I see some unused spaces in qwerty variant. Adding more letters/symbols could be optimal. For example if you add: ñ ç € º ª ¿ ¡ ' (this last one is the acute acent, used for compose: á é í ó ú) keyboard would be valid for spanish too. In a normal qwerty keyboard and in N900 spanish variant ñ is on the right key of l, and ç on the right key of ñ.

I don't see other usual symbols as: # £



Edited for correction: I didn't see the "_" symbol, it's over the "p". "-" is the key on right to "0".

I already mentioned it a bit earlier in this thread, but I thought I'd throw in the idea again of a sliding lens cover as part of the keyboard:
"- Thinking more gimmicky, James-Bond-like, the leftmost column of keys - or a suitably sized portion of the left side of the kbd - functions as a lens/flash cover. When you wanna use the cam, that leftmost column (or even only its middle part, just wide enough to uncover the lens and flash) can be pressed down (or to the right) to vanish into the rest of the qwerty (which is in closed position). That would be the gesture with which one usually opens a standard lens cover :-D Sounds fun, doesn't it?"
I would regret having the whole thing the same size as the N900's. it was finely crafted, but still crammed and narrow, and only 3 rows is also disappointing. A hole is okay, having to slide the whole thing out for taking a pic is not.

The design from dirkvl let you detach the keyboard. The two parts are attached by magnets.
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=160

Today any qwerty is the ideal one since we Simply have no other options.

Is there a reason that shifted numbers do not have the usual symbols !"#¤%&/()= (on currennt keyboard) on them ?

That international moneytary symbol ¤ is something that should be replaced whith $ or €

We have. Dvorak, Colmak, etc. Dvorak is actually pretty great and easy to learn and it has seen more adaption in recent years.

How powerful are the magnets. Can they destroy the phone or mess with wifi or network? I guess small magnets are safe.


Not like putting them on loudspeaker on High volume

no worries on the magnets. search tohkbdrev2 topic for moar explanations

Ok, thx. i found this...I wonder how that would affect jolla

http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/mediacente...rid/index.html

http://youtu.be/QGytW_C6hR8

A smaler version of microsofts new universal keyboard would be nice.

http://youtu.be/sdPT-TzgU84

Or
Logitech K480 Muti-Device Keyboard Review: http://youtu.be/owuoyXv9qu4