iPhone with a physical Blackberry QWERTY keyboard?

Typo 2 is an add-on accessory for iPhones. It is a simple case with a physical QWERTY keyboard which looks and feels like a keyboard from a BlackBerry smartphone.

The Typo 2 is available for pre-order and the price is at $99 (approx Rs 6,000).

Typo 2 is an add-on case that fits over the iPhone and makes it easier for typing. Those who upgrade from a BlackBerry handset to an iPhone would love the idea since they would be used to typing on the keyboard and a touch on-screen keyboard would be a clumsy.

Typo 2 was built for efficiency. The founders of the gadget were using two phones, a BlackBerry and an iPhone, one for typing and correspondence and the other for communication. They found it pretty annoying to switch between the two types of keyboards and decided to invent something that could make typing on an iPhone easier and, why not, as easier as a BlackBerry keyboard. Thus came the idea and Typo was born after two years of designing.

The design of the Typo 2 is kept simple, but the goal was to have a keyboard and case that would add the absolute minimum additional length and thickness to the iPhone, while still providing protection to the phone and a butter-smooth, tactile typing experience.

The result is Typo 2, which adds just short of a 1/4 inch in thickness and a less than 3/4 inch in total length to the iPhone.

Typo 2 was made possible by miniaturizing the components on our circuit board, using patented TYPOTouch keyboard technology and one of the world’s smallest Lithium-ion battery, measuring at just 1mm in thickness.

Both the hardware and software for Typo 2 were designed and engineered in California & Utah, manufactured and assembled in China.