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tal@lemmy.today 2 months agophone keyboard similar to the PinePhone keyboard case
This doesn’t buy you a single device with a physical keyboard, but if you’re willing to tolerate a separate keyboard device, you can get those in smartphone form factor.
There are full-size keyboards that fold down to the size of a cell phone and fit in your pocket:
www.amazon.com/s?k=folding+keyboard
That won’t solve your issue if what you want to do is to be walking down the street and tapping away, but if the concern is intensive text-typing sessions when you’re sitting down, that can work.
There are also tiny keyboards that you can hold in your hand that’ll talk to the phone via Bluetooth:
www.amazon.com/s?k=handheld+keyboard
You can get phone cases that hold both such a keyboard and the phone:
CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I have some of those tiny keyboards, but the PinePhone keyboard case is far more convenient to use as a mini on the go PC than a separate keyboard. If
tal@lemmy.today 2 months ago
I haven’t looked recently, but you might try looking at Japan. They were way ahead of the US in the palmtop form factor. I remember boggling at what they had on the market – albeit expensive – about twenty years ago.
Japan has also been well below the US in personal computer ownership. My guess as to explaining those two facts – lack of personal computers, but availability of palmtops – is that a big part of available computer use time in Japan might be when someone is on mass transit. They’re willing to pay a premium for something usable available there.
googles
I’m not seeing anything likely in a quick search, but there are some more-recent “UMPC” form factor devices from various companies that look kinda similar. Larger than the palmtops.
gpd.hk/gpdpocket3
store.planetcom.co.uk
CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I have seen the GPD devices before and if they were a bit smaller (phone sized) and had cell capability maybe that would be a good option. As is, they are not small enough to be in a separate category than the Steam Deck IMO, and I already have a Steam Deck. I also like the idea of the keyboard being detachable as sometimes the phone form factor is desirable, like when holding it up to your ear.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Yup. All I need from a phone is:
If I could get that and be able to run full desktop applications when docked, I’m sold. The Pinephone Pro looks super cool, but I’m not sure if MMS works and battery life is apparently pretty bad. I don’t even need a decent camera, though gaming a camera is useful to capture QR codes and whatnot.
I’m looking at getting a Pixel to use GrapheneOS, but I’d buy a framework phone with good hardware if it was available.
conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I would pay a stupid amount of money for one that sits on the back and slides out the side in landscape.