Are there any plans for a standalone pocket reform keyboard? I use a Planck keyboard now, and that built in trackball is so cool. I’m excited for my pocket reform, but what about all of my other computers? 
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I tried several wireless keyboards and they all sucked in one way or another or died early. The idea of a wireless keyboard by MNT is not new and indeed it seems to be a potential future project:
https://mntre.com/reform-irc-logs/2022-12-08.log.html#t13:12:18
Knowing the quality of products by MNT, I’d definitely buy one of those if they become reality.
I didn’t even mean wireless, I just like “5x12 ortho with a trackball” as a layout
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id buy a (wired) mnt keyboard with trackball, especially a compact one. Such things are hard to find (most have trackpads which I tend not to get along with).
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Yes, we would like to do a standalone Pocket Reform keyboard incl. trackball, potentially with wireless (BLE).
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Now that I’ve gotten my Pocket and have been playing around with it… the keyboard has quite a learning curve, but I’d love to see a standalone bluetooth version as a couch KB/mouse. The trackball especially is so smooth.
I agree that the Pocket keyboard layout is unusual, even though I already used a columnar one on my desktop, but the way the keys are placed is really nice. I’ll probably change my desktop keyboard to match it more closely.
I would love a standalone version of it to maybe use as a media center controller
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