Stuff like a pretty case with slots for optical drives, a laptop with a shitton of ports and all-day battery life or anything else that seems to go against the trends.

This thread is for complaining about how you can’t find it and (maybe) finding it thanks to someone else.

  • BullishUtensil@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago
    • Phone with dual sim card slots and a sdcard, plus pop-out camera (my present phone has all of that except the second simcard, and I refuse to replace this phone!) ** Charging port on top ** Slightly thicker to fit a larger battery - and possibly slightly better optics for the main camera.

    • Computer mouse about 15% larger than the “large” mouses they presently sell.

    • Detachable 10-key that’s mirrored for easy left hand use.

    • In general, small electronic devices should have more than one button for interaction. It’s easier to remember 3 different buttons than 3 different Morse codes to achieve the three different functions.

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      6 hours ago

      Something like this ?

      If you’re wanting a mirrored classic numpad with the bigger enter/plus I am surprised it seems like an unexplored niche of custom keyboard stuff. Can’t find any atm.

      Could probably grab a numpad kit like this and mount the everything on the bottom of the PCB, but you’d need to do some soldering. On the other hand, that kind of kit is generally recommended as a first soldering project.

    • lattrommi@lemmy.ml
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      18 hours ago
      • What phone do you have? I used to have a work phone that had 2 sim card slots and an sd card reader, a huge battery that was removeable without requiring restarting and an audio jack for headphones but no pop out camera and the camera kinda sucked. bluebird ef500r-anlt. no longer being made sadly. has an ir blaster too. love it, wish it still could operate as a phone.

      • Have you tried a vertical mouse? I have a Logitech MX vertical and a left handed generic one that is pretty much identical to it in size and love them.

      • I saw a mirrored one once, that wasn’t detachable but on the left side of the keyboard and I regret not buying it because I haven’t been able to find one since. Plus it was close to $1,000. I tried making a picture of the keyboard i dream of. It’s still a work in progress, somethings aren’t correct and i’m missing a few keys still. https://i.imgur.com/wBBxNf8.png

      • devices should only have one button if they only need to be turned on or off.

      • BullishUtensil@lemmy.world
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        17 hours ago

        The phone is a moto hyper one. 4 or 5 years old, I fear the day i need to switch. Technically it has two sim cards slots. More precisely: one sim card slot and one slot that can be used either for sim or SD card. Since sd card is non-negotiable for me, it means one usable sim.

        Audio jack yes, but not replaceable battery.

        I haven’t tried vertical mouse. Maybe I ought…

        No luck with the imgur link :( I’ll try again later