u/matejdro

This subreddit seems very whiny lately

I got my PK and I must say I am pretty okay with it. This is with Pixel 9 Pro Fold, so by no means a thin and light phone.

Yes, it doubles the thickness of the phone. Yes, it looks very awkward. Yes, it's a bit heavy to hold (although a lot more useable than some on this subreddit are expressing). Yes, it randomly closes on its own from time to time. It's definitely far from perfect.

But in the end it achieved exactly what I wanted: a physical keyboard attached to my phone that is small enough to still be (barely) pocketable. I love typing on this thing much more than on the touchscreen (typed this with it. I would never type anything more than a sentence or two with touch). I love navigating the UI with just a keyboard (especially amazing with the Vimium browser extension).

In case anyone, like me, is trying to use the power keyboard on Linux through Termux, here is a keymap for the symbols layer that corresponds to the printed symbols:

keycode 12 = 3 numbersign
keycode 49 = asciitilde asciitilde
keycode 18 = 9 parenleft
keycode 19 = 0 parenright
keycode 20 = minus underscore
keycode 21 = equal plus
keycode 11 = 2 at
keycode 17 = 8 asterisk
keycode 47 = semicolon colon
keycode 48 = apostrophe quotedbl
keycode 14 = 5 percent
keycode 16 = 7 ampersand
keycode 15 = 6 asciicircum
keycode 51 = backslash
keycode 49 = asciitilde asciitilde
keycode 61 = slash question
keycode 10 = 1 exclam
keycode 13 = 4 dollar
keycode 60 = period