[FRIAM] phones with keyboards, or a keyboard you can buy for a phone?
Steve Smith
sasmyth at swcp.com
Mon Oct 31 13:14:48 EDT 2022
REC -
Great find! I'm not in the market myself for such a thing, as much as I
like the tactile feedback, TK (tiny keyboards) don't work for me
either... "you can't touch-type on a tiny-keyboard" (... to the tune
of "can't rollerskate in buffalo herd"), but I *like* knowing that the
"free market" continues to innovate for a larger spectral distribution
of users/use-cases than not.
One of the brand descriptions introduced me to the QWERTZ keyboard which
I was completely unaware of despite being a little fascinated with
typewriters/keyboards, etc. and then the AZERTY as well? I wonder if
being multi-keyboard-able is like being multi-lingual? Shifting from
one mode to another almost transparently to the "self"?
I look forward to a product review from Gil if/when he picks one of
these up. I had one of the clamshell-keyboard phones back around 2006
which is how I learned to sing the "you can't touchtype... " ditty.
- Steve
On 10/30/22 7:02 PM, Roger Critchlow wrote:
> 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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