Dvorak - no keyboard on iPhone

John Dvorak makes a good point about the iPhone's lack of keyboard. Being a Q user, I agree. Most smartphones on the market today have a keyboard of some sort. As an email or browsing device, the keyboard makes the device very usable. I have a Dell Axim pocket pc with wireless without the keyboard. Although it's faster when I'm connected to WiFi than my Q, I don't use it for email or browsing since I've gotten the Q.

Without haivng the iPhone or seeing a good demo of using the keyboard for chat, email, or real browsing, I can't compare how well the iPhone is versus the Q. I do know that the pop-up soft keyboard on the Axim is tough to use.

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