![]() ![]() It’s a bluetooth keyboard built in two pieces, that connect to form a case around the iPhone. Looking past the fact Typo ripped off the BlackBerry keyboard in a big way, the product itself is very usable. Typo Review: Fingers on with the Typo Keyboard I’d be happy to be called in as a subject matter expert and tell this story straight. I’m sure Typo will try and argue this point otherwise in defending the legal action from BlackBerry, but I can’t see them winning that argument. It’s clear that Typo deliberately went out to make their keyboard LOOK like a BlackBerry keyboard. Even the font choice and labeling of the keyboard is almost identical. You’d think Typo tracked down the same supplier BlackBerry uses and a grabbed a box for themselves. The sculpted shape of the raised buttons on the keyboard is nearly identical as well. Between the rows of keys, the Typo features the same “guitar frets” as BlackBerry keyboards often do (Bold, Q10 models). And everybody I have shown the Typo to since then agrees - it looks like a BlackBerry keyboard.Ĭomparing the keyboard portion of the Typo side by side to the BlackBerry Q10 keyboard, similarities abound. I walked around the show floor of CES showing off just the Typo keyboard to people asking what kind of phone it was. Be sure to watch the video above where we put this theory to the test. There really is no mistaking the Typo keyboard for anything but a BlackBerry keyboard. One way or another it’s either getting shut down, or BlackBerry will get paid on it (I tweeted the other night that BlackBerry should just buy Typo and solve the problem - it can be yet another way to bring the BlackBerry experience to other platforms). It seems completely justified given the near identical nature of the keyboard, and I’m pretty sure there’s no way Typo will get away with selling this keyboard in the current form for very long. I’m not a lawyer, but I understand why BlackBerry has filed suit against Typo Products LLC and Ryan Seacrest. The keyboard is such a complete rip off of a BlackBerry keyboard that there was nearly ZERO adjustment needed. I’m already at home on it - typing as fast and accurately on it as I do with my BlackBerry Q10. The CEO of Typo gave us a couple Typo keyboards to take home, and I’ve been putting it to use the past 36 hours on my iPhone 5s. I’m in Las Vegas this week for CES, and Typo has been here showing off their bluetooth keyboard for the iPhone. And as much as it puts me in an awkward position to admit it - I can’t lie - it’s actually a pretty damn good one, too. With word that Ryan Seacrest was an investor and seeing how much the Typo keyboard looked identical to a BlackBerry keyboard, I thought it was actually a Funny or Die or Rick Mercer sketch that I was viewing. When I first watched the promo video for the Typo physical keyboard for the iPhone, I thought it was a complete joke. ![]()
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