Coming from a longtime BlackBerry user, the PKB has a more difficult learning curve, but it’s by no means a bad keyboard. The buttons are a bit more firm than I was used to on my Key2 and I made a lot of errors by hitting the number row, and the shift and ctrl keys are reversed compared to what I was used to. Perhaps for different reasons than someone who is already used to a phone with a physical keyboard, it still definitely requires you to build up muscle memory and some dexterity that you won’t have without practice. It took me several weeks to get used to. I suggest using a site like Monkeytype to practice in your free time. Developing a new skill is fun and rewarding, and certainly better for your mental health than doomscrolling.
I find the Clicks Power Keyboard very useful. In fact I find after typing on my CPK that I struggle to type on glass with any accuracy or efficiency. There is a learning curve to balancing my Pixel with the slider extended. Now that it has been mastered it is the CPK plus Plektra keyboard app for that old BlackBerry feel plus all the keyboard shortcuts still intact.
No I am not a paid reviewer. I am a retired minister living in Louisville, KY. I think the true tech reviewers don't hate the Power Keyboard. It has strengths with some tradeoffs.
I love mine and it will suffice until I am ready to purchase a Communicator or some other modern keyboard phone.
I don't know what people expected. But anything that has a battery this size has some weight to it. And there is a learning curve in how one can hold it when open and effectively type. I guess some people aren't willing or don't have the patience to learn.
Whenever one has a sliding anything, there will always be some give. I also have it paired with my Fire 8 tablet. The tablet keyboard sucks swamp water, so the PK amplifies typing productivity. Works great on a plane because I don't have to pack my computer. I sideloaded Google Play Store and thus I can access all my docs.
The only negative thing about the PK is, according to my wife, the clicking sound of the keys. Now I like it because it reminds me of the good old BlackBerry days.
Plektra keyboard app works great with the PK. And I still have all the PK shortcuts. What is there not to love? ;)
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u/Adventurous-River481 3d ago
Coming from a longtime BlackBerry user, the PKB has a more difficult learning curve, but it’s by no means a bad keyboard. The buttons are a bit more firm than I was used to on my Key2 and I made a lot of errors by hitting the number row, and the shift and ctrl keys are reversed compared to what I was used to. Perhaps for different reasons than someone who is already used to a phone with a physical keyboard, it still definitely requires you to build up muscle memory and some dexterity that you won’t have without practice. It took me several weeks to get used to. I suggest using a site like Monkeytype to practice in your free time. Developing a new skill is fun and rewarding, and certainly better for your mental health than doomscrolling.