Landscape Keybord on iphone???

Can anybody explain why there the keyboard is not avaialble in landscape view for email and SMS?
This seems like a quick and easy fix for one of the biggest complaints I have and have heard from others about the iphone. The keyboard is a little too small in the portrait position and I tend to make a lot of mistakes. The landscape view is 100x better! It is easier to hold, see, and type at a much faster speed. As far as I can tell it is only available on Safari.
I text a lot and would use my iphone a lot more for email with this option. I am very confused why this was not part of the 2.0 upgrade...
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