Bluetooth keyboard on my iPAQ 5455

xboxlord · 01-19-04, 08:32 AM

I bought the new M$ keyboard which is bluetooth. I was wondering if there is any generic bluetooth keyboard software so that I could use my PC keyboard as my iPAQs input method. I know it wont be for portability but I don't want to have to get used to a tiny PDA keyboard, and I am already used to the Bluetooth one that I bought. Does anyone have any solution to such a problem?

Also, Is there a way to make my bluetooth mouse work as a stylus on the computer? Hmm...makes me wonder.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

xboxlord · 01-19-04, 06:13 PM

Does anyone know if this is possible? Or does anyone know if any generic bluetooth keyboard software will work?

doubleoghand · 01-19-04, 07:04 PM

I have heard from some sites(Cant remember which ones right now) that such a keyboard was in the works but none have been released yet.

xboxlord · 01-19-04, 07:12 PM

Maybe I was unclear. I have a normalsized keyboard for my PC which is Bluetooth enabled. I love the feel of it, but I want to know if there is any way to use this keyboard as my iPAQ's keyboard.

allklrnoflr · 01-19-04, 07:40 PM

I would try to e-mail the makers of your keyboard and mouse. Don't think they make the drivers for PPC's. Pretty cool idea though especially considering how expensive the BT keyboards are.

xboxlord · 01-19-04, 07:53 PM

Actually, the keyboard and mouse combination was only about $250 Canadian dollars. That is still guite a bit of money, but it was a good deal because the reciever acts as a USB Bluetooth dongle for other devices too. My keyboard is made by Microsoft.

allklrnoflr · 01-22-04, 12:56 PM

Hey XBOXLORD

This might be perfect for you, To bad it is not out yet.....

http://www.brighthand.com/article/Sy...ping_Blue_Dock

xboxlord · 01-22-04, 04:44 PM

Great idea and I hope it sells, but I already have a bluetooth keyboard and shelling out another $250 wouldn't be that great. Plus I had to install drivers for my Windows PC for the bluetooth connection, so I'm not sure they would work with this. Thanks anyway though!

Zippper · 01-22-04, 06:19 PM

Sorry dude - I am pretty sure that that keyboard will not work with a PocketPC. It only works with the BT receiver that came with it. You'd also need Pocket PC drivers for it as well.

Jimmy_Tudeski2003 · 10-20-04, 04:31 PM

So i gotta tell you my story. And help out anyone elst that is looking for a keyboard. I own a 4155, i bought three different keyboards. Either the drivers didn't work, the keyboards didn't work, or the damn thing was so inconvienent that i couldnt use it. So as a last frustrated effort to get the performance that I wanted, I boroke down and bought the bluetooth fom Think outside. Yes it was expencive, yes you can wait until someone else makes a cheaper one. But the owners of the 4155 know why they bought that model and not another one, compactness and completeness. So to make a long story short, the damn Think Outside keyboard surpassed my expectations. It connects every time, the only problem that I have had is when I went to install it, I got a funny message. Clicked past it and haven't had a problem since. I am typing this on an IBM keyboard that has keys that are closer together than the thinkoutside. I have a dell 300m laptop, the thinkoutside keyobard is better than that one. All of the people that see it and want to try it cant believe that I just pulled this keyboard out of my pocket its that god. I dont work for think outside and dont get anything from them. I just dont want to see other people go through the same kind of frustration that I went through. If you are thinking about a keyboard, buy that one and you wont regret it once.(except maybe the price)

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