Thread: Ideal keyboard design and configuration
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2013-10-22 , 09:53
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Originally Posted by Egon View Post
Do you mean that the hole thru which you shoot video or photos while keeping the keyboard closed, becomes visible if you slide out the keyboard more than about 45%?
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you would have a point, provided that the "sticks" which attach the kbd to the rest of the phone could be strong / long enough to guaranty stability even when the kbd is fully extended
not really an option here, is it?
if you can't provide stability by anchoring the kbd deeply in the rest of the device you either have to live w/ a shaky construct or limit the distance it slides out


even on the N900 (knows gawd it is thick enough ) the kbd only extends about 40%
[edit]and the camera is in the kbd part, thus it would have been much easier to allow for more slide; why did they go from the confy N810 4+ rows w/ "D-Pad" to the cramped (let's be honest...) N900 3 rows kbd?!?[/edit]

optical construct?
looked into quite a few bluetooth kbd add-ons (mostly for iCrap) for the N9 and they either
  • require the kbd to slide out completely (main camera is very close to the edge)
  • limit the slide out and simply have a hole
& most of them are rather clunky
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Last edited by misterc; 2013-10-22 at 10:14. Reason: camera on N900