As long as there is need for a mobile device for the business-pro-on-the-go, there will be demand, and supply for QWERTY. New/Next gen whiz kids are totally comfortable with a flavor-of-the-month virtual keyboards with swype and whatnot, however with crowd with the middle-age-crisis, not so much. The old-skool pros, who have the pockets to pay $500-$800 for a device, or are in companies that provide mobile devices for their employees, will keep the demand up for a hwkb.

No, they will not go away, yet they will never be the top-selling model of any line-up due to the fact the candybar crowd is the driving force for the market.