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T9 Trace found inside Sense UI 3.0 of HTC Sensation, takes on Swype

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The latest version of HTC’s custom user interface – the Sense UI 3.0 – has a hidden feature that is not quite getting the publicity it deserves. Called HTC Trace, this innovative predictive text input method takes after Swype and its huge success. HTC Trace a version of Nuance T9 Trace, an evolution of the highly popular text prediction method used on most GSM phones before touchscreens became mainstream.

T9 Trace is similar to Swype – it lets you enter text by tracing a line over the keys instead of tapping them one by one…

Trace will be available on the HTC Sensation when it ships and the feature will likely make it to other HTC phones that support Sense UI 3.0, which means only new devices like the EVO 3D and Flyer. There’s no info on whether Sense 2.0 handsets will get the feature or not.

T9 Trace offers some options to improve accuracy of “typing” (or is it “tracing”?) like adjusting the width of the line you trace with your finger, Sloppy-Type correction (fixes regional typos), spell correction and so on.

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