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Swype, not Skype, is the fastest way to communicate on mobile

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swypeAccording to the Guinness Book of Records, the fastest time to send a message on a touchscreen mobile is by using Swype; a keyboard that be inputed by swiping across it.

Still unavailable on Apple and iOS (interesting), Swype can now be downloaded on Google Play and comes with features that react to a user’s Android input patterns as well as the user only needing one time to ‘train’ the keyboard.

It can also crowdsource and update the user’s dictionary with new trending phrases as well as being activated by voice recognition. In many respects it’s like treating a keyboard as pet, in the same way as a Tamagotchi, but that’s no bad thing.

Mmmm, bearing in mind how long it’s taken my to update this WordPress post, perhaps it could also be released as a plug-in. That would be interesting…

Cold South Koreans use snack sausages as iPhone styluses in winter

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It gets cold in January in Seoul and for iPhone users the weather can be a problem when trying to answer them with a pair of gloves on.

It’s even harder to answer their iPhone when they DON’T have gloves on because touchscreens apparently rely on the conductivity of the human finger to work and a freezing finger is not conductive, condusive or commensurate.

I didn’t know this until last week, but now I do… and I also know that South Koreans have beaten Frozen Finger Syndrome by reverting to the CJ snack sausage as an alternative to their fingers. A ‘digital’ solution maybe. Continue reading →