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I agree that the idea you somehow think I am suggesting is "nuts". You seem to have the idea that you need to thread the Pyra case for the nuts and bolt idea, but that's not right at all. All you need is a hole on the top and bottom for the bolt (or screw) to travel through both ends of the...

It's a better alternative than most of the other suggestions. As was pointed out before, one of the problems with the Pandora was that the measurements were not exactly right. With a nut and screw combo, none of that matters, as long as the screw is long enough to get through the case, since the...

Once again, I mentioned before that the parts would be recessed, so covers should be able to sit flush with the case. -God Ginrai

 As I mentioned earlier, (and you seem to have conveniently ignored) you can hide them with rubber covers. -God Ginrai

Yet if you replace the screw and plastic with a screw and nut, you take damaging the case out of the equation, and reduce the chances of stripping anything. -God Ginrai

 Hence why I suggested using hex nuts. Common, and less likely to strip.  When it is moving "up", it is already slipping. Hence, the damage is already starting to be done. Does it matter? Phillips are designed to slip when you over-torque them. That means that slipping would happen more often...

That's surprising. o.o Were you using the correct size socket? I've never stripped a nut, but I've stripped countless screws. -God Ginrai

I know at least that w/ Phillips Head, which is one of the screws that people may actually own a screwdriver for, that it will slip all the time if you aren't using the right size or not using it in exactly the right position. (Or if it is really tight) -God Ginrai

I never said they would be. -God Ginrai

I see... Fair point. However, would you agree with a claim that nuts are less likely to get stripped or ruined than screws? -God Ginrai

EvilDragon has already confirmed that both would be on the board. -God Ginrai

I prefer walking. Bikes use Hex nuts? -God Ginrai

Pssh, the eMMC will be my recovery partition. Borked up my microSD? Take it out! Fix it when I have the chance to get to a computer (or used the eMMC to download the files I need onto my regular SD to reflash it) -God Ginrai

I support this. Maybe it would be better to do what Binky suggested, but only for the F and J keys. make those concave, and the rest convex. It would still be as easy to tell as key bumps, but it also would feel nicer for users while typing. (On a real keyboard, you have enough area on the key...

How about captive screws instead? I find it a lot easier to remove a nut without ruining it than it is to remove a screw. -God Ginrai

I'm pretty sure that the AllWinner rep called them a distributor of the Optimus Board in that video I posted. Which means that their board is an Optimus Board. -God Ginrai

Well yes, but if you keep such a solution in mind as you are designing the product, you can look for places where you can hold the device together in such a way, can you not? -God Ginrai

 And? Space is used a whole lot more than the two of those keys combined.  I always hit spacebar with my right hand, even on a real keyboard. I don't see this as being unintuitive.  I rarely have to look at my Pandora keyboard, and pretty much never have to look at my Pre 3 keyboard when I'm...

Why can't it be recessed? If you make the well large enough that a socket can get in, then you can reach it. -God Ginrai

The most comfortable portable I've ever used (if counting a portable+accessory counts) was the DS Lite+Nerf Case. It had the perfect thickness and shape, IMHO. -God Ginrai