Done. It probably won't show up for a few days. Wednesday at the earliest. I will let you know what I find out. Thanks for the heads up. Looks like a nice keyboard if it works. On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Fernando Cassia <fcassia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have been looking for Bluetooth keyboards for a long long time, and > I noticed the prices range from ~$70 to $120. > > However, for the first time I see a bluetooth keyboard below the $50 > mark. It's the "Shasta" foldable keyboard by StowAway (I own one of > their old IR keyboard for PalmOS devices and it works very well). > However, the "Shasta" is marketed specifically for the BlackBerry. > > I wonder... from a wireless protocol point of view... isn't a > Bluetooth Keyboard just a "wireless input device", I mean, generic of > sorts, regardless of what plastic legs the device has to support a > CrackBerry in vertical position?. Or if there anything > "Blackberry-specific" about this keyboard? > > Anyone in the U.S. with a N800/N810 willing to take advantage of > Amazon.com's money-back warranty (or willing to sell it on eBay later > to recoup the cost if it doesn't work), care to test it with the Nokia > N800/N810? > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BYGGEY?ie=UTF8&tag=mnmsprst-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000BYGGEY > > I would buy it, but spending $50 (and not owning a BlackBerry nor > wanting to -I'm happy with my Palm Centro) only to find later that it > doesn't work is not my idea of fun, specially considering I have to > pay reshipping to South America and import duties... > > Anyway... if anyone is curious, please checkout that $45 Bluetooth > keyboard.... sounds enticing... but I'm not willing to buy it until > someone report it works (or confirms my suspicion that all Bluetooth > Keyboards are the same from a protocol/stack/drivers point of view). > > Thanks, > > FC > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > -- Thanks, Aaron Newcomb http://www.thesourceshow.org http://www.opennewsshow.org _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
