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Show HN: A 2-row, 16-key keyboard designed for smartphones

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83 points QWERTYmini | 3 comments | 10 Dec 25 17:49 UTC | HN request time: 1.356s | source

Mobile keyboards today are almost entirely based on the 26-key, 3-row QWERTY layout. Here’s a new 2-row, 16-key alternative designed specifically for smartphones.
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chente ◴[10 Dec 25 21:17 UTC] No.46223984[source]▶
Reminds of T9 texting and I did like T9. I'll have to try this.
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1. axiolite ◴[11 Dec 25 05:38 UTC] No.46228040[source]▶
I call BS. NOBODY ever LIKED to type on T9. Maybe you well-tolerated it. Maybe you got reasonably good at it. But not LIKED. There's a reason text messaging really took over when smartphones came in... because T9 was no longer needed. It was objectively awful.
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2. chente ◴[11 Dec 25 16:05 UTC] No.46233111[source]▶
My brother is Christ, call BS all you WANT. This is T9-esque and we have comments in here being interested in going away from full keyboards on their phones in favor of cramming multiple letters onto buttons and letting the software do it again. Time is a flat circle and all that.
3. jefurii ◴[11 Dec 25 17:24 UTC] No.46234245[source]▶
My old Sony Ericsson T616 was inferior to my smartphone in so many ways, but I could tap out SMS messages on that keypad without having to look at it. It was handy to be able to take notes on long drives.