To me that still sounds like a bad tradeoff: worse keyboard for a second touchscreen, which we need for ... what exactly? To be sued by Nintendo?
If you want to hear a crazy idea: I would suggest to have a completely modular design instead of a bad compromise! The standard layout (shipped with the unit) will look like the pandora does now, but the entire control-unit with keyboard, nubs, D-Pad and buttons can be removed. You can then buy additional "swap-panels", like for example a second screen, an Arcade-panel, a full keyboard, music mixer, midi-keyboard, whatever you can think of. And you can even go oversize!! (See attachement)
You could even make the screen detatchable, turn it around and put it on top with no additional controlls, although I still think that you should go and buy a tablet if you want to have a tablet ...
Ok, this does reduce portablity a bit, and in some configurations the lid can not be closed, but on the other hand people already carry additional keyboards and whatnot around. So why not offer a 100% compatible solution that you can actually attach to the unit?
