A month with the SwiftKey

SwiftKey is a swipe style keyboard layout for Android smart phones. I had come across it via the famous tech site, TechRadar.

After reading that it can work in a way that while sweeping through the keyboard, you can not only get the required words, but also very spaces in between the words. The thing is you have to bring your finger to the space bar between words. Automatically the software adds space in between the words.

In comparison let's take the known Samsung keyboard layout. It also has swipe option. But to get space you have to lift your finger to hit the space bar. But here works SwiftKey Flow option there is no need to lift your finger to hit the space bar. You can write phrases or sentences on a trot. The only thing you have to take care is whether you are sweeping over the right letters.

This intrigued me. I just went to the Google play store and downloaded the trial version. I had not synced any of my social network accounts to it. I felt like just use the trial version and then leave it. But after using it a couple of days, I sense it is not a thing to be left after free usage. It is very good one, and very useful for me. I generally write a lot on my mobile. And SwiftKey surely made my writing easy on my mobile. It is very accurate too.

Currently am now using SwiftKey 4 on my Galaxy Note 2. The S-Pen and SwiftKey forged a deadly combo for my writing. I have tested it left and right in this month and it passed out every test  in flying colors. After syncing the social network accounts with it, the writing  speeds improved dramatically.

The only problem in all this is... For me especially to buy it over Google play, I have to use the cards. But I have no cards. Had to wait till a person with a card helped me buy it. Isn't there any other way to buy things on the play store? Like getting a courier with the key for cash on delivery? :P

PS: 1. More on my experiments with SwiftKey with proper screen shots will be posted later.

2. Written this using the deadly combo.

3. My writing appetite improved drastically these days because of SwiftKey. So you can expect more posts from me.