QWERTY case adds slide-out keyboard to your iPhone
Love that new iPhone you got for Christmas, but miss the full QWERTY keyboard from your old BlackBerry? Feel like the iPhone should be a lot bigger than it is? You're in luck -- Boxwave has released their Keyboard Buddy Case, which is both, ... well, a slide-out keyboard and a case for your iPhone. The case doubles the size of your phone due to the Bluetooth slide-out QWERTY keyboard, which comes complete with a top row of numbers as well as Home and Spotlight search buttons. The Bluetooth-linked keyboard/case charges via USB and has a battery life of about 45 days. That's not too shabby at all.
We have seen some bulky iPhone cases in the past along with some different add-on keyboards, but this implementation seems to be pretty slick. For wanna-be Apple customers, like a friend of mine who refuses to switch to an iPhone because she doesn't think she could possibly use the virtual keyboard, something like this could be a nice compromise. Like the rest of us have done, they will eventually get used to virtual typing, but products like the Keyboard Buddy Case could act as a bridge to bring a few more BlackBerry users over to the iPhone side.
The Keyboard Buddy Case is currently available on sale for US$69.95 (regularly $79.95) with free shipping from Boxwave.com
[via Wired and iLounge]
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I think it's a great idea!!! The only thing that has held me back from getting a iPhone is the lack of a slide out qwerty keyboard, I've had phones with virtual keyboards and my fingers are just too big and it gets totally frustrating after a while. I bought my wife a iPhone years ago and love playing with it UNTIL I try to type something.. As long as the Boxwave keyboard doesn't bulk up the iPhone too much it may finally get me my iPhone.. I always use cases for my phones so this is almost a win win situation, just wish I could see one before pulling the trigger on going the iPhone/Keyboard route..
January 02 2011 at 9:15 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply"My only gripe about the iPhone's virtual keyboard is that it lacks a number row at the top. And I hate auto correction."
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Doesn't sound like you own an iPhone
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Most likely you're not a number touch typist for the top row. As a result you have to move your eyes to the keyboard anyway, so touching the 123 key is no big deal. Next time you're at the Apple store try it.
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You can turn off the autocorrection via the Settings app. Next time you're at the Apple store try it.
I'm still wishing a bluetooth sliding controller a la the bottom of a PSP go would come out. If not officially supported then it could at least be used for emulators!
December 28 2010 at 6:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply100% agreed. Until this happens, I just can't see myself enjoying any serious amount of gaming on the iPhone, even though I keep trying and feeling incredibly disappointed every single time.
December 28 2010 at 8:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyNot bad. My wife would actually use this. Her biggest gripe about the iPhone, besides no BB messenger, is that she needs the keyboard.
December 28 2010 at 6:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyJeez!!! Get over the stupid slide out keyboard B.S.! If you miss it so much, don't buy an iPhone. Go crawling back to your Blackberry.
December 28 2010 at 6:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGlad to see someone made a keyboard, but I have my doubts about how comfortable this one will be to use.
The space key -- the most used key on the keyboard -- is tiny.
Meanwhile, the number keys have their own row.
Would have been better to put the space key in big on a row that was (almost) all its own, and make the number keys accessible by pressing a "function" key + the top row of letters.
My only gripe about the iPhone's virtual keyboard is that it lacks a number row at the top. And I hate auto correction.
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