GB wrote:

I find that text thing is a PITA regardless of the type of phone I am
using, although I have never tried a really posh phone like an iPhone.
My fingers are just far too big for the little tiny keys.

on Android you get (or can get for older phones) various "swipe"
keyboards, instead of hunting and pecking, you just draw a swirly line
that roughly travels through the letters you want (works better if you
don't think about it too precisely, just trust that you know roughly
where the letters are, and the phone will work it out). Of course it
uses an element of prediction so sometimes you get the wrong result, but
I wouldn't go without it now ...

http://youtu.be/Ak6iprnqVv8