That's some terrible advice.

Blackberry is a joke not a phone.

I disagree. I have an iPhone myself and use it a ton, touch screen makes the phone even better. It's awesome for playing music games like JuBeat, Reflec, Tap Sonic, etc.

+1. Would never buy a smartphone without a physical keyboard

My last phone was a Blackberry with a physical keyboard (having a physical kb was one of the selling points for me).
My current phone is a Galaxy S2 with no physical keyboard (not having a physical kb was an unfortunate sacrifice in the name of progress for me).
I've had the current phone for nearly half a year (since mid-March). While a touchscreen keyboard is not without its faults, it's nowhere near as bad as I expected it to be. Plus the larger screen (when the soft keyboard isn't displayed) is nice. And that's the worst thing about having a soft keyboard... it covers half the display area when you're using it. Second-worst thing is just getting used to it. It's surprisingly easy to be precise on a touchscreen though -- I can open this website on the browser, be 100% zoomed out, and still click on the forum page number links with about 95% accuracy. And you can usually set it to vibrate on key presses, so you sort of get tactile feedback (though no, it's definitely not the same as a physical keyboard). And it's also a lot easier, especially with multiple soft keyboard options (I have two main keyboards I use), to do extended characters (é, ñ, etc.). Trying to write programming code on my Blackberry wasn't even a consideration; with the right keyboard installed on the S2, it's pretty straightforward.

All that said, I was probably faster at regular typing on the Blackberry than when I tap-type on the S2, in part because I could just feel my way around and not have to look at the keyboard. If I'm using the Swype keyboard on the S2 though, I'm probably faster than I was on the BB. And I still haven't really tried to use SwiftKey since it's terrible for programming, but that (and other predictive-typing apps) could potentially cut down typing time even more. Still, I wouldn't make posts that are as long as this one on my phone.

Weird, I've been using touchscreens for a year now and not getting tired. If anything I type faster on them than with Blackberries (I've used one for a short amount of time, was terribad)

i find touchscreens much better and definatly couldnt go back to my horrible old blackberry

lets try it out

maybe if i was one of those rich kids. a bit too much luxury for nothing

any apple related product is out of the question for me, i've have my share with them

that's definately what i'm gonna buy, thanks

Second option is definitely what he's looking for. He wants a mobile.

lol

Or this