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Hands-On With The $79 Clicks Power Keyboard: Turn Your Smartphone Into a BlackBerry

Do you feel the nostalgia? Clicks announced a keyboard for smartphones that attaches to your regular phone via MagSafe or Qi2 magnetic connection and looks like the bottom half of a BlackBerry, with those same old-school buttons, instead of haptics simulating touch. CNET Managing Mobile Editor Patrick Holland runs through what to know 📲 #clicks…

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  1. @QueenFinSov

    January 14, 2026 at 12:22 pm

    BULLISH🍊

  2. @kenny_111_p

    January 14, 2026 at 12:38 pm

    They should just bring back the sidekick

  3. @RobertWilliams196352

    January 14, 2026 at 1:06 pm

    I am not a good thumb 👍🏾 typer at all. This doesn’t interest me at all other than this apparatus can charge my phone 📱🤷🏾

  4. @xman7337

    January 14, 2026 at 1:09 pm

    Going Back to the Future!

    • @chidozieahumibe4962

      January 14, 2026 at 6:57 pm

      More like going forward to the past.

  5. @zero11010

    January 14, 2026 at 1:13 pm

    Feed him less cocaine next time. I feel like I’ve seen this guy for years. I don’t recall him ever being like this before.

  6. @manegrindshard

    January 14, 2026 at 1:31 pm

    I like it but it’s chunky AF, wish they went slim

    • @MaseraIlluminare

      January 14, 2026 at 3:08 pm

      Thicker phone is better for my hands though

  7. @ClintCompton1

    January 14, 2026 at 1:34 pm

    I find this product hilariously dumb.

    • @puthenveetilnoel

      January 15, 2026 at 5:08 pm

      It’s called a niche. If it’s not a niche for you, then don’t buy it. Not that deep.

  8. @epp6681

    January 14, 2026 at 1:59 pm

    That’s the palm pre, i had one for a little bit of time, so much potential

  9. @ChristianMueller

    January 14, 2026 at 2:30 pm

    now the 3 potential buyers will go wild in comments 😅

    • @puthenveetilnoel

      January 15, 2026 at 5:04 pm

      You’re grossly underestimating the interest keyboard phone people have. Clicks has multiple product lines for very specific phone models. Now this is about as universal as you can get.

  10. @bertopugliese5767

    January 14, 2026 at 3:04 pm

    Only problem I have with this is the keyboard buttons are too small for my giant thumbs, so I’m stuck with the same problem of constantly hitting wrong buttons whether I buy this or not.

  11. @turnt0ff

    January 14, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    ….

  12. @4arrows4all

    January 14, 2026 at 4:45 pm

    The blackberry guys must be watching this and grinding their teeth

    • @puthenveetilnoel

      January 15, 2026 at 5:04 pm

      Blackberry guys make up the team that made it lol.

    • @4arrows4all

      January 15, 2026 at 6:58 pm

      @puthenveetilnoelThe delicious irony

  13. @Voidward

    January 14, 2026 at 5:51 pm

    Is it actually any faster to type on or is it just a redundant accessory for tech boomers?

    • @puthenveetilnoel

      January 15, 2026 at 5:06 pm

      Depends on you. Blackberry physical users could hammer out emails and messages. Not to mention expanding screen space, and enabling touch typing.

    • @Voidward

      January 15, 2026 at 5:31 pm

      ​@puthenveetilnoelTouch typing would seem like the big one, but the keys are so tiny. These devices dominated in an era where T9 was common and autocorrect was basic or non existent. I feel like software typing might have caught up or be so close it wouldn’t be worth doubling your phones thickness and carrying around an extra accessory.

    • @puthenveetilnoel

      January 15, 2026 at 5:36 pm

      ​@Voidwardit also reclaims screen space that was lost for the keyboard. Not a huge huge deal in portrait, but landscape, most phone are functionally unusable to type and view what’s on the screen.

      I haven’t used another clicks board, so I’m excited to see how this works in practice. Pairs nicely with my pixelsnap phone so I’ll see if it changes how I use it.

  14. @erickelly8704

    January 14, 2026 at 6:23 pm

    Oh no pre order nooooooo hate those 😂 u had me till this 😢

  15. @Suviasi

    January 14, 2026 at 7:46 pm

    The funny thing is, the people who feel nostalgic and still remember using physical keyboards are usually at the age where reading glasses are required and these microscopic keys don’t make it any easier.

    • @puthenveetilnoel

      January 15, 2026 at 5:03 pm

      It’s a physical keyboard. You should develop the muscle memory to write without looking most of the time. I could see it being tricky for the occasional weird character you don’t use frequently.

  16. @skohaya

    January 14, 2026 at 8:19 pm

    So retro.😂 Cute but trying to move into the future and just use voice activation😅

  17. @colors6692

    January 15, 2026 at 12:28 am

    Who would want this? Guaranteed to be a flop!!

    • @puthenveetilnoel

      January 15, 2026 at 5:07 pm

      Why do people just assume they are the only use case that exists? This is not clicks’ first keyboard product. And it’s the most universally compatible one they have made. What tells you it will flop exactly?

  18. @mudaninarib1057

    January 15, 2026 at 1:26 am

    Nah not For Me for that Price?!

  19. @GreatestInfluencer

    January 15, 2026 at 5:00 am

    Does it support gesture typing? Like slide finger over the letters to type?

  20. @Jens_Roadster

    January 15, 2026 at 7:21 am

    I pre-ordered it to use it for my S25 Ultra and Tab S9 Ultra. I can’t wait fort this. ( I have magsafe cases for the S25 Ultra. )

  21. @shrekier1

    January 15, 2026 at 10:37 am

    To bulky

    • @puthenveetilnoel

      January 15, 2026 at 5:09 pm

      Think the idea is that it’s comfortable enough to hold. It couldn’t be too tiny or it would be an ergo nightmare. Just pop it off in your bag or pocket when you’re not using it.

  22. @poofpoofmeow5838

    January 15, 2026 at 10:57 am

    J’en veux un !

  23. @661caliguy2

    January 15, 2026 at 7:47 pm

    Boomers still crying about a physical keyboard 😂😂😂

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