Somebody bring back the OG Motorola Droid slide keyboard and I will switch to Android.
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#172Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Well now I feel dumb. So it's like Minuum but way earlier. That's pretty cool, then, and I can definitely see how it would be faster.
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#173It was supposed to be a joke! Not inspiration! https://i.redd.it/g8o4nu49rfz51.jpg I like having a physical keyboard, but not like this... it makes the phone too long. A slide out is preferred. I'm just going to stick with a regular bluetooth keyboard.
No one here realizes the sheer thumb strength of the guy in the pic.
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#175Blackberry 8700 is the gold standard for a phone with a keyboard.
It is the most productive cellphone I have ever owned.
Phone calls, text message and email is what it did well. And it did exceedingly well.
The thumbwheel was just the right spot to quickly scan an email.
The keyboard is as good as they get.
The operating system was built to do exactly this and not that much more.
It is really hard to convey how great it was, without being able to offer up demos. I have bought keyboard add ons for iPhone and Android as they have become available and usually died quickly.
I even tried to get a company going to create a "blackberry look alike" on Android but in the end I didnt get financing and making Android be classic BB is not easy.
It was not good for games, web browsing, apps in general, but that didn't matter because it did what I needed it to do
BB from then on was a sinking ship, b/c they figured they would add all the features from the iPhone and Android to it. And eventually released an Android phone.
They lost focus on what the existing customers really loved.
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#176this site has no valid ssl cert, browser does not allow to visit :-)
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#177Can I get one for an iPad Pro? :)
Or a full size flip-phone version, for my friends who think those were the golden years? With all the emoji keys?
(Yes, these would be prank gifts. But such great ones!)
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#178Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wonder if a magsafe secured, size agnostic version could be made. Less locked in but easier to split across pockets and possibly works for more than one model.
In theory all it would need to be is a tiny Bluetooth keyboard with a MagSafe attachment and it would be functionally the same!
Bluetooth would require separate charging and a heavier design for an onboard battery. Not to mention needing to turn it off and on, or making it "smart" and only turn on when pressed, which slows down typing itself when you really need it.
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#179Earlier quoted context omitted.
Would it work on an iphone if the USB is adapted? I'm curious on getting one of these to work.
I've not tried it, but if you check out the mainboard Readme [0] it mentions the possibility of a lightning port connector. I assume OTG is how the product OP linked to works too. [0]: https://github.com/Dakkaron/Fairberry/blob/main/Documentatio...
Neat. I couldn't find PM info for you but Id like to get one to adapt it.
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#180Curious - do folks not use swiftkey-like onscreen keyboards? I feel like I'm legions faster using this style on a phone vs tapping. I get preferring a physical keyboard if you're tapping, but I can't imagine going back once I got used to swiping.
There’s a bit of a trope that people who want hardware keyboards in the era of touchscreens are idiots. I’m one of them. There’s a huge number, and therefore diversity of mobile users. Some of us have different preferences to the mainstream.
I feel crippled typing on my iPhone. It takes ages to type and correct messages. I often can’t get my pass code right first time. And I remember that typing was never an issue on a blackberry.