There are swype-esque apps on the market some free most $$$ right now for the life of me i can't remember what i typed the first time to make it pop up but i know its there... hope this helps
No dice I believe you will have to wait until they open it back up Swype is nice but I can type with swiftkey much faster, imo
I have found that SlideIT in the market works really well. I've never used Swype, but saw it on a friends phone, and discovered this. It works very well.
A reminder to all of the forum rules, specifically the part about illegal distribution copy-write materials. To the OP. The only method allowed to be discussed on AF is to sign up for the beta at beta.swype.com . With that being said, short of trying a DIFFERENT keyboard, there isn't much more than can be said.