The 3-row keyboard on the N900 isn't all that great. For starters, the position of the space bar is quite odd. It can be used naturally with right hand only. Next, the arrow keys are just normal buttons and placed on the wrong side for gaming purposes. Users with localized keyboards don't even have all the arrows.

The most obvious solution to this is to make the keyboard of the next Maemo device 4-row and equip it with a proper d-pad placed on the left side of the keyboard.

I made a draft that shows what the keyboard would be like if I designed it. It is a scandinavian variant of the keyboard because that is what I would be using.



It's made rather quickly so there might be some oversights and errors. That just means that feedback and suggestions are very welcome!