I've found the best solution if you want a smartphone with a physical QWERTY keyboard

There used to be many phones with a keyboard, but now it's just a few, and they aren't exactly great. We have an awesome ...
Digi Times

Ichia fulfills greater orders for mobile phone keypads

Mobile phone keypad manufacturer Ichia Technologies has reported growing revenues since the start of the third quarter, as mobile phone vendors are closer to normal inventory levels and beginning to ...
EDN

LED is ultra-thin for mobile phone keypads

San Diego, Calif. — ROHM Co., Ltd. has introduced an ultra-compact LED in a 0.04 x 0.02-inch footprint for devices that require ultra-compact components such as mobile phone keypads, small dot-matrix ...
ZDNet

QWERTY or T9 text input methods, which do 968 prefer?

I have been using converged (mobile phone and PDA functionality in one) devices for a few years now and most of the Windows Mobile devices that I have preferred have been ones with QWERTY keyboards ...
Liliputing

Sidephone is a distraction-free phone with a 2.8 inch display and swappable keypads

The Sidephone is an upcoming cellphone that looks like a blast from the past thanks to its candy bar-style design with a small screen positioned above a keypad. The $249 phone is kind of a throwback ...
The Gazette

Numerical keypads becoming rarer on cell phones

LAS VEGAS • Goodbye, numeric cell phone keypads. You're going the way of the rotary dial. Touch screens and QWERTY keyboards will take over from here, thank you. At North America's largest cell phone ...