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Ezhik ◴[] No.45054838[source]
I'm so sad I couldn't get my hands on that Psion-like keyboard for it.
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mlok ◴[] No.45054876[source]
Oh they look really cool : https://pine64.org/documentation/Phone_Accessories/Keyboard/
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ge96 ◴[] No.45055400[source]
This is one of those things seems cool but is it (usability)?

My own opinion, I bought a Toshiba Libretto CT50 and the keyboard is really cool but also so small/hard to use.

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1. jolmg ◴[] No.45056392[source]
It's just big enough that it might be barely usable to touch type with sufficient practice, not comfortably though. Definitely seems smaller than the Libretto from glancing at pictures. If the idea is to have a portable keyboard to then sit down somewhere and work, there are pocket BT ones that fold in half and are comfortably big.

The only use-case I can think for the Pinephone keyboard is if for some reason you want a physical keyboard to use while walking.