I text my BF a few times a day on average---short messages on topics that don't merit a phone call. My technology is pretty primitive: a pay-as-you-go TracFone. I've had the same one for two years. Keypad is pretty beat up at this point, but I know the lay-out so well that most of the time I barely need to look at what I'm typing before I hit 'send.'..... If I splurged on an iPhone I'd probably be on the darned thing all day, even at the library, where I now go to escape the phone and Internet access and actually get WORK done.