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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Mark Tyson

Chonky Pocket Raspberry Pi Handheld Uses 10 Keys to Type Everything

Chonky Pocket

A consistent problem with pocket computers is swift and intuitive input, as a comfortable keyboard for up to 293 WPM is too big. Meanwhile, a Blackberry-like board is small and fiddly, and handwriting or voice typing are only good for casual input.

Developer Daniel Norris must have pondered over this input optimization issue when creating the Chonky Pocket (h/t Liliputing), which features full sized mechanical keys for touch typing, but just 10 of them. Not to worry though, as it uses chording technology, which can help experienced users input letters, words, and phrases from simultaneous key combinations, or 'chords'.

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