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.
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.
F(x)tec sold their phones with physical keyboards for the longest time. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to have a newer model and their company seems to have pivoted to “web3” so I’m pretty sure they’re no longer relevant.
With how thin modern phones are, I bet you can make a keyboard case and still end up with a device thinner than the old PDA phones. They wouldn’t be very popular though so the price would probably be way too high to make sense.
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.
Personally I wouldn’t mind having a phone with modern cababilities and Nokia Communicator / E7 type keyboard.
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.
F(x)tec sold their phones with physical keyboards for the longest time. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to have a newer model and their company seems to have pivoted to “web3” so I’m pretty sure they’re no longer relevant.
With how thin modern phones are, I bet you can make a keyboard case and still end up with a device thinner than the old PDA phones. They wouldn’t be very popular though so the price would probably be way too high to make sense.
I want a trackpad /s
Trackball or bust.
Blackberry sued the original company out of existence
Probably because they were all cheap crap and not made up to the standards of the device they connected to.
I had one for my iPhone 4, it was cool but not hugely practical