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A phone with a proper SSH client and a real keyboard; I have owned and loved (in this order) the Nokia E71 and N900, HTC Desire Z, Motorola Droid 4 and Photon Q
by zevv 10y ago
A phone with a proper SSH client and a real keyboard; I have owned and loved (in this order) the Nokia E71 and N900, HTC Desire Z, Motorola Droid 4 and Photon Q. But now I am out of options, as there are no worthy successors to any of these devices. Modern phones and tablets are not about production, but only about consuming. A lot of thought goes into the output devices, but the only input device - the touchscreen - is not enough to get real work done.
I still find typing on a touchscreen cumbersome, especially entry of special characters is a hassle. This makes managing remote systems or programming very hard to do.
- ge0rg 10y agoOh yes, I absolutely loved the Desire Z (the other ones didn't quite make it to the European market). Haptic feedback is really important, and the little bonus features like the OK button/trackpad/notification LED were a great design.
- dsr_ 10y agoAndroid devices with bluetooth can connect to hardware keyboards ranging from tiny things to full-size desktop keyboards. They aren't good for use on the bus or while walking, but if you can take the time to sit down and pull out your keyboard, it can work quite well.
- Piskvorrr 10y agoWhich defeats the whole point: I'd still use my Xperia Pro with a built-in slide-out keyboard, except app bloat makes it useless (Google Play now clocks in at 190 MB? And this is representative of the other apps.) It was perfect for touch-typing "on the bus", as you say: if you have to fiddle with accessories and perhaps get a coffee table to put them on, you might as well lug a desktop computer with you ;)
- InclinedPlane 10y agoI use JuiceSSH which works pretty well, but there's definitely no getting around not having a physical keyboard.
- tomkinstinch 10y agoPrompt for iOS works very well: https://panic.com/prompt/ https://panic.com/prompt/
- tonyarkles 10y agoYup, having that has definitely saved my ass more than once.
- icebraining 10y agoBlackberry recently released their first Android phone, and it has a physical keyboard.
- RGamma 10y agoLet's see what becomes of https://neo900.org/ https://neo900.org/. I hope by the time it comes out, it'll be good and in my price range :)