I am surprised there aren't more people asking about this, maybe I am just easily distracted by shiny things... Isn't anyone working on porting the launcher2?
I looked at it myself and I couldn't even work out where to start, but this site is full of much cleverer people than me... is no one interested in trying to get it to work?
As Swype is only available as a closed beta or as release within an OEM build, it should not be posted, or linked on XDA.
I'm the beta community relations rep for Swype (Brian Resnik, if you're over on the Swype forums).
First of all, yes we're watching you HAHA. I'm obligated to wag my finger at you all for distributing our software without a license. A little patience will go a long way. Trust me, the more the brass hears about people illegally copying Swype and feeling entitled to a free version (yes, we know there's no copy on the market for you to buy, but you have to respect that OEM distribution is our chosen business model), the less they want to support a beta program at all. The better we play nice with eachother, the sooner more people get into the beta!
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Ya might want to look in the Nexus One application forum...
Carloswithac said:
Ya might want to look in the Nexus One application forum...
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yup, it was posted there first
@mssmison
But you know... I will buy Swype first day it will be released - thanks to these leaks
Swype has updated their page with the new beta instructions. It appears at this point to be a limited public beta, as it will only be available for a couple of days, and requires you to enter your email address to get the download.
So threads with download links will still not be allowed.
Get the info here; http://beta.swype.com/
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Swype has updated their page with the new beta instructions. It appears at this point to be a limited public beta, as it will only be available for a couple of days, and requires you to enter your email address to get the download.
So threads with download links will still not be allowed.
Get the info here; http://beta.swype.com/
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It's really hard to find, that you have edited your post after several hours from adding it
Swype
just go to swype's page and get it. It is working fine on my G1 with SuperCSDI rom.
h t t p://beta.swype.com
I don't see why they have to hate =[
Need the .apk.
Dont want to register my email. Get enuff junk already. Where can we download the .apk? Post it please.
is XDA commercial now?
I gave swype my email and got the .apk from them.
Izord said:
Dont want to register my email. Get enuff junk already. Where can we download the .apk? Post it please.
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You do realize that the whole point of this thread is to say not to post the APK, right?
When they take off the stupid download limit for the Beta for registered testers, I'll actually support not posting links.
FirstNoobToBrickHisPhone said:
When they take off the stupid download limit for the Beta for registered testers, I'll actually support not posting links.
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What do you mean? You can't download it several times?
Brut.all said:
What do you mean? You can't download it several times?
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I've downloaded mine many times (4 or 5) due to flashing the phone over and over testing things
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I've downloaded mine many times (4 or 5) due to flashing the phone over and over testing things
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Yeah, I understand. I just wanted to know whether I should not download it too many times, but backup&install it instead.
Gents,
I think Ive abused my swype membership --- ive installed it maybe at least 30 times on two phones since March. I've lost the "swype" function and it is basically a nice blue HTC_IME standin. No complaints, but wheres the swype at on Swype?
Droid X comes with it stock. Beautiful app. I might have known someone (a friend of course) who hooked his friends up with Swype on their HTC Eris's. He told me that he went and Googled it and found it pretty quick.
Swype.apk
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As Swype is only available as a closed beta or as release within an OEM build, it should not be posted, or linked on XDA.
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I understand that you have chosen a particular business model. I think however that it is unfair that it is not sold via the Android Market. What about phones like the Nexus One which now is an official developers phone? The Nexus One did not come with Swype and I would like to have the option to use it. (And yes, I did sign up at swypeinc's website waiting for the beta to reopen) Unless you give people the chance to purchase your product people will find ways around your chosen business model. I haven't myself downloaded the apk and I agree xdadevelopers should heed your warning.
I'm not really sure what the hang up is for the swype "brass." This program is being released on select phones already, right? Plus I've never heard complaints about it and would love to try it too. I'd gladly pay for something like this (after a trial) so I'm not really sure what the deal is.
Most of us love new software to play with and improve our phones with. However, a big turn-off for us can also be controlling companies like this. If they don't start providing us a valid route to buy or at least use this product, then they're going to lose in the end. The community is large enough we can throw together our own program to do this crap. Hell, shapewriter keyboard already does this and is free to boot and since I can't even use swype, it might as well not exist in the realm of gesture-based keyboards as far as I'm personally concerned.
I must concur with the rest of the community when I say that choosing not to retail a highly requested, fully functional app shows that the Swype folks are off their rockers. However, if they don't want us to obtain their app and lose customers as a result, that is their prerogative. I'm sure most of us will just find the APKs elsewhere online.
Hello, i have an HTC Magic, i don't know alot about it, only that its updated at HTC's website. I want to have the new keyboard "Swype" I've tried some versions, but they didn't work, can anyone give me a link to a working one?
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Hello, i have an HTC Magic, i don't know alot about it, only that its updated at HTC's website. I want to have the new keyboard "Swype" I've tried some versions, but they didn't work, can anyone give me a link to a working one?
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http://beta.swype.com/
It's currently closed so you'll have to keep checking.
And I don't want anyone posting any links to it so I'm closing this thread too.
If Swype Inc doesn't want everyone to have it (thus the reason they closed it) then we must honor their wishes.
Thead closed.
I'm a bit curious to see if the following is possible:
We all know the keyboard on the first moto droid/ milestone is not the best. Since the droid 2 is Almost identical, is it possible to use the Hardware keyboard from the droid2 on droid1?
a few of my keys on my Milestone (i'm from canada) have stopped working (i need to exert more force on some of the keys), i'm going to soon replace the keyboard. So if i'm going to spend the time and effort into doing this, i'm curious to see if this hardware mod is possible.
Any insight from members?
Thanks
The last I heard of this was here:
androidforums.com/motorola-droid/215882-motorola-droid-a855-upgrade-droid2-955-keypad.html
edit: grrr, this forum still thinks I'm new so I can't hotlink the thread.
I'm looking forward to hearing any news on this... I hate the hardware keypad on my milestone...
Well, i've been looking into it further. I dont think its possible.
The droid 1/ Milestone has a small lip towards the end. Perhaps the new keyboard from D2 might just fit, but for now, i'm not going to bother.
Also, thanks for finding the other thread, i hadnt seen that. I was googling around for quite some time before i decided to post on xda.
Thanks for the responses.
Hello all,
I have looked through the forum for an HTC_MOD keyboard and after an hour and some of searching during the night I found something. Unfortunately it didn't even open always causing FCs
If anyone knows a proper HTC_MOD keyboard that is compatible with the captivate I would be ever so grateful if he/she can redirect me to the source.
Many thanks in advance
Cheers
Damn, I thought there would be at least one xda member who happens to own a captivate and likes to customize his phone enough to have come across a working HTC keyboard apk and wouldn't mind pointing me in the right direction. But I guess I was wrong...