Hardware keyboards are obviously not essential for cellphones, but that doesn't mean there's no place for them. Markets can be weird sometimes, right now it's j

Hardware keyboards are obviously not essential for cellphones, but that doesn't mean there's no place for them. Markets can be weird sometimes, right now it's just too damned easy to make a huge profit margin selling people smartphones, that limits the pressure to innovate. I, for one, would easily pay a 50% premium (maybe more) for a smartphone that had a good built-in keyboard.