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yatbd. oy. What's with all the thumboards? For a so-called keyboard where only 2 of the customary 10 digits can be practically put to work entering text, a thumboard takes up an inordinate amount of device space which might better be occupied by bigger batteries, more slots, etc. The smallest practical keyboard for any serious amount of writing is similar to that found on the small Sony VIAO notebooks - not that I have one, but that's about like my Belkin folder, which is similar. Even at that scale one feels cramped, unless possessed of very small hands.
I'm happy to see that everyone jumping on the Blackberry bandwagon. Shows that humanity is still behaving more or less the same, copying a success long after it's become accepted. It's the same with all sorts of fashion trends. But seriously, how long are devices like this going to be around, when half the darn things are devoted to an inadequate data entry device? If folks want them, great, here's another supplier. But I sure wish the manufacturers would get busy on continuing the good path they abandoned, with large, screen/stylus-driven PDAs. Throw phones into the things, throw whatever feature they like as such things get cheaper. But don't toss truly nice screens in favour of the text messaging market.
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