Have an iPhone and miss the reassuring clicks and feedback of a REAL
keyboard? Regardless of its generation, the iPhone has always been a
great messaging (read: mailing) device but even after the added
landscape software keyboard there is still no hardware one. Up until
now. Thanks to 4iThumbs.
And what is 4iThumbs all about? Believe it or not, it’s actually a
screen protector with some invisible bumps which are positioned right
above the letters of the portrait (OR landscape) keyboard. So, with the
4iThumbs on your iPhone, you’ll feel like typing on a real hardware
QWERTY keyboard equipped device… sort of.
Honestly, I liked the idea very much. At first. Then I realized that
in fact you have to keep the iPhone with that thing on all the time, no
matter if you’re texting at the moment or not. So, you’ll feel those
bumps under your fingers even if you decide to play a game or listen to
some music. Nope, not really an option.
There’s also an option to keep the thing on the back of the device
until you need it – but that’s hardly what anyone would want. But we
guess heavy texters might appreciate it after all.
You can choose between a portrait oriented 4iThumbs keyboard and a
landscape one, however, you’ll have to swap them depending on your
needs. Imagine peeling one off then sticking the other one on. That must
be some pretty desperate texter.
Friday, 12 September 2014
