Ahh maybe that’s where my stubby little slow fingers comes in handy:)
I just tried pecking my keyboard, I couldn’t do it fast enough for the character to get presented on the screen before the key expanded. So maybe Your standard write speed is just faster than mine and therefore the miss-rate bigger?

Too bad small ‘text message addicted kids’ can’t afford iPhones, I bet they could text crazy fast!

@Ricki – I realized, over time, that I’ve been pecking the keyboard with my fingers. If I hold each key down till it pops up, my typing becomes more accurate.

It’ll get better.

“Am I the only one who gets more misses than hits with the on-screen keyboard of the iPhone and iPod touch?” Yes I think so ;)

I find no problem using two thumbs for typing(and I have stubby little fingers). I write longer texts messages since I got the iPhone, I even write in a different “language” because the full keyboard and the larger screen encourages me to write email/letter style texts instead of the short-hand type of messages you get when having to write with a keypad. So in that respect I take longer time writing texts than usual (but they are better) the T9 keypad style texting is also something that people have been practicing for years, give the on-screen keyboard a little more time. I sometimes use WritingPad for email, that is crazy fast and a little innovation gem.
I usually write in danish, which has fewer words but with multiple meanings, so I do get 1 or 2 mistakes per text in average because of the dictionary in the phone, with english I hardly get any mistakes.

I would loose that by using a stylus, It would be a step back.
The problems with smudge, I haven’t noticed?

The stylus made my list a long time ago: “wearing a bluetooth headset at the super marked”, “wearing a belt clip for my phone” and “sandals with socks”