First it was flip phones. Now BlackBerry has come full circle. Can’t wait until windows phones and beepers make a comeback.
History is a helix :)
Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone
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#413I 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…
Sounds like you're going to love this one: https://www.tindie.com/products/arturo182/bb-q20-keyboard-wi...
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#414Before I put down cash I have basic questions, like “how do I type a square bracket?” and “how do I type a backtick?”
The on-screen keyboard is pretty good, but makes coding and typing markdown hard. Will this solve this?
Also, this seems to be missing cursor keys. How do I move back and forward precisely? If the onscreen keyboard is hidden, I can’t even long press on space to move the cursor.
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#415I 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…
This will fail not because it's not a good idea, but because the implementation is flawed. Ryan Seacrest (yes the Ryan Seacrest) bankrolled a startup 10 years ago with an almost identical product. (They were sued out of existence by an already dying BlackBerry.) I remember listening to an interview where he explained they restricted the product to smaller iPhone models because user testing showed the product didn't w…
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#416Women’s hands in every image yet a man’s face everywhere. Just a little on the nose. Obviously I am not the target demographic but I am interested to see where this goes.
I'm confused as to what you're implying - the first image with a person (after Mr. Mobile) is of a fully embodied woman, hands and all.
Unfortunately, attention to detail can sometimes go by the wayside when I am feeling righteous!
I apologise. I am humbled.
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If it gains any traction, you'd be able to get a fairly decent Temu version in about 6 months from now for $30.
Whats the verdict on temu vs aliExpress. I still find things %30 cheaper on AE while most of my orders are delivered within 6 days.
I get so much Temu spam that I finally gave up and decided to check them up. I compared 3 random items that the spam in Instagram was about - exact same items were 3x - 10x cheaper on AliExpress than Temu (~0.50 on Ali, ~5.0 on Temu, ~10 on Amazon). I haven't looked further but my impression was that they just ship stuff from AliExpress with a X price multiplier?
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#418Would seriously consider buying this if it were a case with a back-sliding landscape keyboard. Something like: https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/fd8703ad0b0ec545ac98701c39...
I thought it would be this as well. I dearly miss my 2013 Xperia Mini Pro. But this? Looking at this product gives me wrist pain. The iPhone is about 250g. How can you comfortably hold it from the tip?
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This was true for me until the latest iOS release. The new autocorrect is markedly better. It used to be that at least 30% of words (not even sentences!) were misspelled. Now it's pretty rare. I think the auto-correct on the iPhone is even better than how I type on a laptop keyboard. Pretty crazy!
This was true for me until the latest iOS release, but then it got worse for me. The inline predictions were especially problematic, but they added a toggle in the settings for it. I think this puts me in the market for a keyboard like this
Sometimes I feel hacker news audience either have a very unique use case with their software/hardware or they are living in an alternative universe. The latest iOS keyboard is absolutely better than anything I've tried. I am sometimes shocked that it could autocorrect what I initially typed because it was so far off! And I have big fingers!
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Sounds to me that you just described the format of a BlackBerry! I could almost envision a clip-on (or magnetic?) keyboard that sits on top of your screen when you need it. Perhaps it could be taken off and stored on the back of your phone, much like a MagSafe battery on an iPhone.
Check out the Sony Ericsson P910that had not 1, but 2 keyboards that could be detached. https://gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_p910-pictures-846.php
Woah, this looks so cool!