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dirkvl: You are an absolute genius, I take a bow for you and this absolutely outstanding community.
I haven't donated, I have kids to feed ;-). But I will sure pay if this keyboard comes to reality.

Is there ANY community on the net so dedicated and technically sharp? I doubt it.

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LOL dude.. why are you using the Milestone's QWERTY? There's not even a "Ctrl" key on there! ..and I prefer to have the D-pad on the left side like the N810

http://otakugadgets.com/wp-content/u.../Picture-1.png

So I heard that MILESTONE's keyboard is one that fits this project. Is that true?

You guys ever contemplated on 3D-printing out customized keyboards for this project? 'cause I wanna design something like a cross between the N810 and N950's keyboard, and have it fit this OtherHalf.

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LOL dude... there is no escape key on the N900, guess what, doesn't stop me from having it, magic! I actually like the fact there are so many 'useless' keys (and double alt! no more finger yoga problems with ctrl-a/d/c/z/x Woot!!!)

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I don't know about you, but I'd rather have those duplicate keys assigned to something else. I'm sure there would be an app to change/customize the keyboard layout to address those issues.
but that D-pad placement tho..

So yeah, like I said earlier, would a custom 3D-printed keyboard be considered for this or maybe a future project?

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What's with the D-pad placement? Got used to having pc keyboards with arrows on the right and N900. I just hope up+left/right will be easier than on N900, all those emulator games would become an option suddenly.

Edit: and as to the keys, yes that's the whole idea. That looking glass key can be your ctrl/esc and second alt does not have to have the same function, chip will recognize which was clicked, so instead of 3 extra keys like with N900 you get (hmm, are those blanks in each lower corner buttons?) more

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The reasons for this are repeated a lot of times in this thread! But -again- a quick recap: availability of both the keyboard and domesheet and ease of construction. A lot of suggestions resulted in keyboards that were not even for sale. Also, the way the a855 kb is made will result in a very simple and strong part.

Totally, ATM this is beyond my capabilities. I will consider every option, but for this batch the design is made. If you can supply me with 100 custom keyboards and dome-sheets, than that is a different scenario.

For more questions in this category, please read the last few pages of this thread. There a some questions that keep coming back ;)

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[s]http://iprototype.nl/products/compon...Slide-Joystick
Would this work for a joystick? Or is it too big?[/s]

If I'm correct there's only about 8 mm left on each side of the device?
According to the data I found the motorola droid is 116 mm wide, the jolla 131. 15 mm surplus, which means 7.5 mm on each side surplus. That means no real space left for a d-pad.

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Same question
So, no. :)

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Well, I wouldn't mind if the keyboard was not perfectly centered. I don't care at all, actually, as it won't change usability (software side may, however, change usability a lot). But I would have no use of the joystick anyway.

Perhaps some hard keys could be sticked in the extra space, like small on/off switches that could be later assigned to functions of the default Settings application via scripts (WiFi, 3G, prevent autolockscreen, profiles on a 3-position switch, and so on)? Something like that, or smaller.

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All very good ideas for a later version. The design for this one is determined and almost all parts are ordered. No change in keyboard or layout from this point on! :)