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: Horrible Keyboard
Summary: 1 Stars
Here they go trying to jazz up things to the point where they are useless. The KB is unsupported at the ends and thus it annoyingly rocks side to side when typing. The old foldable KB is much better.Digital camera Review: It does work...
Summary: 5 Stars
I was quite worried to buy it after reading the reviews on Amazon. But I really needed a keyboard so I bought it anyway -- and it does work. I have a Tungsten T and use WordSmith -- and the keyboard works with WordSmith and all the other programs. You can pretty much control your entire Tungsten T with the keyboard -- and I didn't even read the instruction manual, so if I had read it, maybe I could do even more... If by chance, you received one that doesn't work, try to get another one, the one you got must have been defective.Digital camera Review: It does work...
Summary: 5 Stars
I was quite worried to buy it after reading the reviews on Amazon. But I really needed a keyboard so I bought it anyway -- and it does work. I have a Tungsten T and use WordSmith -- and the keyboard works with WordSmith and all the other programs. You can pretty much control your entire Tungsten T with the keyboard -- and I didn't even read the instruction manual, so if I had read it, maybe I could do even more... If by chance, you received one that doesn't work, try to get another one, the one you got must have been defective.Digital camera Review: Looks cool but this keyboard is inferior
Summary: 1 Stars
I had no problems getting the keyboard to work - though there is an annoying bug in the current driver that creates a hassle for syncing to a Mac.The beauty of a portable keyboard is that you can really type quickly and comfortably, as if you were using a standard computer. But the Ultra-thin has slightly smaller key spacing. Also, certains keys are smaller and displaced slightly from their position on a normal keyboard. One can't just focus on the content of what you are writing, rather, it is necessary to pay attention to where your fingers are going. The space bar, delete key are problematic as well as those characters such as parens that require unusual combinations of keystrokes.
The ultra-thin does have greater rigidity, but this is not useful because the whole unit with the weight of the PDA attached is too unstable to use if not at least on a magazine on your lap -- and this is certainly enough support for the standard palm keyboard. Also the Ultra-thin is unsupported at the ends of the keyboard, so it can be unstable when typing keys at the right and left extremes of the keyboard (this is not a problem with the standard keyboard since it is flat on the bottom)
Palm's standard portable keyboard is infinitely more comfortable to use. This far outweighs a marginally more cool look. I returned my ultra-thin and bought the palm portable.
I think those who think the ultrathin is great - are comparing it to entering lots of text with the stylus -- it is certainly an improvement over that! However, for a touch typist interested in productivity, the Ultra-thin is inferior.
Digital camera Review: Needs dedicated number keys
Summary: 3 Stars
Size, weight, and Palm connection are great. The lack of dedicated number keys, and awkward character key fingering have become a real problem for this computer science student.