What does this have to do with “creators”, though?
I was mildly interested until I saw “designed for creators”. Seems like a meaningless marketing term that gets added to everything these days.
Just be glad they didn’t call it an AI keyboard
Or… A iKeyboard
I will see myself out
“Creator” in this case presumably means people who want to type lots of stuff
More screen real estate compared to a virtual keyboard taking up ~30% of it
I mean sure, but how often is the virtual keyboard pulled up in any “creative” app? It always auto-hides if you’re doing anything other than interacting with a text field.
I recommend watching the video linked in the article. They mention live streaming, working in a spreadsheet, and long text messages where you have to scroll to read everything
Plus this isn’t just a hardware product, the keyboard shortcuts would be pretty handy for any power user. Sounds like they’ll be rolling out more software for it and have more products in the works
I guess it’s for tweeting a lot.
No idea. It seems obvious that this is designed for the vision-impaired…
I like the idea, but I agree with others; a slide out landscape keyboard would be more convenient.
and would stand a better chance of actually fitting in your pocket
Fun device but I feel like we’ve most past the longing for physical keyboards.
There are literally 10’s of us that still desire a physical keyboard on a phone.
The blackberry keytwo was the best phone I have ever owned but it is too outdated now to carry on using :(
Yep, corporations denied us this feature long enough that most of us gave up and stopped trying. Sometimes I wish I was just another mindless consumer loving everything that’s new and shiny instead of liking actually useful things…
Eh, I dunno.
I was pondering using the new Journal app on my iPhone, but would far prefer to type with a physical keyboard, so haven’t gotten around to it. Not saying that this particular board would change my mind, of course, but ultimately I do vastly prefer the tactile feel of a real board.
Hell, I’m typing this on my iPad using Universal Control from my Mac.
Although this is kinda trash, Micheal Fisher is a beast in video production 😄. So classy.
This is so cool
If they made one for my iPhone 13 I might try it. We’ll see if they are still around when it’s time for me to buy a new phone.
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A new company called Clicks Technology has announced an iPhone case with a built-in keyboard on the bottom.
The company is also taking reservations for a $159 iPhone 15 Pro Max model, which is coming in “early spring,” according to the website.
Clicks says a companion app coming soon to the Apple App Store will “continue to bring new functionality to the keyboard over time.” The case will be available in two colors at first — bumblebee (yellow) and London sky (a grayish-blue) — and Fisher said in his video that the first buyers will get “Founders Editions” of the case, which gets them “VIP support” and early access to new colors.
“Clicks brings the tactility and precision of a physical keyboard to iPhone,” Fisher said, “so people don’t have to wait until they get back to their desks to create or communicate with the satisfying feedback only real buttons can provide.”
There’s immersion, and then there’s the annoyance of jabbing at the imaginary keys of a phone that desperately wants to correct your words, even when you hit your mark on every letter.
If you’ve pined for the return of a stubby input chin on the bottom of your smartphone, it seems the physical keyboard has finally come back home (presumably using CMD + H).
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That is such a good idea:
- physical keyboard
- sold as an add-on
The amount of value for the hassle is very high with this idea. Great invention.
I would love that if I had an iPhone mini and the keyboard prevents the software one from popping up. On a full sized regular iPhone I don’t really see the appeal, even if I do like physical keyboards.
