It's quite annoying to have the keyboard opening up automatically because not every sms is one I want to respond to immediately. Like sms's from the bank or service providers. BBM integrated that option due to people complaining. I'm sure the devs can integrate this option into this great app?? I personally like to tap on the bar to open the keyboard myself. And surely I can't be the only one. Sometimes when I receive long sms and the pop up notification appears I have to minimise the keyboard first to be able to read the sms properly.