Positioning cursor in editable text-field

It is almost impossible to position the cursor in a text-field. Even though I have very thin finger it takes me more than two tries to position the cursor. Would be nice if on a future PlayBook-update the behaviour of text-selection and cursor-positioning would be improved. Works much better on Android-devices (okey, they often have a scrollball) and iPhone.
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i dont have that issue with my fat fingers anymore with some practice. are you lightly touching or mashing while you select? i found mashing to make it less accurate. remember it is the first part that touches that makes the selection and not the top of your finger or thumb.
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