Jelly Bean's smarter keyword feature makes text messaging faster by predicting the next word in a sentence, and improved speech-to-text technology and voice technology continues to work even if a data connection is interrupted.

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Mint.com has an iPhone application as well as a feature where users can text to receive real-time balances, and SmartyPig recently launched a mobile site.

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People who have been following the torturous birth-pains of eBook-nation will instantly recall that this very same feature caused a bit of a fracas when Amazon included a text-to-voice feature in the Kindle 2, which it released in February 2009.

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