What does PinePhone developer Martijn Braam hide in this video?

Last Updated on April 20, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

  1. Is he hiding, that the uses a wired usb keyboard with nub which is quiet large to be used it with the PinePhone, so he shows us only the upper part?
  2. Is he also hiding, that at the lower part of the keyboard it is labeled “Thinkpad”? Oh now, at a second look, we can see that Martijns keyboard is labeled with “Thinkpad” at the bottom. But at the first look it looks like a “special mini PinePhone keyboard with nob”.
  1. After we where looking for an usb keyboard with nub we suppose that Martijn Braam is hiding that he uses a Lenovo Thinkpad Compact USB Keyboard with TrackPoint for PC/Mac:
  1. We could not find a better usb keyboard with nub than the one we found which looks similar to the keyboard Martijn Braam uses for his PinePhone dock presentation.
  2. We are happy to find this keyboard after a closer look to Martijn Braam’s video, since we suppose it should also be an usb keyboard which fits well to a LattePanda V1 running Lubuntu and a 7 inch touch display as an alternative for the PinePhone for users who are looking for an affordable solution for mobile computing:
  1. We are very grateful to Martijn Braam who helped us to to find a great usb keyboard which fits very well for our needs.
  2. The Lenovo ThinkPad Compact USB Keyboard with TrackPoint (Belgian/French) can be bought for 83.90 SFR from Digitec Switzerland (currently unavailable):

https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/lenovo-thinkpad-compact-usb-keyboard-with-trackpoint-belgianfrench-fr-cable-keyboard-10343104

A mini usb keyboard with a nub integrated is great for a PinePhone as well as for a LattePanda V1, since we want as little connectors for these small devices as possible.