This Article was Originally posted at Maemo.Org by User HtheB:
So there I was, thinking how to get my hands on the N950 some time ago… but then I thought: How will other people will get the N950? Everyone should be able to get the N950…!
All this thinking have made me do something about this problem. A little “case-mod” can do miracles 
I bought a cheap iPhone bluetooth slide-case, and a cheap N9 case on eBay.
I unscrewed the case to get rid of the iPhone case, to just have the bluetooth keyboard with the slider.
Then, I just made holes in the cheap N9-case and screwed the slider on it.
Turn on the device, pair them and the result: N9 with a keyboard!
The only drawback is that there is no Ctrl button. I hope someone can help on this project to add a ctrl key for this bluetooth keyboard. There is a “menu” button which doesn’t do anything on the N9… Maybe we can bind this key to act as a Ctrl key?
I made some pictures on how I did this, I’ll upload them today to share this idea with everybody.
Bluetooth Keyboard:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI…m=290691737517
N9 hardcase:
http://www.ebay.nl/itm/ws/eBayISAPI….m=130589350679
Edit:
Here are the pictures and the YouTube video:
Picture 1:
Makes holes on top of the N9 case and place it on the bluetooth keyboard and screw the screws back
Place the sticker back on top of the N9 case to prevent scratches on your N9
Picture 9:
Result! (This is an early build, that’s why it’s not perfectly centered in the middel)
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3 Response Comments
Hi,
This is a good effort though….
I own an N9 now and was seriously looking at ways of adding a physical keyboard to it. I was exploring options of buying a used Nokia E7 for cheap (it is well known fact that the E7 has one of the best QWERTY Keyboard, I loved E7 for it excellent hardware design), remove the E7 display and retro-fit N9′s case on to the slider…..The only issue which struck me was how to enable the E7 keyboard as a Bluetooth Keyboard, so that the same can be paired with N9…
I request the community to comment and see if this can be a viable solution for enabling N9 with a physical keyboard….
regards,
nhchand
Find it interesting, like the keyboard on N900.
How tick and heavy is the modified N9 phone?
(The specs for keyboard relates to the iPhone, but here bits are taken away.)
Any significant reduced battery time for N9?
What is the battery time for keyboard?
Support for other character sets than US?
Nice to have the oppertunity to just take it off and replace with the original case to save weight and space when just bringing the phone to a party etc.
Hello,
The bluetooth keyboard , Work on windows phone 8 or android OS ?
Thank’s