LEAPFROG 大大超越

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to leapfrog
virtual keyboard
thanks to 
a move
to negate that advantage
killer features
to hold true
to be somewhat blunted
to be tucked
it's not nearly as powerful without ..
adaptive intelligence
＊Predictive text ...
＊Adaptive autocomplete...
＊Automatic spaces...
＊SwiftKey Cloud... 
efficient and nuanced experience


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Android has leapfrogged iPhone in the quality of its virtual keyboard experience, thanks to SwiftKey. But, Apple has a move it could make.

I've been carrying both an iPhone and Android phone for four years, and in 2013 one of Android's biggest usability advantages over iPhone is SwiftKey. However, there's a relatively quick way that Apple could negate that advantage, and we've got confirmation that it's possible.

In April I wrote that Android's two killer features that are making it better to use than iPhone are Google Now and Swiftkey. That has held true throughout 2013.


The Google Now advantage was somewhat blunted when Google released Google Now on iOS this spring. Unfortunately, Google Now is tucked inside the Google Search app on iOS and it's not nearly as powerful without Android's excellent notification system ...

When a lot of people think of SwiftKey they think of SwiftKey Flow. That's the gesture feature that lets you swipe across the letters of the virtual keyboard without lifting your finger from the surface and then SwiftKey magically translates it into the word you were creating based on its algorithm and what it learns from your patterns.

The SwiftKey keyboard includes adaptive intelligence. Image: SwiftKey

However, there's a lot more to SwiftKey than that. In fact, I know plenty of users who love SwiftKey but never use SwiftKey Flow. Some of SwiftKey's other key features include:

＊Predictive text ...
＊Adaptive autocomplete...
＊Automatic spaces...
＊SwiftKey Cloud... 

The combination of all those things makes entering text on Android a much more efficient and nuanced experience than iPhone (as long as you pay the four dollars for the SwiftKey app on Android).

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解釋

to leapfrog  原意是作青蛙跳，這裡指大大超越。

virtual keyboard  虛擬鍵盤

thanks to  感謝；由於、因為，後面接的名詞或名詞詞組必須帶有好的、正面的意思。

a move  一招、招式

to negate that advantage  否定那個優勢

killer features  殺手間，指針對競爭對手的商品有殺傷力的功能。

to hold true  仍然是真實的

to be somewhat blunted  稍稍、有點變得不靈光、變鈍了

to be tucked  被塞入、放入

It's not nearly as powerful without Android excellent notification system.  如果缺少杰出的安卓訊息提示系統，它的威力就不會那麼強大。

adaptive intelligence  適應智慧 (＊下面會略作解釋)。仿自 "人工智慧" (AI, artificial intelligence) 的用法。

efficient and nuanced experience  有效率和（能分辦）細微差異的（使用者）經驗

＊Predictive text   預測字功能：當使用者開始打字時，SwiftKey (快速鍵盤）會提供三個預測的字供使用者選擇。選項是根據字庫、一般常用詞組或使用者之前的習慣詞組。

＊Adaptive autocomplete  自動完成學習功能：學習記錄使用者之前的習慣，或是經使用者同意，從本人的郵件內容學習個人的詞組習慣，完成自動輸入功能。

＊Automatic spaces  自動添加空格。自動幫使用者輸入字與字的空格，節省時間和順暢度。

＊SwiftKey Cloud  快速鍵運端功能。讓使用者可以儲存個人的習慣、慣用詞組，方便隨時在網路上存取，運用在任何裝置上。

Google Now  讓使用者管理日常事務、掌握最新消息、當地資訊的應用軟體。