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Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

#21

As someone who grew up with the Blackjack and Sidekick phones I like this. I'll nitpick on a marketed scenario though: > Launch Spotlight > cmd + space Cool that there's a keyboard but this is more easily done by just dragging the home screen down. There are probably more powerful hotkey combos they can pick for the marketing here.

If it can open spotlight while I'm still in another app and I don't have to go to the Home Screen before pulling down, that would be pretty awesome!

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

#23

Is the idea that you always have this on, making your phone much longer (and potentially more unbalanced) than it was before, or that you keep it around for when you want to text? Seems like you always want to keep it on because you have to hook it up to the port, but you're adding a fair bit of length to the phone. I generally enjoy Mr Mobile's reviews, but I just don't know about this product.

From the page: "Add a compact, lightweight keyboard when needed, or leave it on all the time - you decide!"

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

#24
post #16

It 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.

Slide out, now that’s a 2000s throw back!

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

#25

Is the idea that you always have this on, making your phone much longer (and potentially more unbalanced) than it was before, or that you keep it around for when you want to text? Seems like you always want to keep it on because you have to hook it up to the port, but you're adding a fair bit of length to the phone. I generally enjoy Mr Mobile's reviews, but I just don't know about this product.

From the page: "Add a compact, lightweight keyboard when needed, or leave it on all the time - you decide!"

So they aren't sure either?

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

#28

As someone who grew up with the Blackjack and Sidekick phones I like this. I'll nitpick on a marketed scenario though: > Launch Spotlight > cmd + space Cool that there's a keyboard but this is more easily done by just dragging the home screen down. There are probably more powerful hotkey combos they can pick for the marketing here.

Not exactly the same, but I much prefer using cmd+space on my iPad’s physical keyboard than the equivalent touch action. This goes for pretty much all the shortcuts, keyboard wins every time due to tactile feedback and predictability.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

#30
The proportions compared to a classic blackberry seem terrible for typing ergonomics. With a Blackberry, the overall device is closer to a square and the keyboard is basically the bottom half of the device. With the case, the keyboard is like the bottom 20% and it seems like the weight of the rest of the phone would be constantly trying to leverage it out of your grasp, especially since blackberries were like half as heavy as a modern smartphone.
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