• @AlternateRoute
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    324 months ago

    These existed shortly after the iPhone came out under the presumption people would miss the physical keys from blackberries. They didn’t sell well back then I don’t think they will now.

    • @[email protected]
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      164 months ago

      Personally I wouldn’t mind having a phone with modern cababilities and Nokia Communicator / E7 type keyboard.

      • @[email protected]
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        4 months ago

        I still don’t understand why PDAs are no longer a thing. Make a phone a bit thicker, add ports, thumb keyboard… I remember being able to SSH to servers from my Zaurus and actually do things using the hardware keyboard. Or SSH to my n900 and install packages there. With android I just lost the interest. It doesn’t feel like a personal computer anymore.

    • SuiXi3D
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      54 months ago

      Probably because they were all cheap crap and not made up to the standards of the device they connected to.

    • Big P
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      14 months ago

      I had one for my iPhone 4, it was cool but not hugely practical