My favourite mobile-device keyboard was that of the Sony Ericsson M600i/P1i https://www.cnet.com/a/img/oje2OkhPIKnnKkJDXCAYnXJBst0=/1200x630/2010/10/21/69f5c1d

My favourite mobile-device keyboard was that of the Sony Ericsson M600i/P1i https://www.cnet.com/a/img/oje2OkhPIKnnKkJDXCAYnXJBst0=/1200x630/2010/10/21/69f5c1d5-cc2e-11e2-9a4a-0291187b029a/sony-ericsson-m600i_4.jpg https://www.cnet.com/a/img/oje2OkhPIKnnKkJDXCAYnXJBst0=/1200... Its a rocker-key design: hit the left side, Q, right side, W. The U-shaped key made it super easy to hit the right letter, I could type amazingly quickly on this janky phone from 2006. Once the capacitive-touch revolution happened, the closest keyboard that really took advantage of the small-screens was the TouchPal T+ keyboard. It was similar, in that one soft key was Q and W, but you pressed it and swiped left or right for each key, and up and left for capital versions. It also held special characters with a swipe down. This also worked really well, in my opinion, especially on the small screened devices we used to use. This is all a long winded way of saying, I agree, I think straight QWERTY is still odd, even today!