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Just curious, what exactly do you type on the keyboard? How often do you use it? Because for me, I do a few searches here and there and a few notes here and there.
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I can't speak for jimh, but as I've mentioned before, I like to create books for the Kindle. And the easiest way to proof for errors is to actually read the book in question on the Kindle and to take notes about any typos, formatting errors, or any other corrections/adjustments that need to be made to the ebook once I'm done reading. So I use the keyboard extensively when I'm doing that. You just start typing and a very small window opens (that obscures very little of the onscreen text) and you hit press the center button when done and keep on reading. Bringing up an onscreen touch keyboard would likely obscure a much bigger portion of the page (not to mention the keystrokes/gestures just to call it up). I just frankly have no use for a Kindle without a keyboard—in fact, the missing dedicated numbers row is one of the biggest reasons that I haven't upgraded from the Kindle 2 to the Kindle 3. Well, that and how light-duty the K3 feels compared to the K2, also.
My love of ebooks and ereaders has absolutely nothing to do with portability. My Kindle rarely leaves my house because I rarely read away from my house. I want a paperback-sized device (screen + keyboard). No bigger and certainly no smaller.