Hidden in the top-left of the phone is the stylus pointer used for navigating the Symbian powered touch system, an alternative approach for right handers is to grow out your right hand thumb and index finger nails, file them both to a point and leave your stylus in it’s bay! Works a treat and you’ll never lose your stylus.
In my experience the touch screen is highly responsive, the slightest tap is enough to open menus, alter fields or handwrite on. With a few hours practice you’ll find yourself scribbling e-mails, notes and daily SMS’s in handwriting mode rather than rocking on the QWERTY keyboard.