How long did it take learn to learn touch keyboard?

[Just1BadApple]

Not long at all

Before the iPhone, I'd only sent one or two texts from my 10-pad Razr and I have big hands.
With the iPhone, I started with 1 finger typing and being very careful. Sure I'd hit the wrong key sometimes, but the autocorrection fixed 98% of them.
Once I got more proficient and began to trust the autocorrect (1-2 hours), 1 finger was slowing me down. I switched to two-thumb typing and quickly got up to speed on that. I don't even thing about the keyboard now, I just type!

 

[bigmouth]

It's all about trusting the keyboard because it fixes common mistakes, so you don't have to keep backspacing and re-typing.

This is more true for some than others. I personally can't wait to be able to turn off auto-correct, which is rumored to be an option in 2.2. I also would welcome a landscape keyboard for all programs, esp. text and email.

 

[sergiuria]

This is more true for some than others. I personally can't wait to be able to turn off auto-correct, which is rumored to be an option in 2.2. I also would welcome a landscape keyboard for all programs, esp. text and email.

If your phone is jailbroken, you can download an app from Cydia, to turn it off. That's what I did, and I text without having to look at the keyboard, and with the auto-correct feature off. And I never abbreviate words or stuff like that.

P.S: I text the whole freaking day with my girlfriend.