Propoganda is a strong word. If people rly on the opinion and postings of non-manufacturers then should be careful to backup the findings themselves. This works for all products not just mobile devices. If you were making another point then I'm afraid I misunderstood.

Actually if you look at the device as a whole then I would struggle to believe that the functioanliy is a main issue. I agree that there are a number of people that would like the functionality but as a proportion of the user base of the devce? Of those that are interested in it how many of them find that it makes the device less usable than say the lack of USSD (used for a lot of prep-pay customers).

When developing and maintaining a device, especially when you have limited resources, priorities have to go to certain streams. I believe that I said the priority here is usually to have a stable device that has core functionality first. Whilst portrait text entry is a useful feature for a number of users it is not core to the device as a whole. It is still possible to send SMS using the hardware keyboard so the functionality is there, just not as convenient as some users would like. The inclusion of a hardware keyboard is there as this is the expected primary input for textual information.

People that want a specific feature are likely to be vocal about it. How many people have posted and how many have remained silent? I don't believe that I stated this was a minorty need either, I simple stated that I didn't think it was high up on the list of things to do.