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I haven't used Swype regularly. is Swype massively actually massively faster when it comes to two handed typing?

I can easily see the performance difference for one handed typing, but I'm having trouble seeing power users reliably typing emails realizing much faster results with Swype.

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The last few winners of the world record for fastest text messaging used Swype[1]. The fastest thumb-text record holder was 45 seconds[2], the fastest Swype record holder was 25 seconds.

Anecdotally, I used a phone with a keyboard and two-handed typing for 3 years, and my speed went from about 18 WPM to about 40 WPM after a month on Swype.

[1]: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/8000/faste...

[2]: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5319376/ns/technology_and_scienc...

I have a G2, which has a pretty decent physical keyboard as well as Swype. I can see how you might get pretty quick with Swype, but if you're a good typist, I think the keyboard wins out every time. If you are used to it, you get a sort of psuedo-touch typing ability going with it that I don't think you can yet duplicate on a soft keyboard.

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