shortcut or keymap for smartdial?

[superflysocal]

So I discovered something today on my sprint touch that most probably already know about. My biggest complaint with the dialer is the slow responsiveness of the keypress. However, i just discovered that if I turn off smartdial, then it is very fast and responsive. Plus it formats the number in (xxx) xxx-xxxx which is perfect for use in the US.

The problem is I use smartdial alot more than I don't, can't really live without it. It is so much faster than any finger friendly type contacts program.

But this slow response is definitely a drawback to smartdial. Also, when i just want to type in a number, smartdial sometimes interfere with dialing the wrong number I am trying to type.

For me, the perfect scenario would be to turn smartdial on and off with a single button, either hard button or soft button, doesn't matter, although realize Touch is limited on soft buttons. Anybody can think of a way to make this happen? This way when I am dialing a contact I will use smartdial, and when i am dialing a new number, I can turn it off. I never use that contact button on the bottom left corner of the dialpad so replacing that with enabling/disabling smartdial would be ideal.