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Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by fsckboy » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 9:13 AM UTC

gambiting wrote: post #408

dalemhurley wrote: post #393

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Thank you. As soon as I read their website claiming to be “the first creator keyboard for iPhone”, I was thinking “nope, there was one blackberry sued”. Hopefully they will update their website and remove the false claim.

There is no financial or any other penalty for keeping the lie there, so it won't disappear. For years Omega used to write "the first and only watch on the Moon" on their Speedmaster watches, even though people kept pointing out over and over and over again that it's just simply not true - other watches were also used on the moon, including a Bulova Accutron when the nasa-issued speedmaster popped its crystal while o…

did it get left on the moon?

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by rcarmo » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 9:14 AM UTC

Mixed feelings. I was a heavy BlackBerry user (and a PM for it at a local telco) for years, and then when I got an iPhone 3G I found I could type _faster_ on it, to the point where a visiting Apple rep commented on how quick I was at it (way before current autocorrect).

I have a feeling that Apple dropped the ball with the more modern keyboard implementations, but I can still type (and swipe) with good enough speed and accuracy to not really miss a physical keyboard.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by SushiHippie » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 9:15 AM UTC

andiareso wrote: post #152

SushiHippie wrote: post #134

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That could work too. A keyboard that you put on top of the screen, the only thing that would need to happen is that the operating system detects this and moves the content to the top, the same way as the software keyboard. Similar to what @walterbell suggested https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38872674

This existed before a lawsuit https://www.theverge.com/2014/1/20/5325272/typo-keyboard-rev...

This looks awesome, and they even mentioned that they were faster on the physicial keyboard. Although this design also has the problem with balance, but very likely not as much as TFA. I guess this design can't really work today as there is no home key on phones anymore, which they covered with the keyboard so it is not as long as the case in TFA.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by cobbaut » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 9:18 AM UTC

theflyingelvis wrote: post #365

kshahkshah wrote: post #363

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Out of curiosity, what types of goods do you get from those websites?

Chinese knockoffs and other junk products

> Chinese knockoffs and other junk products

As if most of the originals aren't made in the very same factory in China.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by bjoli » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 9:18 AM UTC

I usually attach a 60% keyboard to my phone every time i have to write longer things. I carry it with me everywhere.

I despise having to write on a small touch keyboard, but I am pretty sure this would not solve any of my issues

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by SushiHippie » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 9:19 AM UTC

carlosjobim wrote: post #156

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 described the BlackBerry Priv.

:o a slide-out keyboard in vertical orientation in 2015, I wish I had that phone

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by SushiHippie » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 9:22 AM UTC

zoom6628 wrote: post #323

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 are describing the BlackBerry passport. Other replies have some great ideas about magnetic keyboard. I was thinking why not Samsung Flip that splits the screen surface and uses rotating hinge so one side of the slab is screen or rotate for keyboard. That would be my ideal mobile. Success would come down to the strength and reliability of the hinge but this should be doable at a small increment in price.

That's a really smart idea, though probably not feasible if you want to have a borderless touchscreen when not using the physical keyboard.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by SushiHippie » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 9:24 AM UTC

lukeschlather wrote: post #381

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…

I have a BlackBerry KeyTwo, which is basically that. It's great. If I could buy a new one with the latest Android I would do it in a heartbeat, the hardware is great and I'm sad you can't buy them anymore.

Why have I never heard of all these touchscreen blackberries, they all look something I want. I really wish they'd still manufacture them or release android updates.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by Scoundreller » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 9:27 AM UTC

steve_adams_86 wrote: post #395

behnamoh wrote: post #376

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When I wanted to build my own mech keeb, the components were available only on AE. On AMZ they were much more expensive.

My experience with keyboard components on Amazon in Canada is that they’re beyond prohibitively expensive. It’s absolutely insane. I could never wrap my head around why… Who’s buying it? I suppose impulse purchases because so many of them are hard to find otherwise, or you have to wait a while for batches?

There's a ton of amazon.com stuff machine-reposted on amazon.ca (plus a $$$ Fedex/UPS fee to get it to you quickly after they receive it themselves in USA).

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by dbspin » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 9:45 AM UTC

happyopossum wrote: post #164

cududa wrote: post #147

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I don't think magsafe is strong enough to support the entire phone on a keyboard

MagSafe supports my 'entire phone' bouncing around in my truck, and hanging on my headboard at night - it's more than strong enough to hold a phone to a keyboard.

Is this something that has changed with the newer phones? I have an iPhone 12 pro, and MagSafe barely holds the wireless charging circle to the back of the phone.