iPhone Clone Gets Fugly Qwerty Keyboard

Desperate, but not serious. The clone's keyboard. @pocket-lint.com
This iPhone clone found by a reporter at a trade show in Asia comes with about as ugly an add-on as possible: a squashed qwerty keyboard with keys that look like veneers gone wrong.
It’s pretty ingenious, as much as lacking in aesthetics, since the keyboard is integrated into a protector case (which also looks fittingly hideous) with a custom connector for the phone.
For those of you who want an external keyboard for your iPhone, would you want it badly enough to use this one?
Via Pocket Lint


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