Thanks for that. I'm really not sure though, I just think that if you're writing words on a phone for literally an hour or two at a time, no touchscreen is going to cut it compared with real keys.

I hadn't considered the BT keyboard option...only problem with that woulkd be that I assume it's not so good on the move - you must need a table, right?

I have to say I'm more interested in the developer device... Sounds like they're not bringing it out commercially because it's already outdated - but compared to what? For me it would be competing aginst other phones with HW keyboards, as they are the alternatives - Desire Z, E7, etc. How would it compare?