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Brad Linder @[email protected] · 2025-10-13 · 22:27 UTC

Lilbits: Phosh 0.50.0, unofficial Windows Subsystem for FreeBSD, and Google Japan’s impractical keyboards

Some folks at Google Japan have a habit of designing impractical keyboards. A few years ago we saw a single-row keyboard with every letter, number and character laid out along a 5.4 foot strip. There are also Teacup, bubble wrap, and spoon bending keyboards, among others.

Now the company has introduced its latest horribly inconvenient keyboard: the Gboard Dial Version is made of rotary dials […]

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#fsf #furilabsflx1 #gboard #gboarddialversion #googlejapan #jolla

Lowyat.NET @[email protected] · 2025-10-07 · 12:00 UTC

Google Japan Is At It Again, This Time With A Rotary Gboard #gboarddialversion #googlejapan #keyboards

https://www.lowyat.net/2025/368680/google-japan-rotary-gboard/

#gboarddialversion #googlejapan #keyboards

Brad Linder @[email protected] · 2025-10-06 · 22:59 UTC

Lilbits: HMD’s new phone has a 3.2 inch display, 8BitMods turns Sega’s Dreamcast VMU into a full-fledged retro console

HMD is preparing to launch a new smartphone with an unusual design – it’s not just that the HMD Touch 4G has a 3.2 inch display at a time when most phones have 6 inch or larger screens. It’s also that the phone has a squat design that almost makes it look like half a normal phone, while also keeping a Nokia Lumia-style camera bump on the back.

But it’s unclear if the upcoming HMD Touch 4G will […]

#8bitmods #akko #akkoMetakey #android #cloudGaming #featurePhone #google #googleJapan #gpdWin5 #hmdTouch4g #india #lilbits #retroGaming #rotaryKeyboard #segaDreamcast #sideloading #smartphones #vmu #vmupro #xboxCloudGaming