Swype Android Beta!!

[kaboyd]

bastosero, it worked perfectly. I am going to install it on my GF phone tomorrow so on her behalf and mine, Thank you very much. I'm stoked to have the SG Rom back:icon_ banana:

 

[DroidInWilly]

I had the same problem and it was leftover bits and pieces of swype from the leaked version. You can connect your droid to computer and mount the sd card and do a search on the card for swype and delete all of swype files. Then you can install swype again and voila. That's it in a nutshell, but you can go to previous posts that provide more detail.

Ok, I'm going to give this a try and will post my results.

I tried all the steps as outlined by Bastosero to no avail. Still getting the Parse Error. Very frustrating. This was working well with the leaked beta and now I'm stuck without the standard keyboard. I've gotten used to the Swype keyboard and can't see myself without it anymore

Ok, finally got it to install after having my friend email me the .apk file and then i copied it through the USB. However, now I'm getting an error that says "The Swype package you installed is configured for another device". Anyone see that?

 

[AZDroid09]

Ok, finally got it to install after having my friend email me the .apk file and then i copied it through the USB. However, now I'm getting an error that says "The Swype package you installed is configured for another device". Anyone see that?

Are you getting this message after you restart your device? If so, try changing your touch keyboard input method to Android then switch back to Swype and it should work....it's a bug

 

[DroidInWilly]

Ok, finally got it to install after having my friend email me the .apk file and then i copied it through the USB. However, now I'm getting an error that says "The Swype package you installed is configured for another device". Anyone see that?

Are you getting this message after you restart your device? If so, try changing your touch keyboard input method to Android then switch back to Swype and it should work....it's a bug

Tried that but still getting that error. Any other ideas?

 

[kmasum]

Ok, finally got it to install after having my friend email me the .apk file and then i copied it through the USB. However, now I'm getting an error that says "The Swype package you installed is configured for another device". Anyone see that?

Are you getting this message after you restart your device? If so, try changing your touch keyboard input method to Android then switch back to Swype and it should work....it's a bug

Tried that but still getting that error. Any other ideas?

yes i was getting the same error, my swype was working just fine, but i started notice this error once i restart my phone,..but followed your idea of changing to android keyboard and leter switch to swype resolved my problem..... thanks!

 

[AZDroid09]

Ok, finally got it to install after having my friend email me the .apk file and then i copied it through the USB. However, now I'm getting an error that says "The Swype package you installed is configured for another device". Anyone see that?

Are you getting this message after you restart your device? If so, try changing your touch keyboard input method to Android then switch back to Swype and it should work....it's a bug

Tried that but still getting that error. Any other ideas?

You will still get the error after a restart, but switching the input ethod then switching back to swype should still make swype work until your next restart.....

Or is it just flat out not working at all?

 

[coastiedan]

Got Swype?

Just D/L the Beta of Swype...that's fun...:icon_ banana:

Now to get used to typing like that...


coastiedan

 

[metsnfins]

is this actually better than the one i installed a few months ago?

 

[DroidInWilly]

Are you getting this message after you restart your device? If so, try changing your touch keyboard input method to Android then switch back to Swype and it should work....it's a bug

Tried that but still getting that error. Any other ideas?

You will still get the error after a restart, but switching the input ethod then switching back to swype should still make swype work until your next restart.....

Or is it just flat out not working at all?

It's just not working at all, even without a reboot. I switch to the Droid keyboard and then back to Swype, and then I get the message again. I can type but can't swype.

 

[jsh1120]

Hate to burst the bubble of those who think Swype is about to be available for purchase in the Market after a short "beta" period; that's very unlikely. Swype has not changed their strategy of marketing to OEM manufacturers. They've simply made a version of their keyboard available to a select group of users on the Android platform to test its functionality and performance.

As the folks at Swype have said repeatedly, they are not staffed to provide support to thousands (much less millions) of individual users. Furthermore, they want to be sure their product works identically in every device. With the Android platform proliferating to a wide variety of devices, that is a daunting challenge. Finally, if you were a software firm and had a choice of receiving $2 on every one of 100,000 devices sold or $5 for 20% of 100,000 devices which would you choose?

If you don't know the answer to the last question, you shoulda paid more attention in the fifth grade.

Nobody said that the official price for it when it becomes available in the market would be $5. If they chose to sell it for $10 then that 20% of 100,000 would equal the $2 on every one of that 100,000. Now, what if they chose to sell it for more than $10? Then that would be greater than the example you gave. Besides, I don't see why they won't do both anyways. If they get their app to more people and have it accessible to more people, the greater profit they get.

<sigh> I'm reminded of an old I Love Lucy episode in which Lucy and Ethyl buy a dress shop. And though they lose $10 on every dress they sell, Lucy is convinced they can make it up in volume.

Suffice to say that I doubt you've ever worked in the software industry, at least not on the accounting side. Customer support is a cost of business. If a firm can avoid it, the cost drops to the bottom line (i.e. profit.) Otherwise, it gobbles up profit. And the more you sell the more customer support you have to provide.

Swype may eventually go into the retail software business. But the folks running the company are bright enough to realize that if they can sell their product to manufacturers of the devices that run their software they can be compensated for every unit sold with no cost of advertising, sales, or support.

To get an idea of the level of support they would have to provide to those running android devices, look at the last 28 pages of this thread.

 

[Seapup]

<sigh> I'm reminded of an old I Love Lucy episode in which Lucy and Ethyl buy a dress shop. And though they lose $10 on every dress they sell, Lucy is convinced they can make it up in volume.

Suffice to say that I doubt you've ever worked in the software industry, at least not on the accounting side. Customer support is a cost of business. If a firm can avoid it, the cost drops to the bottom line (i.e. profit.) Otherwise, it gobbles up profit. And the more you sell the more customer support you have to provide.

Swype may eventually go into the retail software business. But the folks running the company are bright enough to realize that if they can sell their product to manufacturers of the devices that run their software they can be compensated for every unit sold with no cost of advertising, sales, or support.

To get an idea of the level of support they would have to provide to those running android devices, look at the last 28 pages of this thread.

Well said bro.

 

[SSHGuru]

I completely disagree.

Just like every app on the marketplace it will get updated as they improve it and get the bugs out.

If they did a deal and had it as OEM they would have exactly the same cost of customer service.

It would be absolutely stupid not to offer it for $5 to Droid and Nexus One users considering there is no way they are going to get money from those devices any other way.

I'm amazed at the lack of business sense here.

Hate to burst the bubble of those who think Swype is about to be available for purchase in the Market after a short "beta" period; that's very unlikely. Swype has not changed their strategy of marketing to OEM manufacturers. They've simply made a version of their keyboard available to a select group of users on the Android platform to test its functionality and performance.

As the folks at Swype have said repeatedly, they are not staffed to provide support to thousands (much less millions) of individual users. Furthermore, they want to be sure their product works identically in every device. With the Android platform proliferating to a wide variety of devices, that is a daunting challenge. Finally, if you were a software firm and had a choice of receiving $2 on every one of 100,000 devices sold or $5 for 20% of 100,000 devices which would you choose?

If you don't know the answer to the last question, you shoulda paid more attention in the fifth grade.

Nobody said that the official price for it when it becomes available in the market would be $5. If they chose to sell it for $10 then that 20% of 100,000 would equal the $2 on every one of that 100,000. Now, what if they chose to sell it for more than $10? Then that would be greater than the example you gave. Besides, I don't see why they won't do both anyways. If they get their app to more people and have it accessible to more people, the greater profit they get.

<sigh> I'm reminded of an old I Love Lucy episode in which Lucy and Ethyl buy a dress shop. And though they lose $10 on every dress they sell, Lucy is convinced they can make it up in volume.

Suffice to say that I doubt you've ever worked in the software industry, at least not on the accounting side. Customer support is a cost of business. If a firm can avoid it, the cost drops to the bottom line (i.e. profit.) Otherwise, it gobbles up profit. And the more you sell the more customer support you have to provide.

Swype may eventually go into the retail software business. But the folks running the company are bright enough to realize that if they can sell their product to manufacturers of the devices that run their software they can be compensated for every unit sold with no cost of advertising, sales, or support.

To get an idea of the level of support they would have to provide to those running android devices, look at the last 28 pages of this thread.

 

[metsnfins]

is this actually better than the one i installed a few months ago?

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good question mets, is it?

 

[jsh1120]

I completely disagree.

Just like every app on the marketplace it will get updated as they improve it and get the bugs out.

If they did a deal and had it as OEM they would have exactly the same cost of customer service.

It would be absolutely stupid not to offer it for $5 to Droid and Nexus One users considering there is no way they are going to get money from those devices any other way.

I'm amazed at the lack of business sense here.

Really? Perhaps you should share your "business sense" with Microsoft. That's a company that managed to become the most successful software business in history by selling the bulk of its software to manufacturers, not end users. Of course, Microsoft does provide end-user support for its software. Checked the price of that support lately?

Further, you might want to check to see how much "customer support" Swype provides to users of their software on the devices they support. Zilch. Support on the Ominia II, for example, is provided by Samsung, the phone manufacturer.

The bottom line is that there is a vast difference between a relatively simple standalone software application for a niche market, a description that fits about 99% of the apps in the Android Market, and software that is essential to the operation of a particular device such as a virtual keyboard. I can get along just fine if my particular music player is buggy. If my keyboard doesn't work as intended I can't use almost any application on my phone.

Swype may, of course, opt to make their software to end users. But if they do, the model they're likely to use is demonstrated by their beta program where they can control the individual devices and users that download the software. Not the free for all Android market where such controls are marginal at best.

 

[arty2hottie]

is this actually better than the one i installed a few months ago?

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good question mets, is it?

Im confused