I miss the keyboard on the HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1[0], it hid behind the screen until you needed it, so there was no need to sacrifice screen or keyboard size.
Why I’m using a keyboard phone in 2023
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#12I miss the keyboard on the HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1[0], it hid behind the screen until you needed it, so there was no need to sacrifice screen or keyboard size. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Dream
Aren't sliding keyboards dust traps?
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#13From 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.
FWIW, with a bluetooth keyboard it is pretty shocking how complete the keyboard support in iOS.
I have a K480 at the office for those random times I need to respond to something on my iPhone and don't want to deal with the crippling restrictions of an onscreen keyboard, and I hugely recommend it. With the keyboard almost every norm of macOS is supported.
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#14I 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 th…
The N810 keyboard was quite nice, too. Better than on the N900. Of the mobile devices I’ve had, only the Psion S5 had a nicer keyboard.
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#15I miss the keyboard on the HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1[0], it hid behind the screen until you needed it, so there was no need to sacrifice screen or keyboard size. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Dream
Aren't sliding keyboards dust traps?
I feel you're just trying to find any reason to dislike a phone keyboard.
This one hides away, so the "takes valuable screen real estate away" angle is not valid.
So instead, beware of dust!
Anyhow, have no idea why they would be dust traps. People's cases are far worse for that.
(I don't use a case)
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#16Steve Ballmer on the release of the first iPhone:
“And it doesn't appeal to business customers because it doesn't have a keyboard. Which makes it not a very good email machine.”
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#1715 years ago Steve Jobs convinced the world why physical keyboard is a bad idea and rightly so. Of course there are trade offs but for me having no keyboard means more screen real estate which wins over everything.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
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 th…
The N810 keyboard was quite nice, too. Better than on the N900. Of the mobile devices I’ve had, only the Psion S5 had a nicer keyboard.
The biggest problem I had with the keyboard on mine was the top row being so close to the display, I think?
Then there was the stylus issue, where it seemed to be permanently incapable of reliable calibration. So much for mobile digital sketching.
I did some web dev work on the 810 while traveling, but quickly realized that my MSI Wind was like a speed demon in comparison. So it was more of a media player, clock, alarm, and ebook reader but it did those really well.
If it came back, it's the type of device I can see HaikuOS being a natural fit for...
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#20From 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.
FWIW, with a bluetooth keyboard it is pretty shocking how complete the keyboard support in iOS. I have a K480 at the office for those random times I need to respond to something on my iPhone and don't want to deal with the crippling restrictions of an onscreen keyboard, and I hugely recommend it. With the keyboard almost every norm of macOS is supported.
When I need to respond on my phone, I usually won't have a Bluetooth keyboard lying around