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Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by dylan604 »

person3 wrote: post #230

I can type like 45 WPM on my phone keyboard right now. I'm definitely faster on a full size keyboard, but I'm not sure if I would be faster on this small keyboard. I know a lot of people wanted keyboard like this when the iPhone first came out, but now with a lot of practice using mobile keyboards, I'm not sure it's needed. One of the main arguments for hardware keyboards was you could type without looking. I don't r…

I'm waiting for the day they remove the keyboard altogether and just have everyone use voice to text and eventually thought to text. I'd love to see that black mirror episode expanding on the meme of everyone sitting at a table texting each other at the same table but because of voice to text they've had this ingenious idea that they could just talk to each other instead!

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by xp84 »

porsager wrote: post #141
drakonka wrote: post #81

What I want is a physical smartphone keyboard with nine keys. The one with three letters per key. I've never been faster and more accurate at typing on my phone than when these were a thing. I have pretty small hands, but even for me those full-size mini-keyboards are too imprecise to make them much better than a touch keyboard.

It doesn't even need to be physical - You should definitely give Type Nine a try ( https://typenineapp.com ) - (disclaimer - I'm the author). There are some promo codes below so you can try it out: I've used this since 2014 when I made the first version, and I have yet to meet anyone typing faster with the stock iPhone qwerty keyboard. 7AMYNPKN63KY EMMHTLRA9399 Y4TPAXMJFHLL 4F3Y4JJ3RHME YREJF6L4TYE7 KWM9LRRXJEXW Y6JJ…

Thanks! Insta-bought this. Really anything that can spare me the hell of Apple's keyboard that is possessed by Satan when I attempt to try swiping on it. No amount of resetting keyboard settings or anything else can stop it from turning a swipe of "you" into "your" literally every single time.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by jldugger »

Osiris wrote: post #223
roywashere wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had the T-mobile G1 with the slide out keyboard. Loved it!!

I thought it was the G2? I had the one with the z-fold keyboard that slid out on the long edge (landscape). I loved that keyboard. I could crank out long emails error free, unlike every other touch screen keyboard, like the one I’m using right now.

G1 was the original Tmo android phone with a slide out keyboard. G2 was the HTC Desire Z with the amazing z-hinge keyboard.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by thom »

jrmg wrote: post #238
thom wrote: post #204

It’s incredibly rare that I can type even a single sentence correctly on the iPhone. In that one it came out ‘in’ and not ‘on’ for example. In that one I typed sample not example. I got that last one right! I see the arguments from both sides but it’s a real shame the design space of smartphones has become so conservative. Such intensely personal devices deserve to be more varied. If I thought I could build some sort…

You may know this and not like it, or find it doesn’t work for you, but on the off chance you don’t: just keep going. Autocorrect will often step in and correct things one or two words later when it works out that letters near where you tapped make a more plausible sentence than the ones you actually tapped.

Yeah, I mean with autocorrect. Without that I don't think I could type a single word tbh. The AI they rolled out in the last year or so has been noticeably better too, but still my thumbs are clearly not in the normal human range.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by askvictor »

kardianos wrote: post #53

Phones with physical keyboards: https://www.unihertz.com/collections/titan-series Unihertz Titans

I love that Unihertz exists. As well as the physical keyboard series, there's the Jelly tiny-phone, and a phone with a built-in UHF walkie-talkie. Niche markets, but it's good that someone is thinking different.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by jbm »

FullyFunctional wrote: post #167
skygazer wrote: post #36

I both love this and am horrified. It looks like it'd turn a Pro Max into a 9 inch tall phone. Since it's a case, you'd need a new one each phone upgrade. (I used to do this with the Apple battery cases, until I came to my senses and/or magsafe.) Although, I still occasionally long for the blind accuracy of the old Blackberry keyboard. I think I'd prefer an adjustable magsafe attached keyboard that can do either land…

I've been on a physical iPhone keyboard quest since I got my first (4S). I have a pile of BT keyboards and one keyboard case. Still looking for something I would actually use. Indeed, my primary use case is for SSH (via Terminus).

I still have my iPhone 4S keyboard that I used stubbornly for months (along with the 4s itself). Every now and then I charge it and connect it to my PC via bluetooth, but even in landscape mode it was just too small for my sausage fingers.

I don't understand how a portrait mode keyboard will be any better, but I hope to be wrong.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by schiffern »

loloquwowndueo wrote: post #197
JadeNB wrote: post #146

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That sounds like re-inventing the Sidekick ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Hiptop )!

And giving iPhone a physical keyboard is reinventing the blackberry. Never mind that the iPhone’s mantra from the beginning has been away from the inadaptability of physical keyboards. (Watch the 2007 keynote for reference).

> Never mind that the iPhone’s official marketing line from the beginning has been...

Fixed.

It's an age-old sales tactic. "It's not a bug, it's a feature!"

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by jaustin »

boomskats wrote: post #50

For anyone interested in something closer to the feel of the original Bold keyboard, the Fairberry[0] uses the keyboard from the BB Q10, which is excellent and can be had for about $5 a piece. They can look pretty decent[1][2] and are more easily removed. If anyone wants one PM me, I'll mail you a couple. I've got like 30 of them. [0]: https://github.com/Dakkaron/Fairberry [1]: https://imgur.com/a/wYub8JD [2]: https:…

I've been messing around with Q10 keyboards, MCUs and cases but not got to anything as good as a Fairberry - I'd love one or two if you have spares! Couldn't see details for private messaging you, but my profile has enough to email me on :) How is the software support? I'm using Blackberry Keyboard on my Key 2 and it's pretty good, does that work okay with Fairberry?
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