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by storm 5716 days ago
It's too bad that Swype persists with their bizarre OEM-licensing-only model. Would love to try it on my N1, but they can't be bothered to provide it to the unwashed masses as a normal purchased download.
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Oh, really? :/ I thought it was default on all Android devices, I guess it was just the Samsung I saw... Do you know if it's available on HTC as well?
Most mainstream manufacturers do seem to put Swype on at least some of their models - HTC, Samsung, Motorola at least.

No doubt this works out nicely for Swype (strictly volume deals is pretty lucrative, I'd imagine), but it really puts me off them as a company - I'd hate to see this kind of model proliferate.