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Title: iGo stowaway
Post by: IBI on Thu, 29 May 2008, 18:57:30

Does anyone here have any experience with this (http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/5175580/iGo-Stowaway-Ultra-Slim-Bluetooth-Keyboard/Product.html) keyboard? It's scissor switch of course, but from the reviews it seems fairly well made and it's full sized, a good price and bluetooth. If it's got reasonable keys as well then it seems like an excellent travel keyboard until such time as I have a spare £200 for the hhkb pro. :rolleyes:

Title: iGo stowaway
Post by: 2097 on Fri, 30 May 2008, 05:10:11

If you're saving up for one keyboard, it doesn't make sense to spend money on another.

Title: iGo stowaway
Post by: xsphat on Fri, 30 May 2008, 11:59:02

Quote from: 2097;4963

If you're saving up for one keyboard, it doesn't make sense to spend money on another.

That is the most "Zen" like post I've ever seen. Cool.

Title: iGo stowaway
Post by: Waves77 on Fri, 30 May 2008, 12:53:23

Except that he didn't say he was saving up for it ;)

Title: iGo stowaway
Post by: xsphat on Fri, 30 May 2008, 13:09:38

Pretty soon, only Spock will be able to post here ...

Title: iGo stowaway
Post by: djones on Fri, 30 May 2008, 14:49:30

The road to HHKB
Paved with many cheap keyboards
To derail you from your prize

okay that sucks, someone make a better haiku,

Title: iGo stowaway
Post by: IBI on Sat, 31 May 2008, 16:50:25

Quote from: Waves77;4981

Except that he didn't say he was saving up for it ;)

It's the elephant in the room. There are a couple of things that rather put me off that keyboard so I'm not planning on actually buying it but as it is such a highly rated keyboard then sooner or later I'll probably end up getting one.

Quote from: djones;4984

The road to HHKB
Paved with many cheap keyboards
To derail you from your prize

okay that sucks, someone make a better haiku,

There's quite the new forum appeared,
with members unusually wierd.
They've a fairly large hoard,
of treasure they've scored,
from offices; shut down and cleared.

Title: iGo stowaway
Post by: Waves77 on Sat, 31 May 2008, 17:25:45

Quote from: IBI;5007

It's the elephant in the room. There are a couple of things that rather put me off that keyboard so I'm not planning on actually buying it but as it is such a highly rated keyboard then sooner or later I'll probably end up getting one.

Agreed. Usually this would look to small for me (I like full sized keyboards), but I would really like to try one as well.

Quote

There's quite the new forum appeared,
with members unusually wierd.
They've a fairly large hoard,
of treasure they've scored,
from offices; shut down and cleared.

Nice!

Title: iGo stowaway
Post by: bigpook on Sat, 31 May 2008, 17:47:06

Quote from: IBI;5007

It's the elephant in the room. There are a couple of things that rather put me off that keyboard so I'm not planning on actually buying it but as it is such a highly rated keyboard then sooner or later I'll probably end up getting one.

I am in the same boat, will eventually get the HHKP Pro2 , just not today.

Title: iGo stowaway
Post by: xsphat on Sat, 31 May 2008, 22:22:42

Quote from: bigpook;5010

I am in the same boat, will eventually get the HHKP Pro2 , just not today.

You'd dig it so much though ... why do you think so many members here have them?

Title: iGo stowaway
Post by: 2097 on Mon, 02 June 2008, 09:36:23

Just got my HHK pro 2 this morning. Beautiful look, all keys perfectly placed for my fingers. I keep bottoming out on it, though, which I was hoping to avoid. A keeper, overall. My quest is over.

Title: iGo stowaway
Post by: iMav on Mon, 02 June 2008, 10:03:38

Quote from: 2097;5060

Just got my HHK pro 2 this morning. Beautiful look, all keys perfectly placed for my fingers. I keep bottoming out on it, though, which I was hoping to avoid. A keeper, overall. My quest is over.

congratulations!

pics?  :)

Title: iGo stowaway
Post by: 2097 on Mon, 02 June 2008, 10:23:27

None yet, but it's a white, blank (would've gotten a printed one if they still made dvorak caps) PD-KB400WN. So far I have SW5 set to put the alt keys closer to the space bar.

Haven't made my mind up about the other switches yet. I guess it will depend on what applications I'll be using, like Nautilus, which uses backspace to go up a folder.

Title: iGo stowaway
Post by: IBI on Mon, 02 June 2008, 17:15:07

Does the HHKB use any sort of popular keycap attachment or a custom one?