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Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by k_bx »

4death4 wrote: post #337
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…

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!

I'm also waiting on ChatGPT-like experience, their (Whisper) text-to-speech is amazing, including my native Ukrainian.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by eddywebs »

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…

Now that the cat is out of the bag, it wouldn't be surprising to see quality knock offs of this on Aliexpress or sites like such for <=$50.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by dyates »

SushiHippie wrote: post #426
carlosjobim wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You described the BlackBerry Priv.

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

I used my Priv for five years, best phone I've ever had, barring some battery & heat issues. Showing people a normal-looking phone and then sliding out the keyboard was a fun party trick. If there were any modern phone like it I would buy it in a heartbeat.

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Post by bevan »

For the creator of this product (and to any other creators launching soon): don't listen to the keyboard jockeys saying it will fail. We (commenters here) are essentially NPCs in your world. We're not your narrow target market, just some gawkers addicted to typing "news.yc..." into our browsers, maybe with nothing better to do. And although we sound confident, we really don't know if it'll fail, or take off, or pivot to a successful product. Good luck--and major props on the launch, the landing page looks great!

ps. It will succeed.

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Post by blep-arsh »

colordrops wrote: post #392
blep-arsh wrote: post #383

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A 16" 4K USB-C OLED display (with a touch sensor even). It works exactly as advertised and looks really nice but is rather useless for me, to be honest.

Could you share a link to this please? I could definitely use this.

It's this one: https://aliexpress.com/item/1005004110616192.html

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by xn7 »

paxys wrote: post #329

I doubt this thing will get anywhere, but this discussion thread is making me nostalgic about the wild times of smartphone design in the late 2000s/early 2010s. Motorola Droid. HTC Touch. Palm Pre. Nokia N900/N95/N97 and their other crazy form factors. All the different Blackberrys. Phones were sliding, folding, twisting. Then at some point everyone decided that a glass rectangle was the only way to go and that was i…

The Palm Pre had the best mobile typing experience I have ever had. I tested a lot of different stuff (Blackberries, various weird looking Nokias), but something about the Palm Pre was just... better. It had the perfect amount of resistance, the keys were well defined and had a nice rubber touch.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by blep-arsh »

steve_adams_86 wrote: post #394
blep-arsh wrote: post #383

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A 16" 4K USB-C OLED display (with a touch sensor even). It works exactly as advertised and looks really nice but is rather useless for me, to be honest.

This sounds extremely useful to me! I’m building out a home assistant dashboard and would like a nice crisp display with touch. Why did you get it if it’s useless for you? Not being critical at all, more so curious how it turned out to be a bad fit.

It's https://aliexpress.com/item/1005004110616192.html I think a regular IPS display would be way less susceptible to burn-in when used as a dashboard display, though. As for why I don't use it much: I thought it would be nice to have a second portable screen for my laptop instead of a proper desktop setup, but it's just mildly inconvenient to carry around and set up/pack away every time, and it offers way less usable screen area than a regular-sized display (unsurprisingly).

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Post by ant6n »

bevan wrote: post #434

For the creator of this product (and to any other creators launching soon): don't listen to the keyboard jockeys saying it will fail. We (commenters here) are essentially NPCs in your world. We're not your narrow target market, just some gawkers addicted to typing "news.yc..." into our browsers, maybe with nothing better to do. And although we sound confident, we really don't know if it'll fail, or take off, or pivot…

> We're not your narrow target market, just some gawkers addicted to typing "news.yc..." into our browsers...

Speak for yourself. I just type "n" into the browser.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by codingdave »

wannacboatmovie wrote: post #367
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…

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…

You might be right, but that failure was an entire decade ago. iPads and other tablets have gotten more normalized since then so people no longer have the expectation that all devices fit neatly in a pocket. Likewise, that may change the expectation of how a device fits in hands and balances.

I'm not saying it will succeed - I agree that it looks awkward. But neither am I going to dismiss it just because something similar failed years ago. Times change, expectations change, and good product leadership will seek out old experiments and improve on the designs to overcome known problems.

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