Not sure how many people know about it (cause I seemed to have missed it after a year of surfing these forums), but here's how you can undock any softkeyboard:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=49601
Definitely makes it easier to enter info on certain sites now that I can simply move the keyboard out of the way or where I want on the screen! It snaps into default position when you close/reopen.