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Resurrecting flip phone typing as a Linux driver

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113 points foxmoss | 2 comments | 23 Jun 25 19:02 UTC | HN request time: 1.788s | source
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humanfromearth9 ◴[23 Jun 25 19:46 UTC] No.44359324[source]▶
Blind-typing an SMS on a Nokia 3310 was so fast... or at least that was the feeling. I still regularly miss those keyboards, in particular when I hesitate between swiping a word or typing it, guessing how autocorrect will fail if I don't type... This never happened with my 3310, and there was no need for it at all.
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bee_rider ◴[23 Jun 25 20:11 UTC] No.44359577[source]▶
I bet it just felt fast (there are lots of repeated key-hits, right?). I remember around that time (maybe a little later) I had a slide-out keyboard Samsung of some sort. I got a reputation for writing long texts, haha.
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1. nkrisc ◴[23 Jun 25 20:38 UTC] No.44359818[source]▶
I liked T9 but one of those Samsung phones you’re talking about were the last phone I had before I bought my first smartphone. Of course the one I had still had a keypad on the front so I could still type using T9 without looking.
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2. kevincox ◴[23 Jun 25 20:40 UTC] No.44359844[source]▶
Yeah, I had this too. T9 on the keypad was great for typing one handed without really looking while the keyboard was excellent for longer messages when you had two hands available.