Swype is pretty great for writing with a phone. I kind of wish there was an improved Swype though.
I find it more annoying that it can't even attempt to render words that it doesn't know. The reason is exactly the same as its inability to distinguish "isn't" from "orange" -- there just isn't enough information in a swipe to identify any intended letters. But a failure to recognize a novel word means you can't correct the IME - you have no other option but to switch input methods.
It should be way more accurate on the starting and ending characters. If I'm starting with "i" I'm not going for "orange".
One thing that frequently trips me up are names. I'm swyping a regular word and it thinks I want to use a name I've never used before.
The whole point of using a very-low-fidelity input method is that it's faster. How much care and effort are you planning to put into entering each word?
Given how accurate search suggestion algorithms are becoming, I find it surprising that keyboard suggestions are as bad as they are. If swype could have the same predictive abilities as search engines it would be a major boost in speed and comfort.
I was expecting this feature when I got my first Android phone over a decade ago, and I am still waiting for it. Is there some engineering step that I'm missing? Model my typing history and use that for prediction weightings. Is this unfeasible on my phone hardware?