LTE Keyboard phone to replace Epic

[orangekid]

Originally Posted by gTen

Yup, its the cool new trend , just like the resurrection of the stylus.

Yeah but at least my S-Pen doesn't make my phone twice as thick, lol.

[masetas]

Originally Posted by gTen

Yup, its the cool new trend , just like the resurrection of the stylus.

they should make a new top of the line phone with a hard key there is alot of us out there that want it. They should atleast give us the option to special order one like say a version of the SG3 but with keyboard.

Originally Posted by orangekid

Yeah but at least my S-Pen doesn't make my phone twice as thick, lol.

there should be a design now that shouldnt make it like that... also do you actually use the S-pen alot ??

[gTen]

Originally Posted by orangekid

Yeah but at least my S-Pen doesn't make my phone twice as thick, lol.

sure it does? did you see what they did with the new Note 10.1? They moved the s-pen outside to make it thinner.

Originally Posted by masetas

they should make a new top of the line phone with a hard key there is alot of us out there that want it. They should atleast give us the option to special order one like say a version of the SG3 but with keyboard.

I think what would be real nice is if they had upgrade kits for phones. Kind of like installing a new back cover on the phone which has a keyboard attached.

[masetas]

wouldnt that require the keyboard to connect via bluetooth which would drain the battery??

everyone says just use swype but one that shit is not accurate completely and when using on screen keyboard it takes away screen real estate.

[gTen]

Originally Posted by masetas

wouldnt that require the keyboard to connect via bluetooth which would drain the battery??

Not really, they can install a data connector into the back of the phone (just like Epic 4g has connectors for external antenna on back of the phone) and power it can get directly from the battery. And if REALLY needed it can have its own battery.

But then again bluetooth route might work too. Now that we have bluetooth 4.0 which has low power mode that consumes half the power and much lower latency. Other low power technologies you can use is NFC. Since new phones are charged by wireless like the SGS3 you can charge both phone battery and kb battery at same time

Maybe best of all is ZigBee which effectively you won't need a battery:

ZigBee Low Power System-on-Chip 802.15.4 Wireless Mesh Networks | Dust Networks

It gets enough power just from you pressing the button using harvesting methods. The only issue is you won't have backlighting on the keyboard but if they use a paint that glows in the dark for the letters that would be enough for most people.

everyone says just use swype but one that shit is not accurate completely and when using on screen keyboard it takes away screen real estate.

Even if swype was perfect, there are scenarios where it is impracticable. Like yeah, when you need the full screen!

[revaaron]

so much *sigh* in this.

[JohnnyOnTheSpot]

Do they make any of those cases for the larger Sprint phones they have out now? I love the enormous screens, but I need a friggin' keyboard.

[revaaron]

thread makes me sad... and the forum makes me sad.
I might be forced to get a non-kb phone.

[gTen]

New QWERTY phone from Motorola:

New Motorola slider for Sprint surfaces with Android 4.0, many mysteries - Engadget

hopefully it is a good one, and now that google owns Motorola they won't lock bootloaders.

[rprochnow]

When the Epic 4G came out - it had the latest and greatest features PLUS the keyboard.

It really looks like QWERTY is being shifted to second tier status - and even if a QWERTY LTE phone comes out - it probably won't have the same level of technology as the top tier phones (like the EVO 4G LTE or Galaxy S3).

While I'd prefer a QWERTY phone - leaning very strongly towards getting a GS3 when I'm eligible for the renewal rebate on July 1...