Wow!
I guess I'm the only guy who uses the TouchPad! Over the years I got so adept at texting with T9 that the touchpad works best for me.
The "thumb print" area is much larger for the letters which makes better for one handed texting (hard to drive and text with two hands lol) AND my thumb already knows where to go for each letter
I tried TouchPal a couple times but since I've never had a tactile k/b before... I have therefore never become "qwerty" proficient. My thumb/thumbs get SO confused as to where to go!! lol
Maybe i will try TouchPal again and stick w/it long enough to train my thumb/thumbs... there were a few features i liked when i have tried it