The reason Swype is so easy is that you don't really have to look to see where the letters are, it's QWERTY, you already know. You can type blind on it after a

The reason Swype is so easy is that you don't really have to look to see where the letters are, it's QWERTY, you already know. You can type blind on it after a tiny amount of use once your brain has mapped out the keyboard size. I imagine you'd be able to use 8pen without looking too, maybe even better after a long while, it would just take you a lot longer to get there.