Bluetooth Keyboard joke

What happens to a PPC when you start using a Bluetooth Keyboard with it?

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It becomes a Pockets PC. (Note: you add an 's' to "Pocket" to make it
plural)

My BT KB:
http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/FA802AA%2523AC3

Note: The graphics on the above site do not show that it is part of the
keyboard that is holding up the PPC.

Manfred
Thu Apr 10 12:23:01 PDT 2008

On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:55:55 -0600, "Roger 2008" <rwpcs@att.net>
wrote:

>What happens to a PPC when you start using a Bluetooth Keyboard with it?

>It becomes a Pockets PC. (Note: you add an 's' to "Pocket" to make it
>plural)
Huh? You want to translate that into english?

>My BT KB:
>http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/FA802AA%2523AC3
I made the mistake of buying one of them a couple of years ago.

Do yourself a favor: get rechargeable batteries......the thing has
no off swtich so it eats batteries.

Another option is to get a regular keyboard.

>Note: The graphics on the above site do not show that it is part of the
>keyboard that is holding up the PPC.
The way it supports the ppc is very flimsy. Looks like it would
break if I looked at it. So I got a plastic stand to put the
ppc on instead of using the keyboard holder for the ppc.


>

The
Thu Apr 10 12:26:44 PDT 2008

On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:55:55 -0600, "Roger 2008" <rwpcs@att.net>
wrote:

>My BT KB:
>http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/FA802AA%2523AC3
Interesting: it now comes with rechargeable batteries.
Something mine didn't come with and I had to buy
on my own.

Roger
Fri Apr 11 07:52:43 PDT 2008


"Manfred Mann" <ManfredMann@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:55:55 -0600, "Roger 2008" <rwpcs@att.net>
> wrote:
>
> >What happens to a PPC when you start using a Bluetooth Keyboard with it?
>
> >It becomes a Pockets PC. (Note: you add an 's' to "Pocket" to make it
> >plural)
> Huh? You want to translate that into english?

I don't put a Bluetooth keyboard in the same pocket as my Pocket PC. With
the keyboard it takes Two PocketS instead of one, making it a PocketS PC.
Is that good enough?


> >My BT KB:
> >http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/FA802AA%2523AC3
> I made the mistake of buying one of them a couple of years ago.
>
> Do yourself a favor: get rechargeable batteries......the thing has
> no off swtich so it eats batteries.
>
> Another option is to get a regular keyboard.

I'd like to do that but I haven't found a BT device I need for that. I
would need something that accepts a PS2 keyboard and converts that to BT.


> >Note: The graphics on the above site do not show that it is part of the
> >keyboard that is holding up the PPC.
> The way it supports the ppc is very flimsy. Looks like it would
> break if I looked at it. So I got a plastic stand to put the
> ppc on instead of using the keyboard holder for the ppc.

Yes it is flimsy but it is still better than nothing.

Manfred
Fri Apr 11 08:44:47 PDT 2008

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:53:44 -0600, "Roger 2008" <rwpcs@att.net>
wrote:
>> >It becomes a Pockets PC. (Note: you add an 's' to "Pocket" to make it
>> >plural)
>> Huh? You want to translate that into english?
>
>I don't put a Bluetooth keyboard in the same pocket as my Pocket PC. With
>the keyboard it takes Two PocketS instead of one, making it a PocketS PC.
>Is that good enough?
Lame.

>
>
>> >My BT KB:
>> >http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/FA802AA%2523AC3
>> I made the mistake of buying one of them a couple of years ago.
>>
>> Do yourself a favor: get rechargeable batteries......the thing has
>> no off swtich so it eats batteries.
>>
>> Another option is to get a regular keyboard.
>
>I'd like to do that but I haven't found a BT device I need for that. I
>would need something that accepts a PS2 keyboard and converts that to BT.
One of the things I did was buy the regular keyboard for the Ipaq,
the BT keyboard was eating batteries at the time and I
hadn't gotten the idea to try rechargeables.

>
>
>> >Note: The graphics on the above site do not show that it is part of the
>> >keyboard that is holding up the PPC.
>> The way it supports the ppc is very flimsy. Looks like it would
>> break if I looked at it. So I got a plastic stand to put the
>> ppc on instead of using the keyboard holder for the ppc.
>
>Yes it is flimsy but it is still better than nothing.
>
Actually nothing is probably better. I just place the Ipaq on the
table or on a plastic holder that I picked up at Staples.

(the holder was originally made for holding business cards.)

The point is the Ipaq holder on the BT keyboard will break,
it's only a question of when. Looks very fragile and
i'll start using it when HP commits to fixing it. And that
will happen just after they fix the battery problem.

Roger
Fri Apr 11 09:25:52 PDT 2008


"Manfred Mann" <ManfredMann@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:53:44 -0600, "Roger 2008" <rwpcs@att.net>
> wrote:
> >> >It becomes a Pockets PC. (Note: you add an 's' to "Pocket" to make
it
> >> >plural)
> >> Huh? You want to translate that into english?
> >
> >I don't put a Bluetooth keyboard in the same pocket as my Pocket PC.
With
> >the keyboard it takes Two PocketS instead of one, making it a PocketS PC.
> >Is that good enough?
> Lame.

Some people thought it was funny.


> >> >My BT KB:
> >> >http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/FA802AA%2523AC3
> >> I made the mistake of buying one of them a couple of years ago.
> >>
> >> Do yourself a favor: get rechargeable batteries......the thing has
> >> no off swtich so it eats batteries.
> >>
> >> Another option is to get a regular keyboard.
> >
> >I'd like to do that but I haven't found a BT device I need for that. I
> >would need something that accepts a PS2 keyboard and converts that to BT.
> One of the things I did was buy the regular keyboard for the Ipaq,
> the BT keyboard was eating batteries at the time and I
> hadn't gotten the idea to try rechargeables.

So how did you connect a "regular keyboard" to an iPAQ? I am very
interested. TIA. I'd just love to connect an old AT keyboard to it,
especially since I have an extra one laying around.



> >> >Note: The graphics on the above site do not show that it is part of
the
> >> >keyboard that is holding up the PPC.
> >> The way it supports the ppc is very flimsy. Looks like it would
> >> break if I looked at it. So I got a plastic stand to put the
> >> ppc on instead of using the keyboard holder for the ppc.
> >
> >Yes it is flimsy but it is still better than nothing.
> >
> Actually nothing is probably better. I just place the Ipaq on the
> table or on a plastic holder that I picked up at Staples.
>
> (the holder was originally made for holding business cards.)

I'll look into that myself and thanks for the idea.


> The point is the Ipaq holder on the BT keyboard will break,
> it's only a question of when. Looks very fragile and
> i'll start using it when HP commits to fixing it. And that
> will happen just after they fix the battery problem.

Oh, you mean add an off switch. Yeah, I noticed HP does not like to let you
shut off iPAQ either.

BTW my BT KB came with recharagables but it was a brand I've never heard of
before.

Manfred
Fri Apr 11 09:45:04 PDT 2008

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:26:55 -0600, "Roger 2008" <rwpcs@att.net>
wrote:
>> One of the things I did was buy the regular keyboard for the Ipaq,
>> the BT keyboard was eating batteries at the time and I
>> hadn't gotten the idea to try rechargeables.
>
>So how did you connect a "regular keyboard" to an iPAQ? I am very
>interested. TIA. I'd just love to connect an old AT keyboard to it,
>especially since I have an extra one laying around.
It plugs into the bottom of the ipaq.

(HP sells a regular non BT keyboard for the Ipaq.)

>I'll look into that myself and thanks for the idea.
Note that it is Bluetooth so you can use the keyboard
and have the ipaq a short distance away on say a
shelf.


>Oh, you mean add an off switch. Yeah, I noticed HP does not like to let you
>shut off iPAQ either.
And it kills the batteries in less than 2 weeks.

>BTW my BT KB came with recharagables but it was a brand I've never heard of
>before.
My keyboard came with no batteries. (Guess HP heard our complaints.)

Adam
Fri Apr 11 11:14:05 PDT 2008

"Roger 2008" <rwpcs@att.net> wrote in message
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>> Huh? You want to translate that into english?
>
> I don't put a Bluetooth keyboard in the same pocket as my Pocket PC. With
> the keyboard it takes Two PocketS instead of one, making it a PocketS PC.


Sometimes I find a person's explanation of a joke much funnier than the joke
itself.

Peter
Fri Apr 11 11:27:22 PDT 2008

Roger 2008 wrote:

>>> Note: The graphics on the above site do not show that it is part of
>>> the keyboard that is holding up the PPC.
>> The way it supports the ppc is very flimsy. Looks like it would
>> break if I looked at it. So I got a plastic stand to put the
>> ppc on instead of using the keyboard holder for the ppc.
>
> Yes it is flimsy but it is still better than nothing.

If you want one of the absolute coolest BT keyboards that work not only with
PPC (I also use it on my laptop with a BT dongle), but is rechargable and
fits in a pocket/same pocket as the PDA
http://www.virtual-laser-keyboard.com/ <---- if nothing else see the
pictures on the site of it in use.. it is really cool!

Note thay have both BT and USB models... For the pda, make sure it is the BT
one.....

Roger
Fri Apr 11 11:38:13 PDT 2008


"Peter Pan" <PeterPanNOSPAM@MarcAlanNOSPAM.info> wrote in message
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> Roger 2008 wrote:
>
> >>> Note: The graphics on the above site do not show that it is part of
> >>> the keyboard that is holding up the PPC.
> >> The way it supports the ppc is very flimsy. Looks like it would
> >> break if I looked at it. So I got a plastic stand to put the
> >> ppc on instead of using the keyboard holder for the ppc.
> >
> > Yes it is flimsy but it is still better than nothing.
>
> If you want one of the absolute coolest BT keyboards that work not only
with
> PPC (I also use it on my laptop with a BT dongle), but is rechargable and
> fits in a pocket/same pocket as the PDA
> http://www.virtual-laser-keyboard.com/ <---- if nothing else see the
> pictures on the site of it in use.. it is really cool!
>
> Note thay have both BT and USB models... For the pda, make sure it is the
BT
> one.....

WOW! Thanks for the heads up on that device because I might just get one.

Sven
Fri Apr 11 17:09:10 PDT 2008

I have one of those too, and it is nice, BUT, I have never had anyone who
touch types like it. There is absolutely no tactile feedback, and you cannot
rest your fingers 'on the keys'. You must float your fingers a fair distance
above the surface to not trigger a key press. I am not a touch typist, so it
doesn't bother me.
Peter Pan may respond that he/she is a touch typist and has adjusted, but as
I said, I have shown it to many and it is universally disliked, by those
that can actually type. Just an FYI, as they aren't cheap.

--
Sven
MVP Mobile Devices
"Roger 2008" <rwpcs@att.net> wrote in message
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>

Roger
Fri Apr 11 23:18:13 PDT 2008


"Sven" <sejohannsen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have one of those too, and it is nice, BUT, I have never had anyone who
> touch types like it. There is absolutely no tactile feedback, and you
cannot
> rest your fingers 'on the keys'. You must float your fingers a fair
distance
> above the surface to not trigger a key press. I am not a touch typist, so
it
> doesn't bother me.
> Peter Pan may respond that he/she is a touch typist and has adjusted, but
as
> I said, I have shown it to many and it is universally disliked, by those
> that can actually type. Just an FYI, as they aren't cheap.
>
> --
> Sven
> MVP Mobile Devices

Thank you for that info. While I am a "touch typist" that has never stopped
me from buying gadgets before.

Roger
Sat Apr 12 07:09:57 PDT 2008


"Peter Pan" <PeterPanNOSPAM@MarcAlanNOSPAM.info> wrote in message
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> Roger 2008 wrote:
>
> >>> Note: The graphics on the above site do not show that it is part of
> >>> the keyboard that is holding up the PPC.
> >> The way it supports the ppc is very flimsy. Looks like it would
> >> break if I looked at it. So I got a plastic stand to put the
> >> ppc on instead of using the keyboard holder for the ppc.
> >
> > Yes it is flimsy but it is still better than nothing.
>
> If you want one of the absolute coolest BT keyboards that work not only
with
> PPC (I also use it on my laptop with a BT dongle), but is rechargable and
> fits in a pocket/same pocket as the PDA
> http://www.virtual-laser-keyboard.com/ <---- if nothing else see the
> pictures on the site of it in use.. it is really cool!
>
> Note thay have both BT and USB models... For the pda, make sure it is the
BT
> one.....

I just noticed that HTC has a new BT KB in the works. It makes me think
they designed for the HTC Touch since it is so small.

http://freedominput.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=30

Peter
Sat Apr 12 07:36:34 PDT 2008

Sven wrote:
> I have one of those too, and it is nice, BUT, I have never had anyone
> who touch types like it. There is absolutely no tactile feedback, and
> you cannot rest your fingers 'on the keys'. You must float your
> fingers a fair distance above the surface to not trigger a key press.
> I am not a touch typist, so it doesn't bother me.
> Peter Pan may respond that he/she is a touch typist and has adjusted,
> but as I said, I have shown it to many and it is universally
> disliked, by those that can actually type. Just an FYI, as they
> aren't cheap.

Nope, I'm a hunt and pecker..... love the wow effect (sound effects/click,
when a keypress is made/accepted), and sure is cool to pull out at a client,
or during a meeting (and beats the heck out of trying to type with a
stylus!).... There was a few messages about pockets/pocketS, and it just
made a neuron fire since I carry it in the same pocket as my PDA
(pockets/S... I don't need no steenking pockets! :)

Peter
Sat Apr 12 07:55:30 PDT 2008

Roger 2008 wrote:

>
> I just noticed that HTC has a new BT KB in the works. It makes me
> think they designed for the HTC Touch since it is so small.
>
> http://freedominput.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=30

Did you see the size of it? credit card sized.... I have fat fingers!

not BT, but I also use a pretty cool product called phatpad (lets you
handwrite stuff with the stylus and then save/email it, like things that
don't require me to hook em up, always lose wires..... :)
Free trial link below
http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=1&osId=807&jid=872E495AF684CE6B667592678XB463D3&N=4294926649&Ntt=phatpad&R=83676&productId=83676

Roger
Sat Apr 12 08:52:07 PDT 2008


"Peter Pan" <PeterPanNOSPAM@MarcAlanNOSPAM.info> wrote in message
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> Roger 2008 wrote:
>
> >
> > I just noticed that HTC has a new BT KB in the works. It makes me
> > think they designed for the HTC Touch since it is so small.
> >
> >
http://freedominput.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=30
>
> Did you see the size of it? credit card sized.... I have fat fingers!

It is clearly too small for fingers and too big for a stylus so I was
thinking, maybe the back end of the stylus would work.

BTW I saw something on the internet a while back where a guy had a Thumb
surgically altered so he could use it with an iPhone. I'll look around for
that link later because I think I might have saved it.


> not BT, but I also use a pretty cool product called phatpad (lets you
> handwrite stuff with the stylus and then save/email it, like things that
> don't require me to hook em up, always lose wires..... :)
> Free trial link below
>
http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=1&osId=807&jid=872E495AF684CE6B667592678XB463D3&N=4294926649&Ntt=phatpad&R=83676&productId=83676

Interesting. BTW I have used the Transcriber that comes with WM5 & WM6
quite a bit already and have had good luck with it so I still use that from
time to time.

Sven
Sat Apr 12 09:21:34 PDT 2008

Thought you might be. Bet we are both pretty fast at that, but it is
conducive to this particular 'keyboard'.

--
Sven
MVP Mobile Devices
"Peter Pan" <PeterPanNOSPAM@MarcAlanNOSPAM.info> wrote in message
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> Sven wrote:
>> I have one of those too, and it is nice, BUT, I have never had anyone
>> who touch types like it. There is absolutely no tactile feedback, and
>> you cannot rest your fingers 'on the keys'. You must float your
>> fingers a fair distance above the surface to not trigger a key press.
>> I am not a touch typist, so it doesn't bother me.
>> Peter Pan may respond that he/she is a touch typist and has adjusted,
>> but as I said, I have shown it to many and it is universally
>> disliked, by those that can actually type. Just an FYI, as they
>> aren't cheap.
>
> Nope, I'm a hunt and pecker..... love the wow effect (sound effects/click,
> when a keypress is made/accepted), and sure is cool to pull out at a
> client, or during a meeting (and beats the heck out of trying to type with
> a stylus!).... There was a few messages about pockets/pocketS, and it just
> made a neuron fire since I carry it in the same pocket as my PDA
> (pockets/S... I don't need no steenking pockets! :)
>

Sven
Sat Apr 12 09:23:40 PDT 2008

More power too you then. I'm the same about gadgets (which is why I've had
one of these for years), but wanted to save you some $ if that was a concern
for you.

--
Sven
MVP Mobile Devices
"Roger 2008" <rwpcs@att.net> wrote in message
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>
> Thank you for that info. While I am a "touch typist" that has never
> stopped
> me from buying gadgets before.
>
>
>