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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 š² #clicksā¦
@QueenFinSov
January 14, 2026 at 12:22 pm
BULLISHš
@kenny_111_p
January 14, 2026 at 12:38 pm
They should just bring back the sidekick
@RobertWilliams196352
January 14, 2026 at 1:06 pm
I am not a good thumb šš¾ typer at all. This doesnāt interest me at all other than this apparatus can charge my phone š±š¤·š¾
@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.
@zero11010
January 14, 2026 at 1:13 pm
Feed him less cocaine next time. I feel like Iāve seen this guy for years. I donāt recall him ever being like this before.
@manegrindshard
January 14, 2026 at 1:31 pm
I like it but itās chunky AF, wish they went slim
@MaseraIlluminare
January 14, 2026 at 3:08 pm
Thicker phone is better for my hands though
@ClintCompton1
January 14, 2026 at 1:34 pm
I find this product hilariously dumb.
@puthenveetilnoel
January 15, 2026 at 5:08 pm
Itās called a niche. If itās not a niche for you, then donāt buy it. Not that deep.
@epp6681
January 14, 2026 at 1:59 pm
Thatās the palm pre, i had one for a little bit of time, so much potential
@ChristianMueller
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 pm
now the 3 potential buyers will go wild in comments š
@puthenveetilnoel
January 15, 2026 at 5:04 pm
Youāre 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.
@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 Iām stuck with the same problem of constantly hitting wrong buttons whether I buy this or not.
@turnt0ff
January 14, 2026 at 3:45 pm
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@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
@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
ā@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 wouldnāt be worth doubling your phones thickness and carrying around an extra accessory.
@puthenveetilnoel
January 15, 2026 at 5:36 pm
ā@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 whatās on the screen.
I havenāt used another clicks board, so Iām excited to see how this works in practice. Pairs nicely with my pixelsnap phone so Iāll see if it changes how I use it.
@erickelly8704
January 14, 2026 at 6:23 pm
Oh no pre order nooooooo hate those š u had me till this š¢
@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 donāt make it any easier.
@puthenveetilnoel
January 15, 2026 at 5:03 pm
Itās 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 donāt use frequently.
@skohaya
January 14, 2026 at 8:19 pm
So retro.š Cute but trying to move into the future and just use voice activationš
@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 clicksā first keyboard product. And itās the most universally compatible one they have made. What tells you it will flop exactly?
@mudaninarib1057
January 15, 2026 at 1:26 am
Nah not For Me for that Price?!
@GreatestInfluencer
January 15, 2026 at 5:00 am
Does it support gesture typing? Like slide finger over the letters to type?
@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 canāt wait fort this. ( I have magsafe cases for the S25 Ultra. )
@shrekier1
January 15, 2026 at 10:37 am
To bulky
@puthenveetilnoel
January 15, 2026 at 5:09 pm
Think the idea is that itās comfortable enough to hold. It couldnāt be too tiny or it would be an ergo nightmare. Just pop it off in your bag or pocket when youāre not using it.
@poofpoofmeow5838
January 15, 2026 at 10:57 am
Jāen veux un !
@661caliguy2
January 15, 2026 at 7:47 pm
Boomers still crying about a physical keyboard ššš