Texting / SMS on iPhone

I'm thinking about getting a 3G iPhone to replace my Nokia 9300i. A quick test drive at the local O2 shop revealed that the SMS application doesn't make use of the 90 deg screen rotate, so you can't use it in "landscape" mode. I composed a test msg with two thumbs (which is fast & accurate on my 9300i) and it was slow, annoying and unreadable, due to the number of typos. The virtual key pad is tiny!
Is there an upgrade or aftermarket tool which allows SMS to be used in landscape mode with much bigger keys across the bottom of the screen?
Thanks in advance.

Sinec you are interested in SMS/text, be aware of some other SMS limitations/differences vs Nokia as several of made a transition from Nokia phones to the iPhone 3G before returning the iPhones (signal quality issues well documented by this).
One cannot forward SMS messages, nor can you cut,copy & paste. In addition you cannot insert any contact info from the contact application into a text message, as the equivalent of "insert contact", "insert number" does not exist on the iPhone. So make sure you have a pen & paper with you at all times.
Also, you cannot delete individual texts sent or received on your iPhone. You must delete the entire text history which is quite annoying.
Will Apple improve/change anything soon? I doubt it. They lauched the Original iPhone with an SMS application that could not address a text to more than just one recipient which was simply absurd. It was 7 months after the original phone was launched before they enabled this in a new firware update.

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