not to pick a fight but look at the evolution of the computer and then look at the evolution of the pda/smartphone i think you will find that they are amazingly similar and as the technology gets better then the capabilities are there.

-small programs - office apps - internet / email - IM - music - movies - televisoion - camera - voip -

my opinion is that as features become popular on the pc platform people want them on their phone and that included input methods. Im sure that their were plenty of BB users that just wanted email and thats it, sad to look bad at those people now though, new tech is a good thing to me atleast.

But if the touchscreens on the pc's go bust then i would not count on phones following suit.