[bb10adopter111]

I'm just not seeing the all the hype for a PKB? there's really nothing mentioned here that Gboard doesn't do.

I think that likely confirms that you're not in the target market for the KEYone Or other BlackBerry phones, though I know that's not a surprise to you. :-)

For me, who is very comfortable with both a VKB and PKB, the combination of precision, dozens of shortcuts, fine cursor control, and getting to use the whole screen for displaying and editing text without a keyboard constantly cutting it off makes the KEYone a much better device for my text-bases professional work.

Having said that, I think it's great that other companies continue to innovate the VKB technologies.

If I just want to type quickly, I'm faster on a VKB, especially with flick to type. But, in the real world, I spend 50% or more of my time outlining and editing my communications, and the VKB is closer to "mouse and keyboard" level control for complex writing tasks.

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[FF22]

There is also the fact that it cannot be rooted. While there are definitely some who find that a weakness, others find that a strength as it should be more secure.

[SPQR ROMULUS]

I think that likely confirms that you're not in the target market for the KEYone Or other BlackBerry phones, though I know that's not a surprise to you. :-)

For me, who is very comfortable with both a VKB and PKB, the combination of precision, dozens of shortcuts, fine cursor control, and getting to use the whole screen for displaying and editing text without a keyboard constantly cutting it off makes the KEYone a much better device for my text-bases professional work.

Having said that, I think it's great that other companies continue to innovate the VKB technologies.

If I just want to type quickly, I'm faster on a VKB, especially with flick to type. But, in the real world, I spend 50% or more of my time outlining and editing my communications, and the VKB is closer to "mouse and keyboard" level control for complex writing tasks.

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[bb10adopter111]

I meant the PKB is closer to mouse and keyboard experience

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[IvanTheTolerable]

I dot what I will do if Blackberry stops making pkb phones. I don't want to have to go to an on scree kb!