Re: Can we get Swype - Text Input For Screen for N900?
 

it may be closed source but the patents by the IBM Almaden researcher is not. the patents detail how the swype algorithm work and would be a good basis for someone to pick up and implement something.

look for patent number 7,251,367 B2, filed Jul 31, 2007 (System and Method for Recognizing Word Patterns Based on a Virtual Keyboard Layout) and 7,453,439 B1, filed Nov 18, 2008 (System and Method for Continuous Stroke Word-Based Text Input).

good luck :)

Re: Can we get Swype - Text Input For Screen for N900?
 

Nokia IS one of Swype's sponsors though, so I expect to see it in MeeGo, but Maemo wise I'd say perish the thought, Nokia wouldn't do that much for us. :(

Re: Can we get Swype - Text Input For Screen for N900?
 

there are several threads on this topic and open tickets on swype website for support. as well there were several small talks of dev in twitter about maemo support, but nothing happened till now, so i would say swype devs don't really care. maybe meego would change the situation

Re: Can we get Swype - Text Input For Screen for N900?
 

what about maemo team?? i guess they can do something about it>

Re: Can we get Swype - Text Input For Screen for N900?
 

How exactly - its closed source. If the swype team don't provide the source or a port its pretty much a dead issue.

Re: Can we get Swype - Text Input For Screen for N900?
 

Well we have a hardware keyboard so Swype is not that important but its pretty cool in action, if we didnt have it and this stupid vkb without any letters appearing (as in Opera's kb) than we were screwed :D

Re: Can we get Swype - Text Input For Screen for N900?
 

the vkb is quite useless to me. it has this weird "lag" to it that makes typing fast annoyingly painful.

as an alternative, maybe someone could ask shapewriter inc to do some work for our n900?

Re: Can we get Swype - Text Input For Screen for N900?
 

We don't even have a portrait keyboard and people are hopeful for swype?!

Re: Swype for Symbian why not Maemo/MeeGo
 

http://betalabs.nokia.com/apps/swype...later-than-nev

Re: Swype for Symbian why not Maemo/MeeGo
 

Symbian is not dying, Nokia just dragged it all back in house.

I don't disagree that the virtual keyboard is not terribly good, I really do like swype, keep in mind Nokia didn't make it, historically the company that did (swype inc) only ever sold it to manufacturers and carriers, never to end users.

There are a few old threads kicking around in which people have toyed with the idea of replacing the virtual keyboard, but none have really ever progressed very far on the N900 unfortunately.

Who should you contact? The best place you can get answers from is at the source: info@swypeinc.com

Swype does work as a bog standard virtual keyboard, you don't have to drag your finger around making lines - I was skeptical at first, but it is pretty damn nice.