Good point about texting -- I wonder how fast or accurate SMS will be when the tactile, relative position of Treo keys (+orienting bump on the 5/F key) is replaced by the visual, minute distance between iPhone soft keys that feel like slippery glass.
I don't think there'll be many "eyes-closed" iPhone texters. ~d -----Original Message----- From: J Messeder Only if Palm goes back to handwriting recognition on-screen. And even then, there are folks who've become used to the keyboard and wouldn't want to give it up. But my own unscientific opinion is the people who are buying Treos, most of whom as work devices, I'd wager, will probably buy the keyboard over the not-keyboard -- and will probably get used to the virtual keyboard the way others of us touch type -- one key feels like another, but if you're good at it, you just know when you've hit the wrong key. I'm guessing the users of toys -- the kids, most of whom can text-message a telephone with their eyes closed -- with the wherewithal to pay $500-$600, will go for the latest i-line, and the Treo and Blackberry (and a few other similar, as relates to a QWERTY keyboard, users will go for a keyboard that at least looks like the one on their desk -- or they'll write on the screen, if they can.
