In this case it's not a smartphone with a physical keyboard but something like any other Android smartphones with an external keyboard. If I liked TOHKBD, I could also have bought this : http://www.mobilezap.com.au/45647-galaxy-s5-magnetic-bluetooth-qwerty-keyboard-case-black.htm with a Galaxy S5.
> You realize the keyboard doesn't need to be attached while it's in your > pocket? Only while you're typing and while you type its' not covering the > lens.... > > 2015-04-09 11:27 GMT+03:00 <schif...@polytech.unice.fr>: > >> I'm aware of this product, but I don't like how it is done. >> The main issue of this keyboard is that it masks the camera. So I can't >> take quickly a picture, I have to remove in first the keyboard. With >> this >> TOHKBD, we can't have an other one : it's either a keyboard or something >> else. So this smartphone is just like all the others with a physical >> keyboard, but less interesting because of the camera issue. And finally, >> I'm not convinced by the magnets. I rather prefer a true slider >> keyboard. >> >> The main interest of this design could have been the possibility to >> slide >> out only the directional pad with the smartphone in portrait mode, for >> allowing users to control there smartphone with it (in case they have >> gloves for example). >> >> So for the moment, for me, the Jolla phone with TOHKBD is not >> interesting. >> >> > The TOHKBD promises to be a very good add-on, though I don't know if >> it >> > will be available to people who didn't pre-order... >> > >> > (But right now you can still pre-order here: >> > >> http://funkyotherhalf.com/?page_id=9#!/TOHKBD2-PRE-ORDER/p/42141285/category=9141090 >> > ) >> > >> > Regards, >> > Eli >> > >> > 2015-04-09 1:27 GMT+03:00 Schifano Alexandre >> <schif...@polytech.unice.fr >> >: >> > >> >> It depends of what you mean by "good", and what do you expect as >> >> physical keyboard. You can find two or three year-old smartphones >> which >> >> are fine, with physical keyboard, but no ubber processors and no 4G. >> >> You can also find on the Chinese market smartphones like the Samsung >> >> Galaxy Golden. >> >> But of course the best smartphone with a physical keyboard will be >> the >> >> one which Jolla will make ;) (if Jolla will do it one day ...) >> >> >> >> On 08/04/2015 23:41, Brenda Fernández wrote: >> >> > Are there still good Android phones with physical keyboards? ;) >> >> > >> >> > On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Schifano Alexandre >> >> > <schif...@polytech.unice.fr <mailto:schif...@polytech.unice.fr>> >> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Oh, I assumed you install Android app in a chrooted Android >> >> environment >> >> > which implies an Android kernel. >> >> > I confess than I'm a bit disapointed to discover this, because >> I >> >> wanted >> >> > to install Sailfish either on the Neo900 or on a good Android >> >> phone >> >> with >> >> > a physical keyboard for having an interresting OS/device with >> the >> >> > possibility to install Android apps when there is not >> equivalent. >> >> > >> >> > Thank you, now I have a better understanding of how it works. >> >> > >> >> > On 06/04/2015 14:54, Andrey Kozhevnikov wrote: >> >> > > Sailfish is Jolla UI over Mer with Wayland Lipstick windows >> >> > manager. It >> >> > > runs on normal Linux kernel. Android adaptations using >> >> libhybris. >> >> > > If you can run Nemo on your device you can just add/replace >> >> Jolla >> >> > > repositories and "install" sailfish on it. >> >> > > You will not have possibility to install android apps until >> >> > someone will >> >> > > create open android launcher or Jolla start licensing >> >> aliendalvik >> >> for >> >> > > non-Jolla devices. >> >> > > >> >> > > 06.04.2015 17:48, Schifano Alexandre пишет: >> >> > >> Hi, >> >> > >> >> >> > >> Still about a Neo900 support, I have an other question : >> >> > >> >> >> > >> As far as I understand, basically Sailfish is Mer (Wayland >> >> > version) with >> >> > >> the Jolla UI, and with an Android kernel and libhybris. So >> if I >> >> > am able >> >> > >> to have Nemo running rightly on a N(eo)900 with Wayland, I >> will >> >> > be able >> >> > >> to run Sailfish apps ? And if I am able to do it with an >> >> Android >> >> > kernel >> >> > >> and libhybris, I will be able to have it working with the >> >> > possibility to >> >> > >> install Android apps ? >> >> > >> >> >> > >> Best regards >> >> > >> >> >> > >> On 05/04/2015 08:12, Schifano Alexandre wrote: >> >> > >>> Hi, >> >> > >>> >> >> > >>> I'm very interrested by Sailfish OS, however I'm also very >> >> > interrested >> >> > >>> by the Neo900. This smartphone is a modified Nokia N900, >> with >> >> a >> >> TI >> >> > >>> DM3730 1 GHz processor (Cortex-A8 with ARMv7-A >> instructions, >> >> > mono-core) >> >> > >>> and 1GB of RAM (more here : http://neo900.org/specs). Do >> you >> >> think >> >> > >>> Sailfish will be able to run smoothly on it ? 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