The Clicks BlackBerry-Like Telephone Keyboard Lastly Makes Sense

BlackBerry won’t ever die, not as long as the legion of Dr. Frankensteins keeps trying to bring it back with a new name. Forward of CES 2026, the Clicks keyboard case has returned, and after a number of years of iterations, the accent could lastly make sense for people who hate typing on touchscreens. As a substitute of layering a large 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 Energy Keyboard—made by Clicks, which is fronted by YouTuber Michael Fisher, aka MrMobile—is mainly a slide-out keyboard constructed right into a 2,150 mAh battery. It’s suitable with MagSafe and Qi2 for iPhones and Android telephones. As a substitute of bodily connecting to your cellphone’s USB-C port like previous variations, the Energy Keyboard will rely in your gadget’s Bluetooth connection.

Clicks’ keyboard cellphone case was at all times a double-edged sword. It may supply bodily keyboard controls that will help you return to the tremendous inputs of a BlackBerry gadget, lengthy after the company went defunct. It additionally prolonged the size of your cellphone, making certain anyone with out cargo pants couldn’t haul one round. Clicks finally launched a special keyboard case for the Motorola Razr line of foldable telephones. That not less than let customers kind on the smaller exterior show.

The Energy Keyboard’s restricted battery dimension gained’t supply practically as a lot longevity as different 5,000 or 10,000 mAh exterior batteries. The facility pack is especially there so as to add a couple of scant hours of cellphone battery life and in any other case energy the keyboard. That Bluetooth connectivity means you possibly can use the Energy Keyboard as backup controls for a pill or good 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 that preorder can get it for $79 excluding tax and transport. When you wait, you’ll must pay $109.

Oh look, one other BlackBerry recreation

On the similar time, Clicks is making an attempt to promote you on a “second cellphone” that’s extraordinarily BlackBerry coded. It’s called the Communicator, and as its title implies, the $500 gadget is designed for texting. The corporate means that it’s speculated to be a secondary gadget you retain round with you for responding to Slack or Discord chats. To that finish, there’s a particular “Immediate Key” that may floor any of your numerous group chats and messaging apps. That key additionally doubles as a fast swap 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 average iPhone to accommodate the ergonomic keyboard. Positive, it solely weighs 170 grams, however it is going to be preventing for pocket house alongside your common on a regular basis carry. Not less than 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 folks behind Niagara Launcher. This helps carry all of your emails and texts out of your numerous apps to the fore on the house display while not having to dig via notifications.

The Communicator is going on sale later this yr. When you preorder earlier than Feb. 27, you will get it for an early hen worth of $400. You’ll be able to both arrange a reservation deposit of $200 or pay the preorder in full. The gadget ought to start transport “later this yr.”