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Re:BlackBerry confirms it will end in-house hardware develop... by whitecarpet on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @10:26AM (#12597863)
There is more than just creating text. The BB keyboard is also essential part of the UI, you trigger stuff through the keyboard all the time (think of VIM or terminal based apps).

Even if just talk about text creation which involves editing. Speech-to-text is impressive but once you start to edit your text you need a keyboard and perfect cursor control.

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Re:BlackBerry confirms it will end in-house hardware develop... by Osiris on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @12:56PM (#12599267)
I really liked the clicking ball on the T-mobile G1. You used the ball to move the cursor and then could click it to select. It was useful for one-handed operation and fine text editing.
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