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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: theapodan on Tue, 21 February 2012, 22:22:43

Title: Full size keyboard peripheral for smartphone?
Post by: theapodan on Tue, 21 February 2012, 22:22:43

First time posting here, lurker of about 2 weeks.  Hello.

So after 4 years of owning a simple cell phone only capable of making and receiving calls (Motorola F3, if you are curious) I have been considering something more modern, maybe a smartphone.  These new phones seem to be functionally equivalent to a computer, but with a dinky screen and an even dinkier keyboard.

I was unaware, but there are bluetooth keyboard peripherals that will work with these smartphones.  Motorola makes one, for example:
Motorola Wireless Keyboard (http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Tablet-Accessories/Motorola-Wireless-Keyboard-US-EN)

Is it practical at all, for purposes of mobile composition, to replace a laptop with a smartphone and bluetooth keyboard, or is there a reason I've never seen this, like it's hell to type more than 200 words or the screen size is just too small and the editing limitations too severe?

Title: Full size keyboard peripheral for smartphone?
Post by: alaricljs on Tue, 21 February 2012, 22:26:54

There are limits... for instance you need to double check that your phone and OS support it.
[video=youtube;Aj9qC3oKcZU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj9qC3oKcZU[/video]

Also, all it's going to do is make it easier to type emails or long notes to yourself, I can't think of any reason I'd bother attempting to do something truly productive on my cell.  For that I tote my laptop and wifi tether it to the cell.

Title: Full size keyboard peripheral for smartphone?
Post by: spdx on Tue, 21 February 2012, 22:38:14

There could be some other alternatives such as (1). AmazonBasic Bluetooth Keyboard (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005EOWBKE/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_g147_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1NK5KJW03RHQFMGSZFRE&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846)  (2). Apple Wireless Keyboard (http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Wireless-Keyboard-MC184LL-VERSION/dp/B005DLDO4U/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1329885206&sr=1-1)  (3). Logitech Tablet Keyboard (http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Tablet-Keyboard-Keyboard--920-003241/dp/B0054L8MR8/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1329885311&sr=1-1).