I had to do a factory reset on my phone a couple days ago, and I was left with no more Swype (I don't think I can get it back because I don't have the apk for the trial). I hate to admit it, but I'm not sure I miss it all that much.

I'm sure that for some people it's much faster, but I just couldn't get it down. Short words were too inaccurate, and long words, frankly, took too long! I'd forgotten how much I like the suggestions you get on the stock Android keyboard, where I can type the first four letters of a nine letter word, and select the word from several suggestions just above the keyboard. This means that it's taking me five taps to get a nine letter word, where on Swype I would still have to swipe through all nine letters. I think the outcome is slightly slower for me. Plus, I was surprised that in several instances, I ended up with the wrong word even though it was a long one, and that really made me far slower.

I think I'm still waiting for Blindtype at this point. That looks really exciting.