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BlackBerry's iconic keyboard patent has expired (mobilesyrup.com)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I had two BlackBerry devices for work, right about the time they were going away. I'd heard the keyboard was good on earlier models but it seemed like the quality had gotten pretty cheap on the later phones. The BlackBerry 10 OS on my last phone was actually pretty good, and probably would've kept them in the market if they'd launched it 5 years earlier.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Hah, yeah, I had a work one in latter days, too, and there was definitely a sense of weird self-importance associated with it you don't get from touchscreens.

I don't know if people reviling virtual keyboards would get much from it, though. Honestly, typing on it was just as annoying. I am probably faster and more accurate using swipe inputs than I was on that thing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Swype is the best method if don't have individual key feedback IMO. I find it's generally pretty good at figuring out what I'm trying to say, and in the odd case it doesn't I'm usually spelling something wrong, or using a word I almost never use. And then, typing individual letters every once in a while isn't the end of the world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Was the best method. Swype has been dead for a while. SwiftKey is an okay substitute.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I guess I mean the method, not the specific app. Most keyboards have implemented some form of it and they all seem to work kinda the same.

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