Published on 07/13/2009
You might have seen headlines on this topic today: apparently some Palm Pre users are complaining about the lack of virtual keyboard.
Some websites are calling this "ironic", given the fact that these users might have bought the pre *because* it has a physical keyboard, but yet they still want a physical keyboard. The G1 and the N97 have (or had) similar issues.
Frankly, it's normal: for a quick entry, having a virtual keyboard is convenient. Every qwerty+touch phone should have a virtual keyboard, if possible. Users want the best of both worlds, and that does not sound "ironic" to us.