Lets talk inputs: Touch Screen and QWERTY is a long and interesting look at data input on a mobile by Tomi Ahonen. Definitely one to save for when you have 30 minutes spare.

“We heard earlier this week that Motorola has found 30% of consumers are not willing to consider a phone that is a pure touch screen phone. This number is growing. A few years ago it was mostly only older teenagers and young adults, of whom about half (in the USA, 42%) were so addicted to mobile messaging, that they could send messages ‘blindly’ ie with the phone hidden in their pocket or behind their back or under the table. That portion (heavily SMS-addicted, tactile text input obsesed) was only about 13% of the total population a few years ago by my measurements worldwide – ie roughly half of the 16-30 year old segment of the total population. But the ‘I must have my physical text input’ customer segment is growing, and it is now 30% according to Motorola…”