For long text entry, nothing beats the compact Bluetooth keyboard I use with my Treo 750.

I had SCADS of people coming to look at it during Summit.

I have the virtual bluetooth keyboard. It's amazingly cool , but I haven't actually used it in vengeance.

Vengeance? Did it kill your family and steal your land or something?

Here's a post about my experiment at MVP Summit, codenamed More Mobile Than Mobile.

Very mobile !

I would love to see the day of virtual screens. My ideal thing would be a roll up keyboard that then projects the screen in front of you - one day??

You and me both!

Just thinking about it made me drool on my keyboard like Pavlov's dog.

I love the touch screen devices and they are a joy to use...

Though my one weakness is the Excalibur, I can go back to that one anytime. And imagine my joy when i participate in the initial System Center MDM beta and the only 6.1 device you could get at the time was the Excalibur, Needless to say I was in heaven!. 

Hands down Touch Screen....When HTC launched the Universal....I was drooling for months....but did not like the color of the iMate Jasjar...so I got the Qtek 9000 business like black! . Still a work horse to this day and I would not trade it for anything out as of YET! And  everytime I pull it out people ask what is that???

I have the jasjar and really love it, but have since gone on to other devices. I never thought I would want anything other than a device with a touchscreen, but now that I have a SmartPhone also, I find it useful when I just want to do something one-handed

I use multiple devices and multiple input methods all the time.  Primary right now is the Kaiser since I can navigate everything with the keyboard for speed/efficiency... or use the touch screen (& TouchPal Pro) with one hand when I don't want to slide out the keyboard...  or use the thumbwheel when I just want to read something... or tilt up the screen and peck at the keyboard when a desk is available.  The flexibility is really great.

Not using the touch screen is definitely faster if you have the proper hardware buttons/keyboard... UNTIL it comes to doing things like scrolling or selecting multiple items/text. 

 I had this discussion with a customer yesterday. They are a workers union, and are going to roll out Windows Mobile in a large scale to all their honorary posts (a lot...).

 We have still not concluded, but they are probably going to offer people a choice between HTC S730 (or something similar if HTC ever launch a Standard phone again), or the Touch models (Touch or Touch Dual).

I love the touch-screen, but I also switch between devices. But if I had to choose more permanently, I would go for a touch-screen anyday!

I guess it all boils down to needs and technical interest. 

I use two HTC S620 and a 8125. The latter being quite thick, I always have my 620s with me. The slim form factor makes it great for one handed operation and it's superfast despite the 201 Mhz processor. I like the touchscreen device, but the 620 is awesome.

 Now, ask me what my perfect device is, I'd say one with touchscreen and a keyboard like the S620 and the same form factor. 

 I'm actually posting to this forum from one of my 620s.

Linley Meslier:

I use two HTC S620 and a 8125.

8125 is an awesome device.  I dont know why imate butchered the form factor for the Kjam. 8125, although bulky.. i keep going back to it, if i need a workhorse for testing. 

I moved away from hardware keyboards about 6 years when I snapped up the P800. I took the flip keyboard away before I even switched it on.

I did have a stint using the slide out qwerty keybord on the O2 XDA Mini s, but that was because the screen was sunken and a real struggle to hit the delete key.

I have now use the HTC keyboard and I can type just as fast as with a slide keyboard, but remove so much of the bulk of the device.

Personally, A perfect phone for me would have nothing but screen. Something like thi:

 But, of course, running WinMo and not Android.

I have been using a keyboard for so long now, and not a touch screen, that I chose "keyboard only" out of habit.  It works fine for me and I can type quickly on the keys, even though they are small.