BlackBerry's iconic keyboard patent has expired
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60% Bluetooth, but what's the other 40%?
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Haptic feedback maxed out plus the tap sounds with the volume turned up to 100% is the way to go.
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Any takers? Any?
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What's special about Blackberry keyboards that every early slider phone didn't have?
I would love to have something like my HTC G1 again with modern hardware and screen.
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Dolomite
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"Boomer mode"
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I'm guessing OP means the build quality, as defined by the mechanical and material standards that are needed to recreate the keyboard.
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They're on discount. You don't have to pay for the extra 40% of a keyboard.
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Swype is the best method if don't have individual key feedback IMO. I find it's generally pretty good at figuring out what I'm trying to say, and in the odd case it doesn't I'm usually spelling something wrong, or using a word I almost never use. And then, typing individual letters every once in a while isn't the end of the world.
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With our luck? Carcinogens.
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Might as well use a typewriter. https://youtu.be/o4nwe7cW_og
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Yeah. I genuinely don't know how universal that type of usage is, but I don't even consider anything else at this point.
Well, an actual full size keyboard. But, you know, for a phone.
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Kinda unwieldy to use when I'm out tho
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Maybe the layout or that little nipple that could work as a mouse.
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Oh my god, I was at probably 50 WPM on that thing, I would write whole emails without looking down at it. It was glorious. I live (sic) the iPhone, don’t get me wrong, but that keyboard was amazing.
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I want the Palm Pre form factor back. Sooo satisfying to slide that thing open or snapping it closed.
Keyboard was ok but not as good as the BB, IMO.
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There have been a bunch of other phones and devices using that style of keyboard. I used a Nokia E63 for years. Were they under license? What about the one Lilygo sells now? Maybe whoever manages RIM's portfolio just stopped caring. Anyway this is kind of interesting. I always liked that keyboard.
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It’s hard to explain. The keyboards they built just felt and worked better. They clicked just right, they had the shape right. Once they licensed out production like their Android branded phones it wasn’t as good.
There was a device called Typo that copied their keyboard exactly but attached to iPhone that was good but they must have really copied BB because they got sued into smithereens.
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I never tried swiping. Maybe i should look into that.
