Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I just switched to Sprint from Verizon about three months ago for the Pre. Then I went for the Hero about a week ago. Now, I miss my hardware keyboard and am thinking about switching to the Moment. I am still able to switch back to Verizon if I want and get the Droid when it arrives. Should I just trade up to the Moment when it comes out, see if I like it, and if not switch to the Droid? Or something else entirely? Help!"
I saw the image before I read the headline and immediately thought it was a story about an application I already have on my iPhone.
‘Writing Pad’ for the iPhone does this already – the application creator calls the technology ‘ShapeWriter’.
Who copied who then? Or is this just a coincidence?
Who cares? What I do know is that this application would be bliss on most Windows Mobile phones. I want this now!
I think in this situation it was neither. In a video interview regarding this product, the creator stated that he also co-produced T9, which every phone on the planet has (almost.) I don't think he saw the iPhone App and suddenly had the idea to make Swipe.
I think this one came first:
http://www.mobiletextinput.com/Product/SlideIT/SlideIT.php
SlideIT is protected by US Patent no. 7,199,786 , issued April 3, 2007. (based on application from Nov 2003 and provisional from Nov 2002)