Swype Beta for Symbian is now available for a number of Nokia S60 5th Edition touch screen phones. These include the Nokia 5800, Nokia 5230, Nokia X6, Nokia N97, Nokia N97mini and the Nokia C6-00.

Swype Beta for Symbian will make texting on the above smartphones faster and easier. Using one continuous finger motion across the touch screen keyboard its possible to input over 40 words per minute. This is demonstrated in the video above.

Swype plugs directly into the Symbian input method to ensure seamless integration with every application on the device.

The full features of Swype Beta for Symbian are :

Standard QWERTY keyboard layout makes Swype easy to learn

Use a stylus or finger - the input path analyzer allows you to go fast and sloppy. Just make a reasonable effort to trace through the word and Swype will do the rest

Double Tap Editing - Make a mistake? Double tap on a word to bring up a list of other possible matches.

Auto-Spacing

Auto-Capitalization

Auto Spelling Correction

Automatic Help - Swype detects when you may be having trouble or might benefit from a particular feature and prompts you with helpful tips and instructions

Instant access to Symbols, Numbers and Editing functions

65,000-word Learning Dictionary - Chances are the word you are typing is already in the Swype dictionary. If it isn't, just tap it out once followed by a space and Swype will remember it for future use.