Adding BlackBerry-Style Keys to Your iPhone Just Got More Affordable

[DrRadon]

That looks like so much of a pattern breaker that I actually kinda like it.

 

[SFjohn]

I work in healthcare and for that, dictation is garbage. Neither it, nor autocorrect, can even somewhat deal with medication names and clinical terms.

That said, this does look like a PIA; plus my work phone is an SE 2022, and soon to be the 16e, so no chance of this supporting it.

Seriously? There’s several medical dictionaries for the iPhone that are HIPPA compliant & you can dictate anything you like into them with excellent transcription. Whatever your doing in healthcare it must very low level.

 

[elrojo69]

The clicks was too expensive for me to try out. But at this price point, i may consider it.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Seriously? There’s several medical dictionaries for the iPhone that are HIPPA compliant & you can dictate anything you like into them with excellent transcription. Whatever your doing in healthcare it must very low level.

No, we just can't use them on our phones...they are super locked down. I'm in management in clinical pharmacy, so most of my time is in the pharmacy or in front of a computer.

Edit: I just checked and you can't get them unless you're a hospitalist as they pay-per-seat.

 

[mk313]

Just use voice to text.

It works for some use cases, but I'd prefer a keyboard like this if one were available. I wouldn't use it full time. I'm a big fan of Siri and use it a lot for personal use. I also use it for quick work replies when necessary. But for those few times per year where I need to do a lot of work communications from my phone, I'm not going to mess with that. There are company and industry names & acronyms that never come out right. I've tried it on occasion, but after you dictate your comments, then you need to review them to make sure there are no grammatical mistakes or misunderstood words and it takes long enough that I'd just prefer to use a keyboard if one were available.

 

[mk313]

That's what I can't understand. If you have a lot to type on your iPhone, just dictate it. I do that frequently and it works just fine, no keyboard required.

Siri works great, and I'm a big fan of it. I use it all the time, but sometimes for extensive work communications it's more of a hassle to use than a keyboard. Especially when you have company or industry specific words that don't come out correctly in Siri.

 

[coolfactor]

My phone is already too heavy. Adding a counter-weight is nice for balance, but we have just exceeded the length and weight that a phone should be by too much. If you miss physical keyboards, buy a Unihertz Titan 2 over this any day.

Just watched the promo video for the Titan 2. The 90's are calling!

 

[coolfactor]

Exactly my use case as well

Please I can only handle so much sarcasm. That being said on screen keyboard with Apple Intelligence to fix errors is a solid combo.

Dictation works extremely well, unless words are not being pronounced or understood clearly. Have you trained Siri on your particular speaking nuances? One shoes doesn't fit all. Your device needs to learn you.

 

[diblasio]

Craziness

 

[H2SO4]

Comments that just say “it’s bad” without any reason can - and should - be ignored. A bot could do better.

Having said that, critical but unreasoned comments can still serve a purpose. Maybe the poster wants to get it on record that they don’t want to be gifted that monstrosity? You know, just to be safe.

Difficult to ignore or not read as they are, (at least right now), the most top rated comments.

 

[brgjoe]

I wouldn't mind going back to a physical keyboard such as this. The stock keyboard on my 13PM blows goat genitalia.
Still a bit too expensive though. If the price comes down further, I may bite.

 

[svish]

Wonder how many will actually use these keyboards. For me it is an outright no. Definitely this is a cheaper variant but I cannot see myself using one.

 

[Mrkevinfinnerty]

Only slightly more dumb that Apple adding pointless buttons to the side of the phone tbh

 

[Brighton Apple Guy]

This is an infringement on the design philosophy of Apple and should be banned.

A bit like Liquid Glass then 🤣

 

[WarmWinterHat]

I wouldn't mind going back to a physical keyboard such as this. The stock keyboard on my 13PM blows goat genitalia.
Still a bit too expensive though. If the price comes down further, I may bite.

I can see the value in a physical keyboard, but it makes the phone stupid long, and for me, iPhones are already too big... naa. For a while there was some slide-out from the back keyboard options... Perhaps something like that?

This reminds me of the memes from when the 5 was released.

 

[elvisimprsntr]

Apparently, BB’s patent expired earlier this year.

BlackBerry's iconic keyboard patent has expired

Let's all close our eyes and go back to 2009 so we can feel the thrill of typing our first email on the go.

mobilesyrup.com

 

[Arran]

Difficult to ignore or not read as they are, (at least right now), the most top rated comments.

I’m not sure “top rated” means anything anymore.

 

[Arran]

Or e-waste concerns

Of course. But the poster should say that if their reason for not liking the product is because they think it’ll become e-waste pronto. Better still, say why they think it would become e-waste - because the e-waste argument is pretty generic.

Unless, of course, I misunderstood you and the “e-waste” you’re referring to is the waste of electrons in posting useless comments. Totally with you there.

 

[crobcary]

Seriously? There’s several medical dictionaries for the iPhone that are HIPPA compliant & you can dictate anything you like into them with excellent transcription. Whatever your doing in healthcare it must very low level.

Honestly, you could have just said the first two sentences without being an ******* in the third. You have no idea what @WarmWinterHat does. It wouldn't matter what he does (turns out…not "low level") and you could have pointed out the solutions you've apparently found yourself instead of whatever you decided to do when you sat down in the front of the keyboard to insult some stranger. As a practicing clinician, this is the kind of field behavior that grates me the most. Learn to have a critical conversation without debasing someone's work and education.

Good lord, some of y'all are just…beyond.