Clicks’ Power Keyboard brings BlackBerry-style typing to any phone — with some compromises
- ID
- 12799
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 11 Aug 2026, 2:00 AM
- Fetched
- 11 Aug 2026, 3:45 AM
- Provider
- TechCrunch
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/10/clicks-power-keyboard-brings-blackberry-style-typing-to-any-phone-with-some-compromises/
- Source URL
- https://techcrunch.com/feed/
Summary
- Score
- 2.0
- Created
- 11 Aug 2026, 3:49 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- developersvibe_coders
What happened
Clicks Technology is shipping its $99 MagSafe-compatible Power Keyboard, a slide-out Bluetooth physical keyboard that works with various phones in portrait or landscape mode. The device suffers from ergonomics issues—it feels top-heavy with larger phones like the iPhone 17 Pro Max and Pixel 10 XL—and the reviewer hit Bluetooth pairing problems switching between Android and iPhone. The company plans to ship its first smartphone, the Clicks Communicator, later this year.
Why it matters
This is a consumer hardware product review with no direct relevance to builders, developers, or startup founders in this audience. There is no actionable takeaway for shipping software, AI/ML work, or SaaS decisions. The only mild signal is that a niche hardware startup is attempting a physical-keyboard revival, but the review itself reports significant compromises and does not provide market traction data worth acting on.
Discussion angle
Skip this segment or mention briefly as a novelty: a startup betting on nostalgia-driven hardware in a software-keyboard world, with real ergonomics and pairing issues reported.