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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: trentva on Sat, 17 November 2012, 14:33:43

Title: connecting realforce kb to ipad with thunderbolt port???
Post by: trentva on Sat, 17 November 2012, 14:33:43

hello i was wondering if anyone had the new retina ipad and had any succes connecting a realforce board to it succesfully and if so how was it accomplised?? i purchased the thunderbolt to usb hub camera connection kit but when i plugged in the kb it did absolutely nothing.... any feedback would be appreciated thanks!

Title: Re: connecting realforce kb to ipad with thunderbolt port???
Post by: SmallFry on Sat, 17 November 2012, 14:38:04

Sell your Mac? :P

Title: Re: connecting realforce kb to ipad with thunderbolt port???
Post by: TheQsanity on Sat, 17 November 2012, 17:16:03

It needs software to back it up. Ipads do not have it or need to be jailbroken. Some androids have the software for keyboard support. And conect through mini to micro usb.

Title: Re: connecting realforce kb to ipad with thunderbolt port???
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 17 November 2012, 17:56:20

Are you fo' cereal?

Title: Re: connecting realforce kb to ipad with thunderbolt port???
Post by: TheQsanity on Sat, 17 November 2012, 19:24:51

Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 17 November 2012, 17:56:20

Are you fo' cereal?

Me? Yes. I actually was looking up how to uae a kb with a phone not too long ago