Is there a way to get to the numeric keyboard when entering text fields When you are entering text field entries on Android, you get the soft keyboard on my Samsung Galaxy S.

In the lower left corner there is the key that switches between the alphabetic characters and the keyboard with punctuations and digits (and smileys and so on).

Now if you have to enter a large number, this is a bit tricky - because the numeric keypad's keys are much bigger, it's much easier to enter numbers and digits.

Therefore, I was wondering if there is a way I haven't discovered , yet , to somehow switch to the numeric keypad, even when entering text entries.
If you're using Swype simply drag from the Swype key to where the 5 is; Swype will change to the numeric keypad.