Why I’m using a keyboard phone in 2023
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Why I’m using a keyboard phone in 2023
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#2From the article:
Yes, that means I can access all of my favorite desktop keyboard shortcuts on my phone. Need to select all? Function-A. Want to search a page? Function-F. Undo? Yup, I can do that, too. I can even hit Function-L in Chrome to jump to the address bar and immediately start typing in the site I want to go to.
That is something that I miss in my iPhone. The ability to press 'del' or undo.
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#3I wish there was a decent option for a keyboard phone these days...
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#4I miss my N900. On screen keyboards are a PITA, they have zero haptic feedback and I constantly end up fat fingering all over the place.
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#5From the article: Yes, that means I can access all of my favorite desktop keyboard shortcuts on my phone. Need to select all? Function-A. Want to search a page? Function-F. Undo? Yup, I can do that, too. I can even hit Function-L in Chrome to jump to the address bar and immediately start typing in the site I want to go to. That is something that I miss in my iPhone. The ability to press 'del' or undo.
‘Undo’ can be done by shaking your phone
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#6From the article: Yes, that means I can access all of my favorite desktop keyboard shortcuts on my phone. Need to select all? Function-A. Want to search a page? Function-F. Undo? Yup, I can do that, too. I can even hit Function-L in Chrome to jump to the address bar and immediately start typing in the site I want to go to. That is something that I miss in my iPhone. The ability to press 'del' or undo.
‘Undo’ can be done by shaking your phone
Is there a specific shake pattern? I use twist for camera and handshake chop for flashlight
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#7From the article: Yes, that means I can access all of my favorite desktop keyboard shortcuts on my phone. Need to select all? Function-A. Want to search a page? Function-F. Undo? Yup, I can do that, too. I can even hit Function-L in Chrome to jump to the address bar and immediately start typing in the site I want to go to. That is something that I miss in my iPhone. The ability to press 'del' or undo.
Sounds like we just need modifier keys added to the touch-screen keyboards.
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#8I miss my N900. On screen keyboards are a PITA, they have zero haptic feedback and I constantly end up fat fingering all over the place.
I only had the n810 but I gotta say I liked my Cybiko Xtreme keyboard better than that one.
I specifically wish that device could somehow have modern production, modern software and support, even with the same screen. The design was not beautiful but by gosh was it functional in supporting beautiful things, like comfortably chatting with my future wife during university lectures.
The n810 was pretty though, and to this day the keyboard slide makes the kiddos smile like "whaaat" :-)
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#9That phone is quite thick. For the same height, one could add a slide-out keyboard case to a normal smartphone. However, such a thing does not seem to exist (anymore, according to my quick google image search)...
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#10From the article: Yes, that means I can access all of my favorite desktop keyboard shortcuts on my phone. Need to select all? Function-A. Want to search a page? Function-F. Undo? Yup, I can do that, too. I can even hit Function-L in Chrome to jump to the address bar and immediately start typing in the site I want to go to. That is something that I miss in my iPhone. The ability to press 'del' or undo.
‘Undo’ can be done by shaking your phone
I was confused by my iPhone asking me constantly if I want to undo typing. Turned out this was the device thinking I am shaking to undo.