▲ 79 ▼ Clicks is a BlackBerry-style iPhone keyboard case designed for creators (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago by ayla@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 41 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] garrett@infosec.pub 7 points 2 years ago (4 children) Fun device but I feel like we’ve most past the longing for physical keyboards. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 years ago There are literally 10's of us that still desire a physical keyboard on a phone. The blackberry keytwo was the best phone I have ever owned but it is too outdated now to carry on using :( permalink fedilink source parent [–] Contort3860@links.hackliberty.org 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) I'd love to get a physical keyboard again. I'd happily give up some screen size for it too. Phones have gotten much too big. A smaller screen would limit the phone, though. Would probably become a phone calls and texting only device since most apps wouldn't know what to do with the small screen and weird aspect ratio. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Goopadrew@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ooh, would be an interesting concept to have a folding phone with a physical keyboard+smaller screen for the outer display, as opposed to making the outer screen a normally-sized phone screen permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Contort3860@links.hackliberty.org 3 points 2 years ago Sure, that wouldn't be a bad thing to try. Probably a lot of interesting ways to go about it. Good luck getting a company to try something cool, though. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 2 points 2 years ago iPhone mini gang rise up! permalink fedilink source parent [–] ExLisper@linux.community 7 points 2 years ago Yep, corporations denied us this feature long enough that most of us gave up and stopped trying. Sometimes I wish I was just another mindless consumer loving everything that's new and shiny instead of liking actually useful things... permalink fedilink source parent [–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 3 points 2 years ago Eh, I dunno. I was pondering using the new Journal app on my iPhone, but would far prefer to type with a physical keyboard, so haven’t gotten around to it. Not saying that this particular board would change my mind, of course, but ultimately I do vastly prefer the tactile feel of a real board. Hell, I’m typing this on my iPad using Universal Control from my Mac. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 years ago There are literally 10's of us that still desire a physical keyboard on a phone. The blackberry keytwo was the best phone I have ever owned but it is too outdated now to carry on using :( permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Contort3860@links.hackliberty.org 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) I'd love to get a physical keyboard again. I'd happily give up some screen size for it too. Phones have gotten much too big. A smaller screen would limit the phone, though. Would probably become a phone calls and texting only device since most apps wouldn't know what to do with the small screen and weird aspect ratio. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Goopadrew@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ooh, would be an interesting concept to have a folding phone with a physical keyboard+smaller screen for the outer display, as opposed to making the outer screen a normally-sized phone screen permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Contort3860@links.hackliberty.org 3 points 2 years ago Sure, that wouldn't be a bad thing to try. Probably a lot of interesting ways to go about it. Good luck getting a company to try something cool, though. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 2 points 2 years ago iPhone mini gang rise up! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Goopadrew@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ooh, would be an interesting concept to have a folding phone with a physical keyboard+smaller screen for the outer display, as opposed to making the outer screen a normally-sized phone screen permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Contort3860@links.hackliberty.org 3 points 2 years ago Sure, that wouldn't be a bad thing to try. Probably a lot of interesting ways to go about it. Good luck getting a company to try something cool, though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Contort3860@links.hackliberty.org 3 points 2 years ago Sure, that wouldn't be a bad thing to try. Probably a lot of interesting ways to go about it. Good luck getting a company to try something cool, though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 2 points 2 years ago iPhone mini gang rise up! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ExLisper@linux.community 7 points 2 years ago Yep, corporations denied us this feature long enough that most of us gave up and stopped trying. Sometimes I wish I was just another mindless consumer loving everything that's new and shiny instead of liking actually useful things... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 3 points 2 years ago Eh, I dunno. I was pondering using the new Journal app on my iPhone, but would far prefer to type with a physical keyboard, so haven’t gotten around to it. Not saying that this particular board would change my mind, of course, but ultimately I do vastly prefer the tactile feel of a real board. Hell, I’m typing this on my iPad using Universal Control from my Mac. permalink fedilink source parent