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Input methods for Google Android

I believe one of the key factors that will determine the success or failure of the first android phones is how simple it is to enter text. Some of the early videos coming out on YouTube show devices with qwerty keyboards. However, I was also interested to see one of the winners of the first round of the ADC was ‘Writing Pad’ from Shapewriter . Shapewriter is already available for the iPhone and seems to be getting some good feedback.

If you really want to know how it works there is even a paper from one of the co-creators of shapewriter on the technology behind it called SHARK2 (or “SHorthand Aided Rapid Keyboarding Squared” !) here .

Shapewriter

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One Response to “Input methods for Google Android”

  1. Dima70 says:
    October 14, 2008 at 12:30 pm

    Nice! I liked it!

    I checked out and there are two simillar programs:

    SlideIT – http://www.mobiletextinput.com/Product/SlideIT/SlideIT.php

    Swype – http://www.swypeinc.com/

    Only SlideIT has free demos so far, though.

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