there was the humble flip phone with a T9 keyboard. Most people liked them because the idea of packing so much gadgetry into a compact unit invoked playfulness and wonder in equal parts.

Flip Phone February is a challenge to swear off your iPhone or Android, and return to the app-free days of the Motorola Razr. One Toronto student did this for two years.

[Guy] implemented T9 in Circuit Python, mainly for the RP2040 microcontroller used on the Raspberry Pi Pico, which will appear as a normal USB keyboard when plugged into any device. The dictionary ...

The highly anticipated HMD Barbie Flip Phone, first teased at the Mobile ... expandable storage (up to 32GB via microSD card). A T9 QWERTY keyboard completes the retro experience.