Amazing, it's almost 2 Years later, since the 1st post here on 6/10/10, and we are still waiting for Apple to fix this!
I am on iPhone 4S. When I installed iOS 5.1 Upgrade on 3/12/12, I also saw Russian Phonetic Keyboard Layout! I got my Hopes Up too high….
Unfortunately, it is exactly the same as the the other Russian Keyboard Layouts! What an OBVIOUS SCREW UP!!! How could Apple alllow that to slip through? Or, maybe such Functionality is a lot harder to do achieve than we assume?
It's nice of Tom to point this out:
Those settings are for a hardware keyboard. For the virtual keyboard there is only one choice: Russian.
So, does that mean that to use that Russian Phonetic Keyboard Layout on iOS, I'd need to use a Bluetooth Keyboard with my iPhone or iPad? If YES, Apple should have made that clear in the iOS Settings!
I will try http://apps.isimpleness.com/translit/ but it's still a Detour that I prefer not to take!
I am includiong a Link to this Thread https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2457146?threadID=2457146 in my Feedback at:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
Hopefully Apple will fix this soon, and let's us know about it!!!