L9 Beta
Launcher on 9 keys. A home screen for phones with a physical keypad — numbers launch apps, the d-pad moves the selection.
Android apps · keypad phones
T9 for texting.
Nine for the rest of your phone.
A suite of Android apps for phones with a physical keypad and no touchscreen. Press a number, something happens — no swiping, no app drawer, no wallpaper.
Officially supported on Dumber Mini — maybe more to come.
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All day Jane's Birthday
12:00 Dentist
16:30 Groceries
- 1phone
- 2calendar
- 3messages
- 4camera
The suite
Four apps, one keypad
Each app installs separately — pick just the ones you want. All of them share the same keypad-first design.
C9 Alpha
Calendars and Contacts on 9 keys. A calendar and address book client for the same phones, reading and writing straight to Android's own calendar and contacts.
P9 Coming soon
Phone on 9 keys. Dialing and call handling for keypad phones. Not built yet.
M9 Coming soon
Messages on 9 keys. Texting for keypad phones. Not built yet.
Philosophy
Built the other way around
Most Android software assumes a touchscreen, a search bar, and a drawer with three hundred icons. Nine assumes nine keys and enough restraint to leave it at that.
Keypad phones exist because someone decided a phone should do fewer things, on purpose. Stock Android doesn't know that — it still wants you to scroll, search, and swipe. Every app in this suite is built the other way around: press a key, get on with your day. If a feature needs a second screen of settings to explain, it probably doesn't belong here.