The selection was rather limited last year for people who wanted to purchase a phone-enabled mobile device with a QWERTY thumb keyboard. You had the ever popular RIM BlackBerry models targeted to the ...

History | Updated: February 25, 2025 | Originally Published: May 3, 2013 The invention’s true origin story has long been the subject of debate. Some argue it was created to prevent typewriter jams, ...

Clicks Communicator is a BlackBerry style Android smartphone with a hardware QWERTY keyboard, but it won't make a splash. Here's why.

The QWERTY layout of the keyboard has existed for more than 100 years. But in the age of smart phones and tablets, is it time for a redesign? Researchers at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland ...

In 1936, August Dvorak, a professor of education at the University of Washington, patented an alternative to the QWERTY keyboard. The QWERTY keyboard, the standard keyboard used all over the world ...

The smartphone with a physical keyboard is back. But it's not from BlackBerry, but from Clicks, which has so far been known ...

Today's trivia question: Why are the letters on a computer keyboard arranged in such a strange order? The 21st century keyboard is based on 19th century technology. When the computer's ancestor, the ...

A few years back I was at a convention somewhere and I stumbled into Palm's booth. They were showcasing a small half-qwerty keyboard. I was instantly in love, but didn't have the $$$ to drop on ...

Jan 5, 2024 Clicks is a new case accessory for recent iPhone Pro models that adds a full physical QWERTY keyboard to the ...

DecaTxt is a handheld mobile text input device that's logical and fairly simple. Just don't expect to master it quickly. Crave freelancer Tim Hornyak is the author of "Loving the Machine: The Art and ...

If you can think of a complex electromechanical device, there's a good chance someone has made a functional version of it using Lego bricks. 3-D printers. V-8 engines. Even the occasional 4-foot-long ...