Why Doesn't Android Natively Support Bluetooth Keyboards?

I kind of understand why the iPhone does not support the use of Bluetooth keyboards: Steve Jobs hates buttons/keys of all kinds! Just look at the silly one-button mouse that morphed into a no-button mouse (which actually has “hidden” left/right buttons). Then, there’s the iPad which finally gives Steve a big(-ish) screen computer with no keys and very few buttons. [Note, I really want an iPad :-)]

But, does anyone know why this keyboard hatred caught on with the Android gang too? The HTC G1 had a pretty bad keyboard (I owned one for less than 2 weeks).

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