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Mar

26

2011

Amazon Appstore for Android looking good so far, get SwiftKey for free today

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by Robert Nazarian
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The Amazon Appstore has been open for business since Tuesday and in my initial review I was not in love with it enough to ditch the Android Market. After 5 days, things have not changed, and as I expected, they are providing some really nice deals that make it a great alternative to the Android [...]

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Feb

3

2011

Swiftkey Revamped For Tablets, Wants To Spare Your Thumbs In Landscape Mode (Video)

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by Joe Sirianni
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Touchtype has announced that they have constructed and optimized a new version of their Swiftkey keyboard to work on tablets.  And we must say, it’s nothing short of functionality and eye candy.  The keyboard has a completely redone interface and is configured to work on large tablets using your thumbs.  As you can see from [...]

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Jan

4

2011

Swiftkey’s Open Beta Program Ends Jan 18th

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by Joe Sirianni
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TouchType ltd, the geniuses behind the incredible word prediction technology keyboard, Swiftkey, has announced that they will be ending their open beta VIP program on January 18th.  Swiftkey is a unique keyboard replacement app that learns and remembers entered text so it can offer them as predicted suggestions later on.  The app is distinct in that it [...]

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Dec

15

2010

SwiftKey update brings HD skin, more languages and longer free trial

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by Tyler Cunningham
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SwiftKey, the popular keyboard replacement for Android, has been given an update to include a new HD skin for phones with large displays. I just updated my version, and I have to say, it looks and feels even better than before. The update also adds support for five additional languages: Brazilian Portuguse, Czech, Danish, Norwegian [...]

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Nov

26

2010

SwiftKey announces 500,000 downloads, special Black Friday offer

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by Tyler Cunningham
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The popular keyboard replacement Swiftkey has hit 500,000 downloads, and to celebrate they are lowering the price to $1.99. We apologize for being a little late in getting this one out, and to inform you that as of writing this you only have just a few hours left until midnight (Nov. 26) to take advantage [...]

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Sep

30

2010

Last call to purchase SwiftKey for $0.99, will become $3.99 starting tomorrow

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by Tyler Cunningham
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If you’ve been wanting to take advantage of SwiftKey’s $0.99 price, but are a procrastinator at heart, know that today is your last chance before SwiftKey becomes $3.99.  The popular keyboard replacement was the number 1 paid app in the Android Market for seven straight days after its initial release, and was downloaded over 250,000 [...]

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Sep

23

2010

SwiftKey Gets Full Release on the Android Market

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by Chris Moor
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SwiftKey makes it’s full release onto the Android Market today on the back of the great success that their Beta version had after it was downloaded over 250,000 times. We covered the SwiftKey Beta in great depth when it was released with our review giving it 9.6/10. I can confirm that after briefly using the [...]

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Jul

21

2010

Review of SwiftKey Beta Keyboard for Android

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by Chris Moor
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Those of you without a physical keyboard on your phone (and maybe some of you with a physical keyboard) probably have the same problem that I do: anytime some new keyboard software comes out, you’ve got to give it a try, particularly if it’s free. For Android, you’ve got a few choices, including the stock Android keyboard, [...]

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