physical keyboard solution for phone

[kcihtred2]

So I have been trying to figure a solution for my dad and his phone on t-mobile

his requirements are:

physical keyboard

not blackberry

smartphone (OS is less of a concern)

 

 

I think he will be fine on any os (windows, ios, android) as his needs are basically general web browsing and podcasts.

 

my research shows nothing in that area unless I go WAAAAY back (like froyo)

so I am thinking a wallet flip case with bluetooth keyboard. suggestions? (phone model is flexible)

 

 

tl;dr

phone case with physical keyboard, phone model doesn't matter as his needs are super basic, but not dumb phone

[TheSLSAMG]

Why exactly is BB not an option?

[ZetZet]

Blackberry is THE option. 

[C0LL0SS0S]

SO you want something that only BB is offering ? 

[omega552003]

 I am thinking a wallet flip case with bluetooth keyboard. suggestions? 

 

Bingo, keyboards add a lot of R&D and programing for a small demographic, so most if not all phone manufacturers dont bother with it. 

[MattTheMayor]

samsung sidekick

[Mew]

samsung sidekick

I actually recommended that phone to a friend back in the day cause I was a hardcore android fanboy that was too blind to see that iOS was better at the time. That phone is complete garbage lol I feel bad for making my friend suffer through it because of how laggy the skin is.

There are keyboard cases for iPhones that make your phone look like a giant blackberry.

[kcihtred2]

SO you want something that only BB is offering ? 

I know I am grasping at straws here...  He just doesn't want to be stuck with a "hp web os tablet"

 

im posting this half hoping for a god send, half showing him there is nothing.

[Warcony]

So why not Blackberry? I believe there is a keyboard that can be purchased for the iPhone 5s that works pretty well. I've tried it out briefly and seems to work similar to a blackberry one. Problem is they basically copied the blackberry one so they got banned from being sold last year. It's called the Typo.

[kcihtred2]

He refuses blackberry because he thinks its on the verge of dying.  I kinda agree but its like radioshack, could go on for another decade but no one will ever notice besides those hardcore fans

[omega552003]

Dell Venue Pro, its a windows phone 7 device with a slide down keyboard

[steve5900]

If you want to go really crazy you could buy a normal Iphone and their is a company called fluid (I think it's called fluid) the case they have is a physical keyboard there is fluid in the back of the phone and when you flick a switch the fluid makes little nubs on the screen that turns into a physical keyboard. its kinda crazy