Comments on: A rant on risk: Swype vs. Fitbit

Maybe I'm asking for too much, but I thought that "venture" in the title "venture capitalist" meant something.

[henryS45]

So how does this differ from SlideIT, which received a US patent in April, 2007? The two methods seem identical to me!
Check out http://www.dasur.co.il/Product/SlideIT/SlideIT.php

they have also working free demo and a pc demo .... try it!

[JeffPom]

if one company picks up on this - chances are fairly good that, unless the deal is done right - the others won't be able to. Especially if Apple gets it. "Exclusively on iPhones - Swype!"

Bigger possibility does, in fact, mean bigger risk. If I were investing in today's economy - I'd go for the sure thing.

[wordord]

To henryS45:
If you copy my comment in extenso (see "Move over T9, here comes Swype" from Sept 9th), then you should at least give me some credit for it!
Nonetheless, I still wonder why Swype gets all the attention when SlideIT doesn't get any?

[Ilium Software]

Seeing as Ilium Software released the same basic application in 1997 (called InScribe) and an update in 2006, I'm not sure how "new" Swype is anyhow.