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The 112 delegates on the Republican platform committee have hammered out a 20,000-word document outlining the party's beliefs, positions and ideals.

It's a symbolic document, non-binding on the candidates. It proved to be an exercise in balancing positions held by the party faithful with those of their presumptive nominee, John McCain.

(Credit: iGo)

Smartphone keyboards are fine for composing short e-mails and maybe tweaking the occasional Word document.

But if you want to get any serious work done on your device, fuhgeddaboudit. Your thumbs don't deserve that kind of punishment.