem as responsive to me

I thought it was just me. It doesn't seem to work as well.

 

[Deleted User]

Swype, definitely. I can NOT live without it. It was the very first app I reinstalled on my phone after a factory reset.

 

[majorpay]

Wow... I just installed Swype, and I cannot believe how incredibly accurate and easy it is to type this way! I need to hang out on this forum more... I think I'm missing out.

 

[ericDylan]

It is still available here.

i downloaded that and it went ok but when i tried to use it it wouldnt let me and said that the trial period ended download another copy or something like that i havent seen this happen with other people's swype ... is it just me?