@nwerneck: apologies for my bitter and not quite sensical comment back then. I mentioned about 'buying the n950' while it's not possible to do so, I thought that was a clear flag to those in the know

As for hwkb, personally I've found having a physical keyboard with feel'able markings, boundaries and tactile feel helps me a LOT. And this is coming from a user who've owned every iteration of iPhones since the first gen.

Sure, vkb has its benefits (flexibility in format, orientation, localization, getting full screen, etc) but for plain typing (email, text, im, forums, and even typing long URLs) hwkb is always my first choice...

BT keyboard needs space to exist. Extra battery to maintain. Extra battery on the main device to maintain the bt connection. They need time to sleep/wake up and reconnect. Etc. They're not perfect, though they're better than tapping on glass.

hwkb ain't perfect either... they're more rigid, if the layout/keyset isn't optimal then you're stuck with it, orientation-fixed, takes up some space that can be reserved for more battery, they either eat up screen estate or they introduce some additional mechanism to hide/produce them.