The keyboard lives! While we wait for the upcoming 2021 BlackBerry smartphone, the keyboard aficionados at Planet Computers in the UK just showed us its first 5G entry, the Astro Slide 5G. Once ...

Not to be confused with a DJ Casper comeback single (seriously, the last thing anyone needs right now) the Astro Slide 5G is still a throwback of sorts from the company that loves to court PDA-lovers.

The screen on the Android 11 Astro Slide phone slides up (hence the name) to reveal a full-sized keyboard in a format similar to a very small laptop. The full specifications for the device are ...

Is there still a place for a physical keyboard on a smartphone? British brand Planet Computers thinks so, and has released the £711 Astro Slide 5G device with a slide-out, mechanical keyboard. If ...

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Built like a PDA from a bygone age, the Astro Slide 5G has two USB-C slots (one at each end) and a proper 3.5mm headphone jack. It can become an entire mobile workstation if you want it to be.