Achieving this would be possible since the keyboard would be positioned closer toward the top corners of the phone (remember, the phone is in landscape mode). Your index fingers would rest on the phone, and the bottom corners of the phone would fit into the palms’ cavity. **Additional benefits:** This layout would be more comfortable to hold, similar to how you hold your phone when playing PUBG. You would hold your phone like a Steam Deck or, even better, like the Nokia N-Gage (I know that there have been phones closer to what I’m describing, but the N-Gage is the most well-known form factor). Full-screen mode to get rid of the status bar would be a plus. **Solution:** The ideal solution would be to have a split keyboard that occupies the two top sides of the screen, with the text editor displayed in the middle. So, how can we fix the typing experience on a phone? Check (). **What’s available:** I’ve tried a dozen writing apps (even Joe’s Termux with its high-condensed text) combined with several Android keyboards, but none come close to the experience of having a real keyboard (I prefer ortholinear split keyboards btw) attached to a smartphone for travel.

Carrying a tablet everywhere isn’t practical. Tablets offer a split thumb floating keyboard mode, but they are bulky, heavy, and not comfortable for long-term typing.

When writing on a smartphone, screen real estate is precious. Thumb mode isn’t a satisfactory solution either, as it leaves a sad stupid wasted space in the middle of the split keyboard. When you turn the smartphone to landscape mode, two problems arise: the keyboard takes up two-thirds of the screen, making it hard to see what you’re typing, and reaching the keys in the middle of the keyboard becomes difficult. When the phone is in portrait mode, there’s enough room to see all the text, but the keyboard is too tiny for extended writing sessions resulting in fatigue. **Problem:** It’s really inconvenient to write long-form content on a smartphone. I would love to have different opinions on this one. This is merely just an idea based on my own insights as a creative writer.

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