[FRIAM] phones with keyboards, or a keyboard you can buy for a phone?

[Roger Critchlow]

Gil --

https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Keyboard-Rechargeable-Wireless-Smartphones/dp/B07XCP3THX
is the right size for every day carry and error free thumb typing, but
you'd have to figure out your own phone mount.

Here's the list of all four phones with keyboards from earlier this year:
https://www.androidauthority.com/keyboard-phones-845839/

-- rec --

On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 6:52 PM Gillian Densmore <gil.densmore at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Mmm. Well what i'm looking for something that might work on the go. Like
> shopping or or something. When/if I get texts, or remember to get or do
> something kind of thing.  So I don't need to type in get milk, or call
> therapist if I have the right day. 20 times  to a avoid 99 errors, have a
> neck crink, tired, and be in a foul, or feline mood when I get home. How
> would I search for a case where the KB slides down for when I need it? Do
> they even exist?
>
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 4:37 PM Roger Critchlow <rec at elf.org> wrote:
>
>> Pity you can't just switch your computer keyboard to act as your phone's
>> character input, as if you were swapping the phone in as another screen.
>>
>> Almost any bluetooth keyboard should work, and there are tons of them on
>> amazon if you search "bluetooth mini keyboard", and they're cheap.  They're
>> probably too cheap to last for very long.  So maybe look at the DIY
>> keyboard makers, too.
>>
>> -- rec --
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 12:55 PM Gary Schiltz <gary at naturesvisualarts.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I get by with a two year old iPhone SE. I also hate typing on glass,
>>> but I have a laptop for typing.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 11:01 AM Gillian Densmore
>>> <gil.densmore at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Hello, all looking for phone recommendations. My pixel 4a is 2 years
>>> old feeling closer to 4.
>>> > Are there any phones you can get with a keyboard? I know about
>>> unihertz's titan. and it amuses me. But niche brand. I just don't like
>>> typing on glass, and being frustrated with the amount of errors I get.
>>> > What about a case that'd have a keyboard that'd slide out? that'd be
>>> fine.
>>> > after that I'm looking for good  battery, nice aesthetics and. fun
>>> features also would be fantastic. I'm thinking of how apples phones now let
>>> you use lidar to scan stuff to convert to photosomethingery  in 3D. Or how
>>> older phones you could theme.
>>> > I'd prefer the refurbed (on GP): both to reduce waste and sane prices.
>>> 600-900+ for phones is just bad. Where as 300-500 is at least sane.
>>> > What all do folks pay for phones? any recommendations?
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