Comment on Touch Screens Are Over. Even Apple Is Bringing Back Buttons.

• drcobaltjedi@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My last phone before my first smart phone was basically a sidekick (it wasn’t actually a sidekick, but I don’t remember the actual name of it and the sidekick has a similar enough formfactor).

  That thing’s texting keyboard was fucking rad. I could type so fucking fast on that. I really want a smart phone with that keyboard.

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  • Zephorah@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Maybe the answer is the same as the cases for the iPad mini. A little Bluetooth keyboard case that snaps closed over the screen, with capacity to flip the phone unit around, in case to lay screen up on top of it while closed.

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• GrindingGears@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m nostalgic for it, but at the same time, I’d be nostalgic for 3.5 seconds if I used one again. People tend to forget how frustrating those devices could be too. I had several iterations of the blackberry, and everyone of them came with a lot of quirks that modern phones just don’t have. Sure, I sort of miss the tactile feel of buttons, but it was also a lot of work punching out long emails on them, and pocket lint did a real number on those things too.

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  • k0e3@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah I don’t care for tactile keyboards because swiping is so much faster.

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• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Blackberry insisted on a 3-row thumboard on the face of the device. I want a 5-row slider, like Samsung’s Relay. Image

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