Here is the first version of a little python program I made that will translate input from a cellphone text pad or a number pad to text.
UPDATE: VERSION 2
It’s pretty darn simple.

It would go perfect with this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/svofski/3383950702/in/pool-make

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import string as st
nar = []
 
nar.append([' '])
nar.append(['!','@','#','$','%','^','&','*','(',')'])
nar.append(['a','b','c'])
nar.append(['d','e','f'])
nar.append(['g','h','i'])
nar.append(['j','k','l'])
nar.append(['m','n','o'])
nar.append(['p','q','r','s'])
nar.append(['t','u','v'])
nar.append(['w','x','y','z'])
 
bigres = ""
while 1:
        inp = raw_input("")
        #print inp
        inp0 = int(inp[0])
        #print inp0
        inpc = st.count(inp,inp[0])
        inpcmod = inpc % len(nar[inp0])
        inpc = inpcmod -1
        #print inpc
        inpResult = nar[inp0][inpc]
        print bigres + " + " + inpResult
        bigres += inpResult