What is the most useful handheld keyboard you’ve seen or used?
Building a Raspberry Pi 3B+ full keyboard handheld
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
But a hardware keyboard takes up a lot of potential screen space, even when it's not in use.
This doesn't apply to devices which have slide-out keyboards or a clamshell design. The linked design is more "Blackberry-style" as far as I can tell, but those are not the devices I primarily had in mind.
There's also stuff like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projection_keyboard
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#43What is the most useful handheld keyboard you’ve seen or used?
Nokia E61i: https://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_e61i-1858.php
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#44Excited to see the final build. The author provided a list of _obscure_ handhelds that you could try and get your hands on. On that list there is the Pyra[0] which is very near completion. It has some interesting features such as a replaceable CPU board (nonstandard) for future upgrades. [0] https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/pages/pyra/
Pyra is near completion? I thought it was abandonned (I have been waiting for almost 10 years already). It looks like an almost-perfect handheld device, what it should actually be (according to my vision). The only thing missing is an RJ-45 NIC port (which would make it really useful for admins) but a USB-attached one will probably do just fine.
Depending on your sense of urgency, there's now the GPD Micro PC [1]. Quite the odd duckling, but it includes an RJ-45 and an honest-to-god DB9 for RS232!
[1] https://liliputing.com/2019/02/gpd-micropc-handheld-computer...
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#45I'd like to build a keyboard computer akin to the Amiga 1200 with a RPI4. Any one else thinks that would be cool?
Pi4 Amiga project YES. I'm in.
Custom floppy driver required for authenticity.
Checkout the ARMiga Kickstarter project.
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#46Great start. That low resolution is challenging for desktop UI, but maybe great if you're a devop hacker.
We need a real open source phone platform. I'm curious about IBMs new hardware ..
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#47What is the most useful handheld keyboard you’ve seen or used?
Twiddler 3
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#48Definitely going to be following this, as it's something I've thought of doing for my "next" phone - for basically all the reasons you've stated. I'm sick and tired of not being in total control of my current phone. I've thought about rooting it, but even if I did (it's a Samsung S7 from T-Mobile - which has a different processor and other stuff than the S7 that is easily rootable - and there are other "games" Samsun…
If you're talking about ES File Explorer, I spent the last month trying out other apps and in the end just downloaded an old ES apk lol
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#49It is exciting to see cool handhelds like this! I really want to have a handheld / phone that can handle all of my on-the-go computing and connect to my servers if I need more compute power. As a tangent, if you have an Android phone and need to do some Linux-style computing on the go, consider Termux ( https://termux.com/ ). Termux enables your Android phone to run command-line utilities, text editors (vim and emacs…
What I'd really wanted to see, and not sure why it's still not a thing, is some standardized laptop that would allow upgrading it's core SoC. Latest Pis are quite capable for basic tasks and will only get more powerful.
eoma68 is trying to do that. It's definitely run into some issues though.
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#50Definitely going to be following this, as it's something I've thought of doing for my "next" phone - for basically all the reasons you've stated. I'm sick and tired of not being in total control of my current phone. I've thought about rooting it, but even if I did (it's a Samsung S7 from T-Mobile - which has a different processor and other stuff than the S7 that is easily rootable - and there are other "games" Samsun…
Agree! One of the features I've always wanted is a whitelist - instead of blocking hundreds of numbers I don't want calling me and/or having to turn off all notices (Do Not Disturb Mode) to stop the phone from ringing. I had always wondered why nobody offers this and it turns out its because the phone producers aren't clear if whitelisting calls violates FCC regulations. I believe that the FCC has recently clarified…
I recently had a data-only sim card. It was meant to go in a router, but it worked in the phone too, except you couldn't get any calls. For me, this was a huge plus. It's not available in my current country though.
My current phone (cheap Samsung A3 from 2015) has Call Rejection in call settings, and can reject all or use a blacklist. No whitelist though.
I recently tried to disable my voicemail, too. But the only option available is to disable "forward to voicemail" so it just ends up ringing forever, and if my phone's in airplane mode, it just goes directly to voicemail. There is no escape!