After being struck by an informed comment by Symbian's Executive Director, Lee Williams, that the touchscreen market would top out at about 30%, i.e. that at least 70% of phones will continue to be keypad or qwerty-driven, I wanted to get to the bottom of which smartphone keyboard, in the Symbian world, at least, was the best, in terms of size, feel, capability and efficiency. Oh, and I wasn't allowed to include any obsolete models... [Ouch.]

"The surprise here for me was not that the ageing Nokia E90 still tops the list by a huge margin, but that the newer E75 comes surprisingly close to it, comfortably whopping the older E71 in the process, in terms of raw qwerty-goodness. "

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