It looks so flimsy. The size of the keyboard compared to the screen feels like it would be nearly impossible to type on it with the thumbs comfortably and without the phone falling out of your hand.

Edit: Oh no, I just noticed that's a case. Than makes it even worse. I would not trust that thing to hold my phone in place.

It was such an innovative Mobile UI for its time, and the physical slide-out keyboard of the Pre, was a really satisfying typing experience. These days, people take for granted that they can dismiss an app by simply "flicking" it up and off the screen on your mobile phone, but that whole visual metaphor and activity came from WebOS. It felt like the first true multi-tasking mobile phone. shucks I miss it.

I remember this. Was it a kickstarter?

So changeable keys on a touchscreen, but with physical buttons on top. Sign me up!

I had a phone with a physical keyboard that small. Surprisingly easy to work with.

My Palm Pre people. I loved that phone. It was under powered, buggy, and felt like the future.

Blackberry's design patents have expired as well. So you can go nuts.

Oooh I might look into that once my 3310 dies

Yes like a shitty car infotainment touchscreen from 2008.

The LG Env2 would have been the perfect smartphone form factor, change my view.

I had the Motorola droid, it was pretty sweet

I need this to be a slider.

What keyboard do you use? They are not all the same

Oooooh guuurlll!

Un popular opinion when I had to support those damn things I actually hated the keyboards, always felt the keys where too small

I can't find any mention of it being on Kickstarter, but here's an early promo for it:

https://crackberry.com/clicks-iphone-brings-real-keyboard-back-smartphones

My friend in high school had every palm pre, those things were awesome

You need to adjust your patterns to it, but when you do, oh boy is it convenient. I still can type on it blindly almost as quick as I do with full desktop keyboard, and I'm pretty quick with that

Long Long

Surely you mean the slider style of the Xperia X1 and not the more common folding style of the LG