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Offline doublethink

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Hardware Numeric Keypad for Android
« on: Sat, 01 February 2014, 13:01:00 »
I am wondering if there is anyone out there who has had success with a USB OTG cable and a wired numpad in Android or even iOS.

It is for work and data entry into a google spreadsheet to sync back to my workstation.  I can lug a laptop across the building, or hand write them.  This sucks however.

All i need is the numbers and enter key.  I have played with 12 different onscreen keyboards, and If I use a tablet instead of a phone, I can get some that show a kind of retarded looking numpad by default.

But I would prefer either a bluetooth or hardwired solution on either my phone, or a nexus tablet.

I found this, but I don't speak japanese:

http://www2.elecom.co.jp/peripheral/10key/tk-tbm008/

Looks windows only.

Microsoft made one at one point, but its discontinued and also claimed windows only.

Thanks for any input, ideas, anything.

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Offline doublethink

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Re: Hardware Numeric Keypad for Android
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 02 February 2014, 12:32:33 »
Ok, in case anyone ever wants to try it, a USB OTG adapter and Adesso AKP-220B does work fine with Android 4.0+  You have to turn on numlock each time, but thats no big deal.

There is a bug in Google Drive Spreadsheets with the enter key creating a new line instead of going to the next field, but it is application level because it does the same bug even with a full keyboard attached.  (full 104 key cherry keyboards work too :) )

I took the chance and it worked, so hooray.

Offline blackbox

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Re: Hardware Numeric Keypad for Android
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 20 March 2014, 10:04:38 »
good, I have done the same. Most basic devices (mouses, keyboards) will work.
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