maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - So, what should a qwerty other half look like?

	misterc	2013-06-24 , 14:22
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Originally Posted by Beerduck;1354403[...

The only reason I still stick to my N900 is the keyboard. I will not change this (also otherwise amazing) device away unless I find a device with an equally good keyboard.

I am very interested in Jolla, but unless it has a GOOD hardware keyboard, I will stick to the N900 untill I find a device with a good hardware keyboatd.

-André

had a look at various Android devices w/ hardware keyboard
most have a 4 row layout which is handier then N900's 3 rows, obviously
however, none i saw has ESC key, which makes them utterly useless for command line use

and always switching to a Hacker (virtual) keyboard just to get access to one makes it perfectly useless

this being said, a Android 4.x (where x > 0 preferably) with an ESC key compatible with European networks and i'm in
can't help wondering whether Jolla will make a hw kbd other half and if so with all the useful keys for cli

ESC (of course)
Tab
/
' (single quote)
> (greater then for output redirection)
& (for redirection & background)
with a 4th row, dedicated digits keys
4 dedicated navigation keys

that should pretty much do

as far as the quality of the N900 keyboard goes, yes of course, it is NOKIA hardware
is it realistic to expect a startup to come up with that quality?

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