Not Even BlackBerry Can Save Hardware Keyboards

If you’ve been using a smartphone for long enough, there’s a decent chance that you’ve crossed paths with a handset featuring a hardware QWERTY keyboard at one point or another. Especially back in the early days of tiny, resistive screens, when using a virtual on-screen keyboard meant tapping away with your stylus like a tiny icepick, hardware keyboards seemed like the luxurious alternative. With the advent of larger, more sensitive screens and smarter keyboard software, QWERTY keyboards have had their fight cut out for them. ...

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