i also prefer it in portrait, landscape does cover more than half the screen,

i never got on well with the 1-0 phone keypads,

the iphone texting was made for 'slender fingers' lol

get that dialling wand!

Originally Posted by kissdaring

PS; why do you ppl need letter counters it does not matter at all you can send an essay if you wish, its just the other person on the other end will get about a 100 texts in the process of your essay so really you have nothing to worry about.....

but pls do correct me if im worng

Just because: 160 characters -> 0,14€
161 characters -> 0,28€

SMSd version 0.9 includes character count

Has the following fantastic options:

- send text messages to multiple receipients
- foward text messages to single or multiple receipients
- create templates
- back up messages
- ability to send a contact on your phone to another person via sms

Awesome stuff! It's available via installer and here is his google code page:

http://code.google.com/p/iphone-smsd/