[amw1972]

I'm on the swype bandwagon...and have been since it was ripped out from the omnia(?) I think that's where the first cab came from...Have KNOWN about swype-type apps for onscrn keyboard since the 1st gen iPhone was jailbroken...(there was an app for that)

I love it, there's a time and a place for all the multitude input methods that's available to us TouchPro2 users. I love the onscreen for inputting info to setup email acc'ts, online logins, etc. Composing email is definitely a hardware keyboard job. Little texts to friends and family...HELLO SWYPE. I don't abbreviate my texts, and I don't believe the app does either. Once you have had practice, and the app "learns" your tendencies...its almost magic.

Opinions are like "you-know-whats" and everyone has one...so this is mine. By the way, the backspace to get your contact to auto-populate might be an install thing. I do have the latest vers which have the bigger buttons...its cooked in to the ROM that I'm using...and the contacts populate normally.

edit: Not Omnia...think it was the Imagio...

also to the OP...its good to ask for opinions...because you might learn a bit more about the app...that you might want to give it another go. Read that this is your first PPC...keep asking questions...and your knowledge base will grow...and instead of giving up entirely on an app...you might work to get it working for you.