Swype

A: Swype, which is an alternate keyboard for Android devices that works by letting you swipe your fingers across letters, typically comes preloaded on devices, rather than being installed by users like a typical app.

Photos on the Kindle Fire Walter S. Mossberg 2011

Thanks to a smart keyboard called Swype, your virtual keyboard can do something your smartphone number pad can't do: Let you type without lifting a finger.

Virtual Keyboard Makes Smudges a Must 2010

The Droid 2 includes the software called Swype that speeds up on-screen typing by eliminating the need to lift your fingers between key presses.

First look: Motorola Droid 2 looks like another winner 2010

The Droid 2 includes the software called Swype that speeds up on-screen typing by eliminating the need to lift your fingers between key presses.

First look: Motorola Droid 2 looks like another winner 2010

But WSJ's Katherine Boehret says a new touch keyboard for smartphones called Swype considerably improves speed and accuracy by allowing users to swipe at letters instead of tapping at them.

Virtual Keyboard Makes Smudges a Must 2010

But its most intriguing feature is an interface called Swype, which allows users to type words without lifting a finger — literally.

First impressions: Samsung Omnia II 2009

But its most intriguing feature is an interface called Swype, which allows users to type words without lifting a finger—literally.

First impressions: Samsung Omnia II 2009

You can type on a mediocre virtual keyboard or use a fast alternative called Swype, in which you don't lift your finger until you've traced a path over the keyboard to write a word.

USATODAY.com News 2011

His new technology, which he developed with a fellow research scientist, Randy Marsden, is called Swype, and ...

Arkansas Online stories JENNA WORTHAM THE NEW YORK TIMES 2010

Also, the Droid X has a true multitouch keyboard, pre-loaded with Swype, which is a huge change in the way touch keyboards work.

Pocket-lint Courtney Boyd Myers 2010