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Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by gregsadetsky »

joshstrange wrote: post #95

It doesn't support MagSafe so it's not something I would buy but it's very interesting. If it supported MagSafe and was only $100 I'd probably would have bought it just to try it out. Yes, it would make my 15 Pro Max a monster but it would be interesting to try. That it plugs into the USB-C port is both expected and worrisome (also none of the product photos show this for some reason). I know it has the whole case to…

the launch video says that magsafe is supported for charging (see here [0]), but that magsafe accessories (that assume a magnet on the other side...?) are not supported

[0] https://youtu.be/e2n2ftM-MwI?t=443

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by pb7 »

SushiHippie wrote: post #69

This made me realise how much I'd love a physical keyboard on my phone. But not like this, this is too long and I don't think one will have a pleasant typing experience with this. I thought about this one for a few minutes, but I can't think of a good way to integrate a keyboard in a smartphone case, that will give you the experience of a blackberry or similar. The slide-out ones that you could use in horizontal orie…

>you would have a superior typing experience

Would you? I don’t think so. All to permanently lose 30%+ of your usual screen space on a device that you likely use to consume 90% of the time and input 10% of the time.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by doodpants »

ugjka wrote: post #79
codetrotter wrote: post #71

But the question everyone is asking is: Do they have a Dvorak version

Dvorak for thumb typing?

Makes as much sense as QWERTY for thumb typing. In either case you're not touch-typing, so the only advantage is visual familiarity of layout. (As a Dvorak user, I prefer desktop keyboards in which it's possible to pry off and rearrange the keycaps to match.)

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by I_Am_Nous »

raylad wrote: post #4

iOs now has a way of moving the cursor by holding down spacebar and then dragging your finger. This also lets selections be extended. How will this keyboard replace that for cursor movement?

Similar to other 3rd party keyboards, it probably just won't implement that. I don't think I've seen a 3rd party iOS keyboard that does.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by joshstrange »

gregsadetsky wrote: post #121
joshstrange wrote: post #95

It doesn't support MagSafe so it's not something I would buy but it's very interesting. If it supported MagSafe and was only $100 I'd probably would have bought it just to try it out. Yes, it would make my 15 Pro Max a monster but it would be interesting to try. That it plugs into the USB-C port is both expected and worrisome (also none of the product photos show this for some reason). I know it has the whole case to…

the launch video says that magsafe is supported for charging (see here [0]), but that magsafe accessories (that assume a magnet on the other side...?) are not supported [0] https://youtu.be/e2n2ftM-MwI?t=443

I think they just mean wireless charging is supported but a MagSafe mount/holder won’t work because the case doesn’t have the proper MagSafe “magic” in it (that ring you see on a clear iPhone case).

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by phinnaeus »

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #115
poyu wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I could easily type blindly on those, the Nokia days

If the claim is > I've never been faster and more accurate at typing on my phone than when these were a thing. It's easy to believe the accuracy claim (after all, you can feel the keys and there's fewer of them) while doubting the speed claim (since you have to perform 1-3x the number of keypresses to get the same result).

It's one press per key, even if the letter you want is the third letter.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by SushiHippie »

walterbell wrote: post #116
SushiHippie wrote: post #69

This made me realise how much I'd love a physical keyboard on my phone. But not like this, this is too long and I don't think one will have a pleasant typing experience with this. I thought about this one for a few minutes, but I can't think of a good way to integrate a keyboard in a smartphone case, that will give you the experience of a blackberry or similar. The slide-out ones that you could use in horizontal orie…

> the coolest way would be, if the phone display is only as large as the current phones minus the keyboard, and then a physical keyboard beneath it. The phone would be physically as large as the phones today and you would have a superior typing experience. iOS Reachability, but pinned to top of display? https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/use-reachability-iph1...

Yes, and then there could be a keyboard flips around to the black part
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