The modern form of communication, texting is now made easier with an innovative text input technology, Swype, which now makes an appearance on Samsung’s most recent smartphone dubbed Omnia II.
With Swype’s patented technology, faster and more intuitive medium is made available to input text on touchscreens. One continuous finger or stylus motion across the keyboard enables users to enter text at over 30 words per minute.
“We’re very excited to launch Swype on the Samsung Omnia II, a leading edge device with a responsive and vibrant screen, perfect for Swype input. With the growing popularity of touch-screen devices spanning across a variety of consumer products, the potential for Swype’s technology is extremely good,” remarked Mike McSherry, CEO of Swype.
“With the Omnia series, we bring the most innovative, new technologies and features to our customers and we are thrilled the Omnia II will be the first handset to introduce Swype in the U.S. market. The Omnia II’s user interface has been customized to provide touch-optimized usability making Swype the ideal application for touch screen text input,” stated Gavin Kim, vice president, content, data services and enterprise mobility, Samsung Telecommunications America.
This revolutionary communication tool is designed by Cliff Kushler. With a database of more than 65,000 most frequently used words, Swype’s adaptive function also allows it to learn new words, phrases, phone numbers and more data exclusive to its owner.
Apart from smartphones, Swype is designed to work across a variety of operating systems and devices such as phones, tablets, game consoles, kiosks, televisions, GPS units and others.