As someone who hasn't used either method, I disagree that this 8pen system looks hard to use:
-stick your finger in the middle dot
-move it into the quadrant where you see the letter you want to type
-move your finger toward the letter you want to type and keep circling until the letter is bold.
- back to center
I hate stumbling over autocorrection and text prediction features (which I assume swipe relies on), so would definitely choose 8pen if I had to make a choice based on the demos I've just watched.
The reason Swype is so easy is that you don't really have to look to see where the letters are, it's QWERTY, you already know. You can type blind on it after a tiny amount of use once your brain has mapped out the keyboard size.
I imagine you'd be able to use 8pen without looking too, maybe even better after a long while, it would just take you a lot longer to get there.
http://swypeinc.com/tips-tricks.html
As someone who hasn't used either method, I disagree that this 8pen system looks hard to use:
-stick your finger in the middle dot
-move it into the quadrant where you see the letter you want to type
-move your finger toward the letter you want to type and keep circling until the letter is bold.
- back to center
I hate stumbling over autocorrection and text prediction features (which I assume swipe relies on), so would definitely choose 8pen if I had to make a choice based on the demos I've just watched.