WP8 keyboard discussion

Hello all,

I thought I would start a thread about the WP8 keyboard possibilities as this will be a big factor for some (like me) who are considering switching from another ecosystem. ESPECIALLY those of us considering switching from android, which has a huge number of keyboard options.

Do we think this is still a possibility?
'Curved' on-screen thumb keyboard could be coming to Windows Phone 8 | ZDNet

Besides that leaked presentation, I haven't seen any other info on that rumored keyboard.

Have there been any rumors about whether or not the keyboard api's will be made available? I haven't heard anything about this despite the fact that the partial sdk has been available to some developers, but "partial sdk" is the key phrase here.

Thoughts?

Wow, that's from July. I haven't heard anything about keyboard options, but I would LOVE to have a few keyboard layouts to choose from. Maybe Microsoft will surprise us on the 29th.