Swype Confirms Discussions With Apple Over Keyboard Technology

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Posted April 26, 2013 at 3:52pm by Shalom Levytam

Swype Vice President Aaron Sheedy confirms that they've had talks with Apple over their keyboard that lets you type on a touchscreen using one continuous motion across the screen.

iFans via 9to5Mac notes that Sheedy confirmed discussions with Apple in a reddit AMA.

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Q: I was curious as to whether you’ve ever had any contact with Apple. Any conversations to see if they might have been interested in licensing your technology?

A: Hah. The million (ok billion) $ questions. Yes, we have chatted with them, they are very smart and nice.
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Swype is now owned by Nuance and was released for Android two days ago.

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Derek - August 26, 2013 at 12:34am

I tried Swype on my friend's S3 and I hated it. To each their own, I suppose.

Jordan - April 28, 2013 at 9:40pm

The iPhone keyboard sucks. Having Swype will make it so much more improved.

Caca ko - April 28, 2013 at 5:43am

Its about fucken time swype comes to Iphone!!'

xstationbr - April 27, 2013 at 3:29am

Yes the default keyboard on iphone is unique and the best kn world. No one i has used will i like most than iphone. Iphone keyboard wins. Noway never use swipe on iphone i hate swipe.

6italia0 - April 26, 2013 at 10:31pm

Had this on my iPhone 5, worked great but ended up removing it because I still liked regular typing better, maybe swype is better for android phones because my note II keyboard is terrible and sometimes very laggy

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