Swype and Nokia introduced Swype Beta for Symbian today.

Swype is known from devices running on Windows Mobile or Android. with Swype you can type your text faster than to give in text on any on-screen-keyboard.

this is what Nokia BetaLabs writing about it on their blog:

Swype has worked closely with Nokia to bring you the best text input experience on your S60 5th  Edition handset. Swype plugs directly into the Symbian input method to ensure seamless integration with every application on the device.

 

Swype excels in language support, allowing users to Swype in many different languages. Swype Beta for Symbian includes support for English US, Spanish, Canadian French, and Brazilian Portuguese.  Extensive language support is part of our ongoing development and more languages will be supported in the future.

Swype for Symbian Beta is compatible with the following Nokia S60 5th Edition touch screen phones:

• - Nokia 5800
• - Nokia 5230
• - Nokia X6
• - Nokia N97
• - Nokia N97mini
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here is the promo video about Swype on a Nokia phone:

scource: youtube

Key features:

• - Standard QWERTY keyboard layout makes Swype easy to learn
• - Use a stylus or finger
• - Double Tap Editing
• - Auto-Spacing
• - Auto-Capitalization
• - Auto Spelling Correction
• - Automatic Help – Swype detects when you may be having trouble
• - Instant access to Symbols, Numbers and Editing functions
• - 65,000-word Learning Dictionary

Swype and Nokia have been hard at work to deliver a limited beta release to Nokia S60 5th edition device owners. 

 

Your feedback will be valuable to us in the coming weeks, and we are especially interested in how well Swype interfaces with the many types of applications you use every day. While you’re at it, feel free to take a crack at the world record, which was recently broken with Swype. source: Betalabs

the last question is do we get Swype for Symbian^3 and Nokia N8?

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