It's not every day that you see a technology that could dramatically change the way we input data on mobile devices. First we had just our 10 number keys for input. Then came along T9 which made input on standard cell phones much faster and easier (supposedly some kids can hit 50-60 words a minute using T9). For those of us that have had full QWERTY keyboards on our phones for a while we haven't used or needed T9 and have been able to type fairly fast (I can easily do 25 wpm on my Dash). However with the abundance of touch screen only devices (iPhone, HTC Touch, etc) input has become difficult again - the virtual keyboards just don't come close to the speed you can get on a real keyboard. That's all about to change.
Enter Swype. Swype is from the inventor of T9, Cliff Kushler. He has come up with a way to type on a virtual keyboard by swiping across the keyboard in a connect-the-dots fashion, just pausing on each character as you type. With this method you never lift your finger (or stylus) as you type, you just slide around from letter to letter. It's really much better to so be sure to check out the video below, it's impressive to say the least.
