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by duderific 396 days ago
> Having a full discussion or conversation using a phone virtual keyboard is such a user hostile experience to me.

Same - when I'm scrolling Reddit I often feel like I want to add a comment, but then think about having to "type" a few paragraphs on my phone, and just pass on it. However, I'm definitely on the older side, and I do understand that the younger generations have no such qualms.
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johnisgood 395 days ago
Yup, pretty much my experience. There is no way I am going to write paragraphs on a phone. I do not know, I just hit 30, so I guess I am considered old? I definitely am old school, though! You know, nothing fancy, just Void Linux with i3, XTerm, etc.

You know what I wish I could get? A Blackberry phone with that keyboard (maybe KeyOne?). I wonder if there is anything like that still in production.

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thewebguyd 395 days ago
> You know what I wish I could get? A Blackberry phone with that keyboard (maybe KeyOne?). I wonder if there is anything like that still in production.

Yes! Before the iPhone came out my daily driver was a BlackBerry Bold. The keyboard was perfect, and it had the trackball (and later, trackpad) for text selection. Still not full size keyboard typing speed but pretty close. Then I switched to the first gen Moto Droid when it came out and it had the slide open landscape keyboard. Not as ergonomic as the black berry but it worked. Then after the first iPhone, everyone dumped physical keyboards and I'm still salty about it.

I wish there was room in the mobile space to break apart the Samsung/Apple duopoly. Would have loved to see both Windows phone and webOS succeed, and the variety of devices that could have brought.

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wltr 394 days ago
I thought the same way, some years ago. I even eyed that one Nokia smartphone with keyboard, you can install Linux onto. (For nvim!)

But over time, I just learned how to use swipe keyboard, and so my iPhone writing is pretty fast. If I’m feeling I want a long thing to type, I’m reaching for my laptop, if I can. But otherwise, I can type a very long thing from my iPhone too.

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