The Clicks BlackBerry-Like Phone Keyboard Lastly Makes Sense

BlackBerry won’t ever die, not as long as the legion of Dr. Frankensteins retains making an attempt to convey it again with a brand new title. Ahead of CES 2026, the Clicks keyboard case has returned, and after a number of years of iterations, the accent might lastly make sense for people who hate typing on touchscreens. Instead of layering an enormous keyboard beard hanging off the underside of your cellphone, the brand new Power Keyboard is now an influence financial institution that attaches with MagSafe. To maintain it extra contained, the keyboard slides into your awaiting palm like an old-school Nokia Sidekick.

The Power Keyboard—made by Clicks, which is fronted by YouTuber Michael Fisher, aka MrMobile—is principally a slide-out keyboard constructed right into a 2,150 mAh battery. It’s appropriate with MagSafe and Qi2 for iPhones and Android telephones. Instead of bodily connecting to your cellphone’s USB-C port like previous variations, the Power Keyboard will rely in your gadget’s Bluetooth connection.

Clicks’ keyboard cellphone case was all the time a double-edged sword. It may supply bodily keyboard controls that can assist you return to the superb inputs of a BlackBerry gadget, lengthy after the corporate went defunct. It additionally prolonged the size of your cellphone, guaranteeing anyone with out cargo pants couldn’t haul one round. Clicks ultimately launched a particular keyboard case for the Motorola Razr line of foldable telephones. That not less than let customers sort on the smaller exterior show.

The Power Keyboard’s restricted battery measurement gained’t supply almost as a lot longevity as different 5,000 or 10,000 mAh exterior batteries. The energy pack is principally there so as to add a number of scant hours of cellphone battery life and in any other case energy the keyboard. That Bluetooth connectivity means you possibly can use the Power Keyboard as backup controls for a pill or sensible TV should you really hate typing in instructions with a distant or touchscreen. Preorders begin Friday, although we gained’t have the gadget in hand till this spring. Those who preorder can get it for $79 excluding tax and transport. If you wait, you’ll must pay $109.

Oh look, one other BlackBerry recreation

At the identical time, Clicks is making an attempt to promote you on a “second phone” that’s extraordinarily BlackBerry coded. It’s called the Communicator, and as its title implies, the $500 gadget is designed for texting. The firm means that it’s imagined to be a secondary gadget you retain round with you for responding to Slack or Discord chats. To that finish, there’s a particular “Prompt Key” that may floor any of your numerous group chats and messaging apps. That key additionally doubles as a fast change for voice-to-text.

The Communicator is barely smaller than your typical telephones at 131.5 mm, or round 5.1 inches tall. It’s barely wider than your common iPhone to accommodate the ergonomic keyboard. Sure, it solely weighs 170 grams, however will probably be combating for pocket area alongside your common on a regular basis carry. At least the Communicator features a bodily SIM card tray, microSD slot (helps as much as 2TB to accompany the built-in 256GB of storage), and a headphone jack. The Communicator can be working a model of Android 16 with an overlay designed by the individuals behind Niagara Launcher. This helps convey all of your emails and texts out of your numerous apps to the fore on the house display screen without having to dig via notifications.

The Communicator is going on sale later this yr. If you preorder earlier than Feb. 27, you may get it for an early chicken worth of $400. You can both arrange a reservation deposit of $200 or pay the preorder in full. The gadget ought to start transport “later this year.”