Nuance’s ‘next-generation’ Swype keyboard launches (hands-on)

The two million individuals registered to the company’s beta program have had access to many of the new features, including Dragon voice recognition, over-the-air updates, and a new dynamic language engine. With Swype’s installed base dramatically larger, however — the company told us that some 200 million devices in the market have Swype, courtesy of over 20 hardware partners — there’s a much bigger possible audience for the new keyboard.