Text boxes are not effective UI implements for mobile devices; they are much more effective with keyboard and mouse interaction. I can go dig up the studies that have been done, but a lot of the existing UI work that's done on the internet is frustrating to mobile users, often to the point of mobile users who quit using those sites on mobile devices. This is the reason you see so many mobile devolved sites (espn.com just rolled out a new mobile site that's awesome, and is a great example of mobile specific design). It's also the reason you see so much money being pumped into the mobile market; development companies don't want to lose out on revenue because their app was meant for a computer, not a phone. Consumers are fickle; if something isn't easy to use, they won't use it. Making an easier, more intuitive mechanism for live scoring specific to mobile devices will probably drive an increase in live scoring.
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