Play along - create a PinePhone keyboard

[SwordfishII]

A split keyboard is an extremely good idea. It would also be nice if the keyboard were programmable, maybe with QMK firmware. 

Not at all. A vast majority of people do not want, use, or like split keyboards. Any split keyboard would be appreciated by 15-20 people and hated by 100s to thousands.

The keyboard is presumably to small to type on it with all ten fingers so a thumb friendly layout is in order. 

The direction given was N900 style. 
- N900 was not split
- Had no problems with thumb typing
- Have you even used one?

Yes I did, as said I had HTC (desire z?) phone. Had no trouble typing. But the phone was small by today's standards. And while I think I will have no trouble using keyboard sized for today's phones some people semm to.

Sure understand.

I guess what kinda bugs me is they have a mocked up paper layout with clear requirements but people are completely ignoring them and throwing out grand ideas (second screen as keyboard etc).  Most of which are not feasible or more expensive than this inexpensive Linux phone.

Cheap, efficient, and meets requirements are the name of the game here folks