Quick heads-up, Swype beta for S60 5th edition phones has been updated with lots of improvements and fixes.

Its a new type of input method which is widely used across variety of touchsceen devices developed by Swype Inc . Swype provides a faster and easier way to input text on any screen. With one continuous finger or stylus motion across the keyboard, Swype ’s patented technology enables users to input words faster and easier than other input methods!

Changelog:

• Several crashes have been resolved including those related to backspace
• Spanish keyboard properly displays national character
• Performance relating to auto-capitalization, auto-spacing and general application speed has been improved
• A new language selection dialog has been implemented to improve readibility and UX
• Rotation no longer reverts Swype back to the default keyboard
• Application size has been reduced by 1.5mbs

Swype beta for S60 5th edition phones is availabe over Nokia Betalabs.

Swype is also available for Symbian^3 phones, get it over Ovi Store!

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