My Treo with a physical keyboard was the last mobile device I had that typing wasn't a chore with. Touch screen primacy has turned mobile devices from content creation to content consumption devices.

I disagree with this. The touchscreen on my phone allows for so much versatile applications than is possible with physical buttons.

I really don't miss the days where applications had to retrofit their controls onto a fixed physical setting.

Sure, maybe for dialling a phone number or texting it was better. But for everything else I do on a phone, give me a touchscreen.

If physical keys were the way to go in smartphones, we’d all still be using BlackBerrys. If it’s a dumbphone you want, there’s plenty of models available with physical keys.

> If physical keys were the way to go in smartphones, we’d all still be using BlackBerrys.

That would be the dream, yes.

I actually liked BlackBerry quite a lot. Was a bit sad that the touchscreen model became ubiquitous.