On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Mike Klein <mklein at vxappliance.com> wrote: > Key travel sucks on them. Not a good typing experience. Hard to home > your fingers on keys. > > They do look great though! > > If you're not a real typer you will be happy. > > mike > I am definitely a touch typist, but I'm adaptable. I can use my Psion Series 5 to good effect, as well as a tiny folding IR keyboard for my Handspring Visor. (Too bad the Nokias don't have IR... of course I'd still be lacking a driver.) They both have sculpted keys, though, so it's easy to home your fingers. I'm not expecting a desktop (or even full-sized laptop) keyboard experience. Apple does tend to place form before function, image over substance, and hype above reality, so don't get me started... But I digress. What I really need to know if it's *compatible*, as in plug-and-play. If it won't work with the N800 or kubuntu out of the box, I'm not interested. But if I could find something the size of my IR keyboard for a reasonable price that's compatible, I'd jump at it. $80 for the Apple keyboard is way at the top end of what I'm willing to pay, and then only if it will work with my laptop and desktop as well. $130-$150 for something that cost the manufacturer $10 at most to make is not my idea of reasonable (the "Stowaway" model under various brands.) The even smaller thumb keyboards (akin to the built-in N810 keyboard) are not an option, either, as that would defeat the purpose. There's a cool little device that projects an image of a keyboard on any surface, but it's too expensive and won't work on a lap or leg. I forget who makes it and what it's called, but aside from the coolness factor and tiniest possible size for toting around, it also lacks any feedback feel and requires a reasonably flat and relatively large area to work. Mark
