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Remember those click wheels those really old iPods had? (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 month ago by Erika3sis@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net
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Those were something, weren't they? I thought it was the coolest thing ever as a kid, just the absolute peak of technology.

And in hindsight... Yeah, it was a pretty comfortable way to play videos and music, wasn't it? And the click wheel iPods even had a surprisingly decent selection of games.

While I'm here, whatever happened to those Kindle e-readers with the physical page turn buttons and keyboard? I kinda feel like they stopped selling those, but I feel like that was kind of preferable to a touch screen, too.

I guess just in general I don't like touch screens and it'll be a good day when they stop being integrated into things that don't actually need them. I'm out here thinking that flip phones beat smartphones still

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[โ€“] Weedian@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Bring back the slide out physical keyboards on phones.

[โ€“] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Actually, one thing I will concede is that I do really like Dessalines' Thumb-key. There is a certain level of satisfaction that comes from a physical keyboard, but flick input is also pretty satisfying in its own way... Alas, if only there were a way to have the best of both worlds, right?