lots of why-is-this-here moments (the Droid’s keyboard, the Nexus One’s trackball) I see this sort of thing from reviews a lot. The Droid's keyboard is there b

lots of why-is-this-here moments (the Droid’s keyboard, the Nexus One’s trackball) I see this sort of thing from reviews a lot. The Droid's keyboard is there because there are customers who want it. There are plenty of Android phones without them as well. It's perfectly reasonable that some people want a smaller and more sturdy phone, but I won't buy a smartphone without a real keyboard. The trackball is good for positioning the cursor when editing text. It's faster than arrow keys and much more precise than the touch screen. I am disappointed that they are rapidly disappearing, sometimes replaced by an optical trackpad. Android is about power and choice. The iPhone is about a great implementation of a specific vision. Both are doing very well in the marketplace. The idea that one is wrong and the other right is almost certainly mistaken.