On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:58:47 -0700, Mark Crispin <mrc@Washington.EDU>
wrote:

>However, keys provide one thing that the iToy does not even with a pen:
>tactile feedback. The user knows from the feel on his or her (I've seen
>teenage girls text at a rate that I would not have considered possible)
>fingers whether the input is correct without having to look at the screen.
>
>Windows Mobile based smartphones have either a keyboard or a stylus; and
>with the latter comes the possibility of handwritten kanji input and
>recognition.
>
>What's more, the Japanese phone makers have not been idle. Sharp's 912SH
>for SoftBank steals much of the iToy's thunder in the phone market, as it
>has many of the iToy characteristics plus the facilities that the iToy
>lacks but are essentially for any mobile phone in the Japanese market.
>It even includes a 1seg digital TV tuner.


Your biased opinion is at odds with the Market.
iPhone outsells the Windoze Mobile phones.