Comments on: Concept Gadgets – Apple iPhone With Physical Mini Keyboard

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:14:48 +0000

I would buy this product right now if it existed! This is the biggest limiting factor for the iPhone to be used as a “business” phone. If they ever want to compete with Blackberry, this is a must. The virtual keyboard is too slow and inaccurate to be useful. I find it incredibly frustrating to use for any length of time. Twice the iPhone was almost smashed out of the sheer frustration of typing a lengthy email……

By: SuzieR

SuzieR — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:44:29 +0000

Ughhh… does a good job of demonstrating how such a thing would have reduced the iPhone to just another niche gadget for nerds.
Would make a great 3rd party add-on though – hey, nerds are human too ;D

By: Fred

Fred — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:23:21 +0000

I have an idea that would be much simpler to make – all plastic, no electronics. It would cost something like 10 cents to produce.

It’s a plastic keyboard that clips onto the sides to the back of lower part of the iPhone. Once cliped, it stays clipped. Make it the same color as the iPhone, so it’s no too noticeable.

Once clicked, you leave it on – it’s on the backside, you can see the full iPhone screen. But when you want to type a longer text, the middle part of the add-on, that contains de plastic keayboard, can be turned around its attachement at the bottom of the screen, to come to the front of the iPhone, to the exact place where the virtual keyboard shows on the screen.

In other words, a plastic keyboard that you pull out only when you want to write longer texts. It’s letters position exactly above the touchscreen letters, so when you push the plastic, it hits the screen and types the letter. And when you don’t need it, it folds away to the back. You can’t loose it, don’t need to store it, it just rotates around the bottom of the screen.

For any engineer out there. Please produce this asap. No royalties needed Just drop me an e-mail when it’s done!

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By: Mathieu

Mathieu — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:40:53 +0000

Quite frankly, the lack of a qwerty keyboard is why I'm not interested in an Iphone. For my main usages, that is texting, browsing and some quick posting on Twitter or my blog, a qwerty keyboard is just essential for me. I think that if Apple want to innovate again with their Iphone, this would be a very welcomed change for a lot of people! Mathieu’s last blog post..How to save money: Top 5 Free Protection Tools