PalmOne Ultra Thin Keyboard for Palm m130, Tungsten, m515, and i705 series by Palm
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Digital camera reviews of PalmOne Ultra Thin Keyboard for Palm m130, Tungsten, m515, and i705 series
Digital camera Review: Confusing...at first
Summary: 5 Stars
I ordered this keyboard after trying the "Thumbboard" which was an absolute disaster. It took me about two days of trial and error to get the feel of this new keyboard. More challenging was figuring out how to navigate my Palm 515 without switching between stylus and keyboard. However, after persistence and a bit of frustration, the keyboard is a gem. I can now do almost anything with my Palm that I can do with my laptop. The keyword in that last sentence was "almost." If you have a great deal of patience, then this keyboard will work just fine for you!Digital camera Review: Cool!!
Summary: 4 Stars
It's great. i had no problem with this keyboard. easy install....if it works perfectly with docs-to-go and sheets-to-go...i'll be really happy..really portable..Digital camera Review: Definately a 'must' have for Palm users.
Summary: 5 Stars
Despite all warnings I did buy the keyboard, because I needed it. It works super om my Tungsten T. Really great.Before this I owned a Palm V with the stowaway keyboard which I already rated high. But the ultraslim types just a little bit better. And I make my money typing .. so I'm a real hardcore user (also on graffiti).
pro's
First: it is stable. You can use it on your knees and in bed. Quite an improvement over the older keyboard I used... although the Mrs might think different about that :)
Second: key-quality is better. You have better control over your typing. I now know when I miss a letter (like I know it on my notebook) and that was a feeling I lacked using my older keyboard.
Third: it is fixed and firm. You can actually move the whole shebang while shifting locations without having to fold it. That alone saves me a lot of time.
Fourth: it is so much smaller im comparission with my older keyboard, while having the same functionality.
On the other side, the slim size comes with one 'problem': It has only 4 rows of keys. Although everything is present with green or blue FN keys, it forces me to look at my keyboard more than I would like to and it makes me hit air, while I'm looking for backspace ... something I still have to got used to.
In all a great piece of work, small and firm. Definately a must have.
Digital camera Review: Don't *EVER* drop it!
Summary: 3 Stars
Frankly, I love this keyboard, and enjoy using it.I think the complaints about the 4-row limitations
are of no real importance in general use
(accountants and programmers may disagree!)
and find it generally to be a sweet little contraption.
My only complaint / concern is its fragility.
I'm generally extremely careful about such things,
but it slipped from my hand (folded and latched)
and fell to the carpeted floor once; it has been
reluctant to close ever since.
It still works just fine - it just no longer wants to close,
and every time I do so, I wonder if *this* is going to be
the time I break it.
I find that very annoying, and my joy in it is dimmed:
tools one must fuss over are counter-productive.
It's a rough-&-tumble world, and products must be
rugged enough to survive actual use in the real world;
this accident was as mild and moderate as they come,
& a productivity tool aimed at busy people on the move
should provide greater dependability than this.
Digital camera Review: Elegant design ruined with shoddy construction
Summary: 1 Stars
BY ALL MEANS AVOID THIS OVERPRICED MARVEL OF MODERN ENGINEERING.
I wish I could give this item 0 stars, it's that bad. I've used my keyboard very little, never dropped it, not mishandled it, and to my horror it just now fell apart. I pulled out the backstop against which the Palm rests upright and it literally came to pieces in my hands. There wasn't even that feeling of resistance that lets you better slow down and see what's going on. Just pieces of plastic and screws falling all over the place.
It's pushed me another step closer to the inevitable transition to PocketPC, even though I've been a fanatic Palm user ever since the very first Palm Pilots came out. Another once great product dies an ugly death at the hands of production "efficiency."