Keyboard cover

[Phases]

What is this?

http://phandroid.com/2015/08/07/samsung-galaxy-s6-edge-plus-may-have-an-odd-looking-keyboard-cover/

Didn't like... Ryan Seacrest or someone get sued by RIM for trying to do this?? How did they get away with it?

 

[MLSS]

Interesting. I can definitely see this selling. I wouldn't use it, but I think it will be popular among business folks who send tons of emails on a daily basis.
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[KOLIO]

Odds are 50/50 at best I'll get either phone,however,in the event I do,
l would like to at least try this out before plunking down major cash for this.

Surely we'll see countless knock-offs on eBay any day now.....

 

[EarlyMon]

Given the $80 price tag for something that taps the screen for you (yep, that's how this works) cheap knock offs are almost a certainty.

Bluetooth slide-out keyboard shown back on the Galaxy S4 -

$23 on Amazon over a year ago.

Unless you really want a BlackBerry sort of feel.

 

[El Presidente]

Given the $80 price tag for something that taps the screen for you (yep, that's how this works)

What's stupid and utterly infuriating is that people will probably pay $80 for this tripe.

 

[Unforgiven]

So let me get this straight. You slide this $80 keyboard thing over 1/3 of the screen and it simulates a touch on the screen when you press the button.

 

[EarlyMon]

It doesn't simulate a touch, it touches.

Ever see the generic stylii with metal bodies and a bit of conductive foam at the tip? They sell them at gas station and drug store check out counters. I have a little better one, integrated ink pen - works a treat.

This thing is metal keys on a spring matrix with basically a little foam pad below each key.

Touch key, pad hits hidden keyboard on screen underneath. It's all conductive like the cheap pens - the phone registers a touch screen tap.

No simulation about it - it's that simple.

 

[Unforgiven]

OK, but I stand by my "Big" video. There had to be a ton of group think going on for that to make it to retail.

 

[El Presidente]

https://twitter.com/Note5KB/status/631939417989611520

Mrs Presidente doesn't get tech jokes, but even she laughed at that.

 

[EarlyMon]

OK, but I stand by my "Big" video. There had to be a ton of group think going on for that to make it to retail.

So what you're saying is, if Samsung had a child available when they were making the decision, they could have heard ahead of time what the problem is.

 

[Unforgiven]

So what you're saying is, if Samsung had a child available when they were making the decision, they could have heard ahead of time what the problem is.

So, you put a piece of plastic over a keyboard on the screen to transfer my touches from the plastic to the screen for me. It's a building, what fun is a building?