The latest version of mobile-keyboard SwiftKey will sample your Tweets and Facebook updates and work out what kind of writer you are to better guess what you're trying to say. The idea isn't new: KeyPoint's Adaptxt does the same thing, though Swiftkey's latest version adds your Gmail outbox to the sources it uses to pinpoint …

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1. Friday 27th May 2011 15:37 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  re: Never mind
  
  "these people"? People with touchscreen phones who would like the most accurate way of quickly inputting text?
  
  All that comes out of this comment is that you are clearly someone who doesn't have anything worth saying. Presumably you couldn't find the updated troll icon?
  
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Friday 27th May 2011 19:40 GMT Skrrp

<3 SwiftKey

Best app I've ever paid for.

Works amazingly.

--sent from my Nexus One

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1. Friday 27th May 2011 23:46 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  Have to agree...
  
  ...with you on SwiftKey, even if your emoticon does rather suggest you think the app is bollocks.
  
  The dog's maybe?
  
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Friday 27th May 2011 23:44 GMT TomasF

They're already doing it from other sources

When you install it, it will scan your SMS texts and local mail for hints on your vocabulary. Works great imo.

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Monday 30th May 2011 08:17 GMT Steve Avis

Never tried swiftkey

but I've got Swipe for my Nokia X6 (best Nokia I've ever had, but that's not saying much) & it's great!

It was a free download from Ovi & I can honestly say that It's the best thing I've ever had on a phone- quicker, easier and more intuitive than either the old school texting, predictive text or qwerty keyboards (both onscreen & fold out as in my N97 mini)

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Tuesday 31st May 2011 14:34 GMT Anonymous Coward

Curious

Given that some people have a vocabulary of only 800 words, I can see how they might be so predictable...

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