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Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by Solstinox »

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…

In the real world, the exact same idea in one time window can fail and succeed in another.

This may or may not fail.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by SCM-Enthusiast »

RuggedPineapple wrote: post #486
OJFord wrote: post #386

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anything where you're actually ok with all the NEUVWY branded junk on Amazon but want it much cheaper in exchange for possibly slightly slower delivery and a horrible browsing experience.

Or free if you're willing to put up with REALLY slower delivery. I ordered a 20kmAH battery with fold out solar panels off wish. 4 months later with it undelivered and tracking no longer active I requested and got a full refund. Two months later it finally arrived having gone the long way around the planet and held by Azerbaijani customs for several months.

sounds like you got a free battery ;)

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by lofaszvanitt »

foresto wrote: post #299
lofaszvanitt wrote: post #297

Xperia Mini Pro had the best built in/slide keyboard.

And decent battery life, and a user-swappable battery, and good reception, and an SD card slot, and a decent camera, and a headphone jack, and a good UI, and a reasonable price, and sized to fit in just about any pocket. I miss that phone.

Yeah, I have two, and there is no way to put some proper OS on them :~((.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by foresto »

lofaszvanitt wrote: post #544
foresto wrote: post #299

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And decent battery life, and a user-swappable battery, and good reception, and an SD card slot, and a decent camera, and a headphone jack, and a good UI, and a reasonable price, and sized to fit in just about any pocket. I miss that phone.

Yeah, I have two, and there is no way to put some proper OS on them :~((.

I don't know if it's still maintained, but I used to build this one from source:

https://legacyxperia.github.io/

If you're curious about the possibilities, it might be worth searching xdaforums for "mango", and browsing threads like this one:

https://xdaforums.com/t/is-an-xperia-mini-still-usable-in-20...

I haven't bothered, mainly because 3G service is disappearing nowadays.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by gambiting »

fsckboy wrote: post #421
gambiting wrote: post #408

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

As far as I know, no - so it couldn't even be read that way.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by gvurrdon »

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…

I missed out on the codes, of course, but bought it anyway. Interesting so far; not fast yet, but more accurate as the larger keys are easier to hit - I struggle with most phone keyboards. Can't find the brackets though...

Is there any chance of a Welsh language pack, please?

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by DrNosferatu »

Perhaps a bit expensive?

If the answer is going to be: we’re a low volume startup and this is as cheap we can make it. And it has to be a premium product so can take a sustainable margin…

…what’s stopping a cheap Asian knockoff manufacturer - if the product achieves any sort of success/notoriety - from selling much, much cheaper clones?

PS: I own a medium-size iPhone case that is a complete, fully functioning, handheld game console with its own screen, keys and speaker. It cost me 12€ on Amazon.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by inhumantsar »

mvkel wrote: post #507
epanchin wrote: post #481

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When Omegle shut down I looked here for when it was launched. All the replies to its first post, ~14 years ago, were negative. For the curious: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=539753

In Omegle's case, was the criticism wrong? It was un-monetizable and ended under thumb of lawsuits.

look at the impact Omegle had and tell me it wasn't worth pursuing even if all those criticisms ended up being correct.
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