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nostalgia noun nos·tal·gia nä-ˈstal-jə nə-, also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- 1: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition also : something that evokes nostalgia

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by timewarp@lemmy.world to c/nostalgia@lemmy.ca
 

This is one of the best phones I ever owned. You could type nearly as fast on it as a traditional keyboard. It even had a scroll ball as well to act like a mouse. The things I would do for Google to implement something like this in a modern Pixel phone. I hate even trying to respond to people these days from my phone, because of how just how bad touch keyboards are in comparison.

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[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I used to have a Blackberry Key One, and it was amazing, the ability to use modern android with a physical keyboard, it was even backlit also supported swype typing, but sadly I lost the phone one day on a walk, it was nice while it lasted. . .

I'm thinking I might just get one of those external bluetooth keyboards. Writing stuff while on the train or bus sucks on a touchpad.

[–] Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

definitely interesting . . I bought the Key One for $300 back in 2021. I'll keep it bookmarked in case future me sees the desire for that design again, because right now I just don't use my phone much haha

[–] pentastarm@piefed.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Today's cell phone companies either don't know (unlikely) or don't care (likely) how badly some of us want different formfactors for cell phones, or having actual, decent, physical keyboards to type on. I am tired of the black rectangle (or folding black rectangle) phone. Give us some damn variety!!

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

Nokia 6800 and Samsung Galaxy S Relay were two of my favorite phones. The 6800 was an old, dumb phone, where the typical keypad unfolded to reveal a qwerty thumboard.

Relay featured a 5-line thumboard!

These were the only two phones where I bought a second after the first stopped working.