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I was thinking more along the lines of a keyboard that snaps onto the mother unit but is intended to be used detached. BLutooth of course. The idea being that you use the device in the normal way when you don't need the keyboard around. Other wise you bring the keyboard along. The goal being to minimize the mechanical issues associated with slide, pivot or swing keyboards.

Dave


Originally Posted by jhoff80 View Post
You know, I was thinking. What about a device that incorporates a sliding and folding keyboard. I guess I'm picturing a thin keyboard like the stowaways with two hinges that fold in towards center, and then slides in underneath the screen. The d-pad would have to go back on the front, as well as some other buttons, but it would be great to have a full keyboard for when writing long emails and then use the onscreen keyboard for all the short material.

Just throwing the idea out there.