is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, home theater, smartphones, and more. Apple will release iOS 8 for download later today, ...

Now that iOS 8 is available, iPhone and iPad users can choose from a bunch of different alternative keyboard apps. We tested out three of the most popular apps, including SwiftKey, Fleksy, and Swype.

If it's one thing Android does right, it's the sheer range of keyboard apps and skins available -- something its competitors haven't quite latched on to just yet. While SwiftKey has charmed us with ...

Despite beating a netbook in our rally car typing showdown, using the virtual keyboard on a touchscreen phone can still be a pain. The Swype keyboard aims to soothe your irritated fingertips with a ...

Users of iOS 8 no longer have to be happy with just the default Apple keyboard. Developers are now allowed to create keyboards with features Apple that doesn't provide, and we'll see a catalog of new ...

Touch-based software keyboards on mobile phones are rapidly evolving. Meet Swype, a company that's trying to be on your next phone, TV, and game system. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now ...

Entering big chunks of text on a phone or tablet is not my idea of a good time. Although tap-typing has come a long way since PalmPilot days, it's still a slow and error-prone process. The Swype ...

Swype, the innovative mobile keyboard app that allows users to spell out words by simply sliding their finger, has opened up an official beta scheme for Android. When we looked at the app as part of ...

When assistive technology researcher Dr. Cliff Kushler contributed to the development of the T9 predictive text input system in the ’90s, he helped pave the way for a major breakthrough in mobile ...

The popular Swype keyboard for Google Android smartphones is now available for tablets running Android 3.x Honeycomb. Or rather, a beta version of Swype 3.0 is available for tablets. You’ll need to ...

The Swype keyboard revolutionized how mobile phone users input text through an easy “Swype.” Not many technology products become a verb, as in “I Googled it” or “We Ubered.” But mobile keyboard ...