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

[Steve Smith]

Gil -

This is the keyboard I bought a few years ago... it seems well 
constructed and has held up well to my very limited use... mostly with a 
mini (android-enabled) projector and with my Oculus Quest and Go HMDs.   )

https://www.amazon.com/Foldable-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Touchpad-Rechargeable/dp/B07XMM1XJV/

I have watched others use these keyboards with phones, though I find the 
phone's TS (tiny screen) too small to be of much use for me except for 
the most obvious (phone calls, text, audio books.

I am sympathetic with preferring a tactile phone keyboard but best I can 
tell they are a thing of the past....

- Steve

On 10/30/22 4:37 PM, Roger Critchlow 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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