alt Hacker NewsIf I remember correctly the first android phones were supposed to be keypad phones, and only the launch of the iPhone made them change course.
I remember some phones came with a keypad, but they disappeared quite quickly.
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I had an HTC Dream when Android was a brand-new thing and the screen slid sideways to reveal a keyboard. Coming from Blackberry the key feel was not was good but the software was much more impressive. It even had a little trackball!
I was lucky enough to need a HTC Touch Pro 2 for work back in the day.
I spent hours fixing scripts and restarting servers at 3 am or on off-days from it. Server intervention times of seconds. Best device ever!
The keyboard was comfy, screen was good enough, and you could use your entire screen for the console because the keyboard was separate.
It also looked wicked.
These days with these pathetic media consumption devices if I need to do something I pull my laptop out.
This is correct.
So sad keyboard (even better than keypad) android phones were pushed from the market by corporate decision makers.. Sony Ericsson's SK17 and Samsung's i927 were splendid devices, the latter served me many years (KitKat times..)
Now on an UniHertz Titan 2 which is ok, but the landscape slider phones were just that bit more practical imho..