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Techcrunch50 - Swype one of 5 top finalists
Techcrunch50
September 11, 2008
TC 50- Swype looks sweet!
Viddler
September 9, 2008
Swype's new keyboard technology
CNET News
September 9, 2008 – T9 developer Cliff Kushler has developed a new keyboard entry method for touchscreen devices. We tried it. It's awesome.
SWYPE The Next Generation of Text Input
Techzulu
September 9, 2008 – Newly launched Swype unveiled a powerful technology today at the TechCrunch50 event that will change the way people input text on any screen.
TechCrunch50: Here's What We're Watching
PCMAG.com
September 9, 2008 – Upstart technology conference TechCrunch50 (TC50) kicked off its second annual event under foggy San Francisco skies Monday morning with a lineup of 52 early-stage startup companies (and their technologies).
TechCrunch50: Swype is new way to type
Swype won over judges with a new technology...
September 9, 2008 – At a product demonstration event hosted by the MIT Venture Lab three months ago, Swype won over judges (I was among them) with a new technology that allowed mobile phone users to input text using a finger by drawing lines between letters on a keypad.
TC50: Get ready for a revolution in mobile phones
Swype turns a stylus into a keyboard
September 9, 2008 – Usage of SMS and chat on mobile phones is growing by leaps and bounds, but there’s nothing quite as painful as trying to type out a long message on a keypad or touch interface. Swype is the one company I’ve seen that might be able to change that.
A rant on risk: Swype vs. Fitbit
CNET News weighs in.
September 9, 2008 – After the last on-stage pitch at the TechCrunch50 conference on Tuesday, co-host Jason Calacanis asked the assembled panel of four judges which of two companies, Fitbit or Swype, they would invest a million dollars in, if those were their only options.
T9 Founder Announces Creation of Swype, a User-Friendly Technology for Text Input on Any Screen
Company and Technology Launched at TechCrunch50 Event Where it Was Honored as One of Top 50 New Technology Companies
Seattle, WA – September 9, 2008 – Swype unveiled a new technology that will change the way people input text on any screen today at the TechCrunch50 event in San Francisco, where it was recognized as one of the top 50 new technology companies of 2008. Created by Cliff Kushler, the co-inventor of the T9 predictive text technology which is used on almost three billion phones worldwide, Swype provides a faster and easier way to input text on any screen
TC50: Swype, Truly Gesture-based Data Entry
Swype is an amazing gesture-based data entry system that truly blew our collective minds at TC, CG, and MC.
Seattle, WA – San Francisco, September 9, 2008 To type, you simply connect letters together using a stylus or finger and predictive text to pick letters and words out of seemingly unintelligible squiggles.
Move over T9, here comes Swype
The inventor of the T9 keyboard technology for numeric keypads, Cliff Kushler, is back in the game..
September 9, 2008 The inventor of the T9 keyboard technology for numeric keypads, Cliff Kushler, is back in the game with a new alphanumeric entry technology for today's devices: touch-screen laptops and smartphones. His new technology, Swype, is quite simple to use, although beneath the user interface there's a lot going on.
Swype, truly compelling gesture-based mobile data entry
CRUNCHGEAR
September 9, 2008 To type, you simply connect letters together using a stylus or finger and predictive text to pick letters and words out of seemingly unintelligible squiggles.
Swype – T9’s next generation arrives
But is it any good? Well, I think with Swype, you need to see it to believe it.
September 9, 2008 I haven’t, yet. But I intend popping by their stand to find out more. Swype will, it’s founders contend, change the way people input text on any screen at all. I’m well up for a good solution.