Multi-Tap Keyboard Responding Like Sure Type!!!

I am using the Multi-Tap keyboard. However, it arbitrarily responds as if it is set to the Sure Type setting (which it is not). Even though it does bring up the Multi-Tap keyboard (with 3 or 4 letters on each key) it responds like a Sure Type keyboard.

Anybody have any suggested fixes for this? Verizon is clueless, other tha to say it is a known problem.

Here is another thread with the same problem:
http://forums.crackberry.com/f86/mul...e-help-104108/

Or you may need to try setting AutoType to 'no' under Options-->SMS Text