I used to pine for this. I loved my physical keyboard on the Treo and Palm Pre. I didn't keep it long, but I even rocked a Moto Photon Q for a bit.
Then I found swipe typing and will never go back. It is SO much faster
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Dvorak phone when? Preferably with compose key in place of caps lock, but it's not vital.
And for fucks sake, give us an ISO option. I'm not claiming one is superior over the other, but most of the world have used ISO their entire lives and absolutely detest ANSI.
I'd love to jump on this, and probably will when/if I can afford to.
Do software keyboards not use the QWERTY layout? Why are we calling hardware keyboards on a phone a QWERTY phone?!
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I'm intrigued by the Titan 2 Elite. Never owned a Blackberry myself (or never used one as my main rather) and I do type a lot on my phone so it would be an interesting experience to try the Titan. Looks quite nice as well.
I heard that Unihertz isn't exactly the best at supporting their phones, though, and I'm not a big fan of Mediatek either. The Communicator looks good, too, but I'd rather go with a brand that has a history of making phones, rather than cases.
Texting on my old stratosphere was so much better than the modern keyboards. I wouldn't mind an updated version.
I miss my Blackberry Pearl...
I fear that that design of phone layout/UI will never make a comeback.
2 phones are not a trend, nice try tho
I don't get it. On screen is fine
Same here. I get the nostalgia factor, and that tactile buttons can feel nice, but other than that I feel like it's just a one-size-fits-all solution that doesn't necessarily work well.
Instead of a quick tap, you have to actually press on each button, which slows down typing. You can't resize, recolor, or reformat your keyboard to fit your needs better, there's no split keyboard functionality for landscape mode, etc.
Plus it's just more mechanical failure points and areas that dust and gunk can get stuck in.
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It's all about tactile feedback for me.
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The use of that kind of device is sort of over no? I was resistant with my Blackberry for a long time, but “phones” have changed from typing to passive input.
The reason I'm a Clicks convert isn't the typing. I only use the keyboard for that half the time. The reason is it opens up keyboard shortcuts which make the ordinarily horrible experience of doing anything on a smartphone much better.