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My typing skills definitely improved after I started seriously programming. One of the best programmers I know attributes some of his skill to the fact that he touch-types at 60wpm.
That being said, I do know some technical types who don't touch-type. Just not very many programmers.
These days, I touch-type so automatically that even having to learn to use a sticky caps key would slow me down. I'm not saying it wouldn't be quite useful to have a soft keyboard on such a device, just that I'm not sure I could touch-type on one.
A soft keyboard could be a real advantage in typing Chinese or Japanese (especially kanji), though. Type a radical, then order characters by stroke count or by frequency of use... I can think of a couple of good potential systems.
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