Mark> 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 >> Mark> I am definitely a touch typist, but I'm adaptable. I can use my Psion Mark> Series 5 to good effect, as well as a tiny folding IR keyboard for my Mark> Handspring Visor. (Too bad the Nokias don't have IR... of course I'd Mark> still be lacking a driver.) They both have sculpted keys, though, so Mark> it's easy to home your fingers. I'm not expecting a desktop (or even Mark> full-sized laptop) keyboard experience. Apple does tend to place form Mark> before function, image over substance, and hype above reality, so Mark> don't get me started... Mark> But I digress. What I really need to know if it's *compatible*, as in Mark> plug-and-play. If it won't work with the N800 or kubuntu out of the Mark> box, I'm not interested. yes, it is. it works with the N800 out of the box. No special configuration is needed. Mark> But if I could find something the size of my IR keyboard for a Mark> reasonable price that's compatible, I'd jump at it. $80 for the Apple Mark> keyboard is way at the top end of what I'm willing to pay, and then Mine came with a mac pro. I would never use it for day to day typing (for the reasons Mike mentioned) but it is great for the N800. --dmg Mark> only if it will work with my laptop and desktop as well. $130-$150 for Mark> something that cost the manufacturer $10 at most to make is not my Mark> idea of reasonable (the "Stowaway" model under various brands.) The Mark> even smaller thumb keyboards (akin to the built-in N810 keyboard) are Mark> not an option, either, as that would defeat the purpose. Mark> There's a cool little device that projects an image of a keyboard on Mark> any surface, but it's too expensive and won't work on a lap or leg. I Mark> forget who makes it and what it's called, but aside from the coolness Mark> factor and tiniest possible size for toting around, it also lacks any Mark> feedback feel and requires a reasonably flat and relatively large area Mark> to work. Mark> Mark -- -- Daniel M. German http://turingmachine.org/ http://silvernegative.com/ dmg (at) uvic (dot) ca replace (at) with @ and (dot) with .
