[Jemm]

I think the title really should be, "Smartphone keyboards are so bad I carry a physical keyboard with me"

[elch]

That's not the only reason. On-screen keyboards take up valuable screen space.

[kqr]

I think the main complaint is with virtual Qwerty keyboards rather than the idea of virtual keyboards overall. If the KeyBee keyboard had a control key it would be very good. (Well, the fork of it that allows extra-alphabetical custom keys along the top, anyway.)

[stavros]

_iPhone_ keyboards. Android is great.