The hardware keyboard on the G1 goes some way toward this from where iPhones are, but it's still not really useful for typing on (actually, I got a G1 last year

The hardware keyboard on the G1 goes some way toward this from where iPhones are, but it's still not really useful for typing on (actually, I got a G1 last year after trying to type on an EEE and finding that my fingers and/or hands were too big to do that, so I might as well get a phone in the same device). There are a bunch of "ultra mobile pc" devices like the OQO that are probably a better fit, especially since some of them have 3G/EDGE, and you can use Skype to replace your cellphone with them.