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Nuance Dragon Mobile 4.0 brings Facebook updates, e-mail, and more

By Steve Neill
on 18 Jun, 2013

In the same way that Dragon Naturally Speaking can enhance a PC users day to day life, Nuance Dragon Mobile, which recently bought up Swype, has the ability to make the life of someone on the go a bit easier as well. The new 4.0 update brings some much needed new features, not to mention a slightly more intuitive interface.

Google Keyboard hits the Play Store to rival the competition [Download]

By Cory Gunther
on 5 Jun, 2013

If you loved what you saw from Google's keyboard in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, we have some excellent and rather unexpected news this evening. Google has just packaged up and delivered their completely stock (and amazing) keyboard and released it to the Google Play Store. That means most Android devices can now enjoy that absolutely stock Jelly Bean keyboard with gesture typing and all.

Swype update brings improved word prediction and Dragon Dictation UI

By Robert Nelson
on 31 May, 2013

After a seemingly never ending beta period, Nuance Communications released the Swype keyboard app into the Google Play Store in late-April. While the Play Store version of the app should have been familiar to anyone that had been using the beta release, it did come with a price to pay. Specifically, the Swype app arrived priced at $0.99. And while we suspect some long time beta users may have had a hard time paying, there is one perk that has come as a result of parting with that dollar.

Swype now available from the Google Play Store

By Brittany Hillen
on 24 Apr, 2013

It has been a long time coming, but Nuance has finally released Swype on Google Play, doing so with a special low price and a free trial option. This is in addition to the app being updated with a couple new keyboards and a few new features and improvements. For a limited time, users can grab Swype for $0.99, with the price later on increasing to a yet-unspecified rate.

Swype Beta v1.4.5 now available

By Brian Sin
on 13 Feb, 2013

Great news for all of you who use Swype. Swype Beta has just been updated to version 1.4.5. The update provides some new features, improved performance, and various bug fixes. For those of you who already have Swype Beta installed on your handset, it can take up to 72 hours before you receive the OTA. Swype asks that you wait the 72 hours for your OTA before you report any update failures to them.

Nuance announces Living Language crowdsourced learning for Swype

By Robert Nelson
on 7 Jan, 2013

We are certainly seeing the alternate keyboard market heating up lately. We have the new arrivals such as the Kii Keyboard and Snapkeys Si. Not to mention the favorites such as SwiftKey and Swype. And well, it looks like Swype has gotten out early in terms of CES and announced the latest new features for their swipe-based keyboard. The latest addition for Swype is called Living Language.

Verizon Galaxy Note II pre-installed with Swype and SwiftKey Flow

By Cory Gunther
on 30 Nov, 2012

Today the Samsung Galaxy Note II from Verizon is arriving for multiple people across the states who pre-ordered this awesome 5.5-inch flagship smartphone. While enjoying it over the past few days we've noticed a few different keyboard options. Out of the box Verizon and Samsung have the usual Samsung keyboard, but then we noticed a few more. It appears both Swype, and the unreleased SwiftKey Flow are both also pre-installed for your choice.

SwiftKey Flow announced – brings the keyboard battle to Swype

By Cory Gunther
on 25 Oct, 2012

We have some excellent news for all those SwiftKey fans out there. As you all know, we're big fans of SwiftKey here. Being the number one 3rd party keyboard for Android with well over 10 million downloads, we don't need to explain why. What's even better than SwiftKey 3? SwiftKey Flow! Empowering users to enjoy the best of both worlds. With the new Flow you'll be typing and swyping, or "gliding" as SwiftKey puts it. More details below.

Swype beta update adds trending words and dictionary sync

By Cory Gunther
on 17 Oct, 2012

That popular 3rd party keyboard we all know and love, Swype, has just received a rather nice update today. Sadly this keyboard still isn't available in the Google Play Store, and instead you'll have to get the latest beta from Swype themselves to enjoy the latest and greatest. The most notable new feature is dictionary sync. Read on below for additional details.

Swype launches next-gen keyboard, available today [Hands-on]

By Cory Gunther
on 20 Jun, 2012

After months of silence the extremely popular keyboard for Android is back today. I'm talking about Swype. One of the first 3rd party keyboards to really take off for Android has just hit the ground running this morning and announced their all new keyboard that they are calling "the next generation of Swype!" Now you can Swype, type, talk, or write all with a single keyboard. Check out our hands-on below.