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I was watching the movie "Up in the Air" last night. There is a scene where George Clooney's character is chatting on his blackberry, and the buzzing sound made

I was watching the movie "Up in the Air" last night. There is a scene where George Clooney's character is chatting on his blackberry, and the buzzing sound made me feel super nostalgic. RIP BBM. I often still wish phones had physical keyboards.

fuball63 7y ago
The Blackberry Key2 has pretty good reviews so far. Ive been on a Blackberry Classic for 5 years now, when it goes that is probably what Ill get.
- thedance 7y ago
  That keyboard looks really hard to use compared to the ones people associate with classic models like the 850. Isn’t space between keys important for usability?
  - brazzy 7y ago
    I'm using a Key 2 LE. The keyboard is perfectly usable. The main usability downside is that all punctuation and digits requires pressing a modifier key.
smush 7y ago
Some do. Portrait style ones are the BB Key2 or Unihertz Titan Landscape keyboard is the Fxtec Pro1
martin_a 7y ago
I would love if someone would revive the HTC G1/HTC Dream. That was my first smartphone and I loved the dual use with the sliding keyboard in landscape mode. Should be possible to make something like this with all the improvements we had along the way... Anyone listening here? Please make it happen! :-)
- rchaud 7y ago
  The FxTec Pro 1 is a landscape KB-based Android phone with an unlocked bootloader and support for Sailfish and LineageOS. It's made by a small company, so while the phone is available and shipping, production batches are small, and you might have to wait a bit to receive your order.
  - martin_a 7y ago
    Yeah, I saw that other comment just after I posted. Checked out their website and I got a somewhat strange feeling about their fake product image where they run GMail and a browser window in desktop mode in split-view mode. Somewhat fishy.
    - retrog 7y ago
      I must agree, the images on their website do look slightly staged, but being a new Pro1 user (since my order finally arrived in January) I can honestly say its the best phone I have every had.

fuball63 7y ago

The Blackberry Key2 has pretty good reviews so far. Ive been on a Blackberry Classic for 5 years now, when it goes that is probably what Ill get.

thedance 7y ago
That keyboard looks really hard to use compared to the ones people associate with classic models like the 850. Isn’t space between keys important for usability?
- brazzy 7y ago
  I'm using a Key 2 LE. The keyboard is perfectly usable. The main usability downside is that all punctuation and digits requires pressing a modifier key.

smush 7y ago

Some do. Portrait style ones are the BB Key2 or Unihertz Titan Landscape keyboard is the Fxtec Pro1

martin_a 7y ago

I would love if someone would revive the HTC G1/HTC Dream. That was my first smartphone and I loved the dual use with the sliding keyboard in landscape mode. Should be possible to make something like this with all the improvements we had along the way... Anyone listening here? Please make it happen! :-)

rchaud 7y ago
The FxTec Pro 1 is a landscape KB-based Android phone with an unlocked bootloader and support for Sailfish and LineageOS. It's made by a small company, so while the phone is available and shipping, production batches are small, and you might have to wait a bit to receive your order.
- martin_a 7y ago
  Yeah, I saw that other comment just after I posted. Checked out their website and I got a somewhat strange feeling about their fake product image where they run GMail and a browser window in desktop mode in split-view mode. Somewhat fishy.
  - retrog 7y ago
    I must agree, the images on their website do look slightly staged, but being a new Pro1 user (since my order finally arrived in January) I can honestly say its the best phone I have every had.