idssteve
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An old message phreek's dream?
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Beepberry is a Blackberry keyboard tinker toy from the founder of Pebble
With a Sharp Memory LCD.
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Wow. Just wow...
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idssteve
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Lol... preferring a weapon from 1911? Lol. A tiny few of us prioritize TYPING proficiency over ALL wiz bang crap that, i personally, NEVER waste time on.. This Pocket approximates Classic dimensions but improved on grasp ergonomics. Making it my current go-to for most "short" msgs. Dual carry an iOS for big screen stupidity. Pocket nicely prioritizes TYPING proficiency.But...but...why?It'd be like driving an EV (from 1910
This BeepBerry Classic PKB fitted device appears shorter yet. Making a first finger to fourth finger top to bottom grasp potentially possible? If so, it MIGHT prove optimal for MY use case? Eager to try.
Just shocked to see someone who "gets it". Certainly shockingly few amongst CB "get it" anymore. Lol.
SteinwayTransitCorp
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I like it………….next up a pinto with a supercharged V8…….vroooooom
spARTacus
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Looks like fun, for those who would want that. There are a few other similar things like that on the internet, other hobby devices with BlackBerry KBs.An old message phreek's dream?
Beepberry is a Blackberry keyboard tinker toy from the founder of Pebble
With a Sharp Memory LCD.
If one is serious about the KB aspect, then the Solder Party Q20 KB already also exists and can be connected to a phone, tablet, PC.... via USB-C. Would be a bit awkward to attach it as well as Dakkaron did with his Q10 KB attachment, but lots still possible.
Chuck Finley69
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If nobody has picked up on any of these projects and tweaked into a commercial project by now, it further proves the lack of a commercially viable project. Too bad for nostalgia but not surprising.
idssteve
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Lol... What's it say about humanity when pursuit of optimal proficiency gets called "nostalgia"? Heehee.
MY interest in well implemented PKB is PERFORMANCE. Performance under MY thumb. Performance that I, personally, value. Most obviously don't.
Yes, many, MANY, will assert they perform better on glass. I don't doubt their cincerity. I only question how WELL they ever really mastered a well implemented PKB? ??
Takes dedication few are willing to devote. In MY experience. Fwiw. That doesn't make its operational performance automatically inferior. It does, I'll concede, make its market performance automatically inferior.
I'm assisting a friend to construct an ultra light kit. Much in common with 1910? lol. Does that mean the end of Boeing? Lol. It DOES mean my friend can utilize that aircraft's unique performance, and his devotion to skill set development, for personal transport out of his very remote property..
I'm still wearing out Agent99 keyboards! As a hand held typing appliance. Transfered via sd card. I measure my daily productivity as words per DAY.. What can I say? Just a LOT to say! To interested folks. Lol.
When forced onto iOS, less than half as much gets said, half as well, per day. Compounded daily.
I'd be interested in Q20 KB based typing appliances if Agent99 forever fails. My "smart guys" have kept her in service so far. NOthing else compares. Per numbers. "Nostalgia" be dumbed. Lol
MY interest in well implemented PKB is PERFORMANCE. Performance under MY thumb. Performance that I, personally, value. Most obviously don't.
Yes, many, MANY, will assert they perform better on glass. I don't doubt their cincerity. I only question how WELL they ever really mastered a well implemented PKB? ??
Takes dedication few are willing to devote. In MY experience. Fwiw. That doesn't make its operational performance automatically inferior. It does, I'll concede, make its market performance automatically inferior.
I'm assisting a friend to construct an ultra light kit. Much in common with 1910? lol. Does that mean the end of Boeing? Lol. It DOES mean my friend can utilize that aircraft's unique performance, and his devotion to skill set development, for personal transport out of his very remote property..
I'm still wearing out Agent99 keyboards! As a hand held typing appliance. Transfered via sd card. I measure my daily productivity as words per DAY.. What can I say? Just a LOT to say! To interested folks. Lol.
When forced onto iOS, less than half as much gets said, half as well, per day. Compounded daily.
I'd be interested in Q20 KB based typing appliances if Agent99 forever fails. My "smart guys" have kept her in service so far. NOthing else compares. Per numbers. "Nostalgia" be dumbed. Lol
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spARTacus
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Was there a movie about that, Anthony Hopkins speeding across the desert (or Lake bed) and then unable to stop?
spARTacus
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I think it says that humanity's focus on efficiency and performance is a very different definition than what it used to be.
idssteve
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Idk? The actual land speed record i recall was at Bonneville salt flats. Movies portraying racing frequently prove boring subject matter by Hollywood types with no clue. Lol.
Little need for brakes out there, btw.
idssteve
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A very sharp former coworker msg me that a movie, with Anthony Hopkins portraying Burt Munro, is actually quite good? This fellow's opinion carry's much cred with me. Fwiw.
The World's Fastest Indian. How he says.. On my list to see... fwiw.
SteinwayTransitCorp
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There was just article about people carrying pagers, some people still love them around 800,000 nation wide. It works for some but it really is a nostalgic/nitch market.
spARTacus
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Finger etching.
I see from that depiction a later assumption belief for when Mosses led folks out of Egypt, in terms of at that point in time already the existence of Rome (regardless of the separate question of if God would have actually adopted use of that numbering standard vs an alternate set of symbols or standard more common with the people who would be periodically referring those guidances)?
Edit: Ha. I zoomed in and it's in English. Disregard. All comical in good fun.
I see from that depiction a later assumption belief for when Mosses led folks out of Egypt, in terms of at that point in time already the existence of Rome (regardless of the separate question of if God would have actually adopted use of that numbering standard vs an alternate set of symbols or standard more common with the people who would be periodically referring those guidances)?
Edit: Ha. I zoomed in and it's in English. Disregard. All comical in good fun.
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idssteve
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Lol. Finger on slab. Pretty nostalgic.
SteinwayTransitCorp
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I prefer the more modern computer.
