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It seems like the percentage of people who want a physical keyboard on their phones is good deal smaller than those who don't. So it makes sense to cater to the
by igravious 13y ago
It seems like the percentage of people who want a physical keyboard on their phones is good deal smaller than those who don't. So it makes sense to cater to the majority initially and then if that's successful to bring out a physical keyboard variant. There's no point in saying that you would have bought the Edge if only it had a physical keyboard. You are not the target market.
Why don't you make a HN poll and find out? Link the poll to here.
Smartphones
a) should
b) should not
have a physical keyboard
Or something like that!
- kunil 13y agoHow about those phones that can slide and open to show a physical keyboard, probably too costly and error prone I guess
- GFischer 13y agoI have a Nokia N86, I love it, and use it alongside my android "phone" (which is basically a tablet for my use case). My ideal design would be an Android-powered Blackberry Torch format (with a slightly larger screen).
- light3 13y agoThere is already a myriad of mini keyboards on ebay, although I haven't used any but some of them look sufficiently good to use along side a smartphone. In the future I think they will improve to the point where people who want a physical keyboard will just buy it separately.