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Siine Keyboard: A unique, effective mobile keyboard

Looks like it would work great if you mostly communicate in stock phrases you only need to tweak. Swype is still my friend ... especially the latest version that offers traditional keyboard, traditional Swype, hand written letters (sort of like the 2nd generation Palm) and speech.

Doesn't seem to be very convenient for anything other than quick phrases, or if using multiple languages.

I would recommend anyone looking for a keyboard to try SwiftKey, it is scary how well it can predict what you are typing even in multiple languages without having to switch between them.

Thanks, Jim! I had that way back on an HTC Diamond +, or whatever it was, with Windows 6. It was pretty fast, and quite good at picking out my crappy handwriting.
Sounds like it is available on your phone (although swipe is pretty fast) but I never hear of this much. Should be better these days with dual cores and 1200 Mz.

I'm not to sure about this Siine, though. You're right, Jim, it sure looks like it might only be feasible for a few well used stock phrases. By the time you look for an icon and pick one of the phrases, unless it is quite long, wouldn't it just be better to type the words?

Well Jack says he likes it so I might give it a try, but I tend to agree with the above comments. I can swype through most words pretty fast. A lot easier then having to open a menu of icons, learn/remember where there icons are (beyond the 8 on the initial screen), remember what phrase is associated with what icon.
Might be a good addition for technical terms, but swype has the ability to add words to the dictionary is pretty good at recognizing when you swype them out.

What ever happened to the idea of using a phone for VOICE communication with the person intended, it's so much more personal and can carry a lot more information quickly? Anyway, I use my phone for voice only, it's so much more convenient that way!