Your Droid Physical Keyboard

[yourname93]

the keyboard coulda been better i have had my droid replaced like three or four times because of the key board messing up and ima bout to have to again. in general the whole phone wasnt what it koulda been

[SquintyOS]

I got mine back in the first pr second week of December/ with the keyboard build 39/09. I think that is the raised since when I compared the last two photos Cache posted. I noticed when comparing that my keyboard and the first image have a rounded alt keys showing the flatness of the extra space under the caps key.

I agree. it is easy to type with. I vary my usage of both on screen (potrait0 and physical (landscape) I turned the auto rotate off due to the annoyance of random screen rotations while moving with phone on hand. Crap gets annoying. Anywho. I'm glad for the raised build.

[granitemon]

Right now I have 2 droids in front of me. I just got a replacement due to a camera issue, and I've not yet sent the old one in.

On the first droid, the keys are nicely rounded, but I don't recall if they came that way or not.

My new droid has flat keys, which I use the crap out of, and I'm not sure if they're bubbling or not.

The million dollar question is, is it possible to swap keyboards before I send my old one in? Obviously this could void the warranty, but if its possible, I may have a go at it.

Any input would be great!

Mark

[Benjamin Crist]

I just got a replacement unit because my headphone jack wasn't working. I got it all setup, then started typing a text and noticed how flat the keys were.... then searched and found this thread and a couple others like it.

I think when I first got my droid I had the flat keyboard and the replacement I got in Dec of 09 was raised, now they send me the flat. I called and asked if I could get one with the same keyboard and they said no, but they could offer me an Eris or a Devour or maybe a non-Android phone, but they wouldn't offer a Droid 2 or Droid X (x has large enough screen that virtual keyboard would be fine).

Anyone else ran into this or have any suggestions? The devour and eris are downgrades, for crying out loud!

One worker at the Verizon store said sell the replacement unit on ebay in a few months when they come out with the newer models this holiday season or Q1 of 2011.

[Jimbo47]

I would love a raised one. I can't type on this one with the case Verizon gave me with the phone. Withoit the case, its a tad bit easier, but still horrible.

[Benjamin Crist]

Yeah, it's killing me because this replacement unit is all free of scratches and nicks (my old phone is a year old) but the replacement unit also has a flat keyboard....so it's not really a better unit...and I got the replacement because the headset jack on the original was cutting out some...