Comments on: iPhone Hard Keyboard… the Hard Way

By: Smurf

Smurf — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:05:06 +0000

I think this would be nice if you are too lazy (like me) to boot up my PC and rather than using a tiny keyboard and having to go back and edit your text every time you mess up you take out your handy-dandy keyboard and type superfast.

By: infoliberation

infoliberation — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:15:34 +0000

When are we getting Iphone’s with atom or better chips?

By: Pinny

Pinny — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:49:59 +0000

Whether or not you’re into bt keyboards, you gotta admit, the iPhone, with it’s big, bright, hi-res screen, is more suited to one than most other devices out there that have them.

By: Doctor

Doctor — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:53:10 +0000

@Steve: Apple doesn’t need to make this…all they need to do is open up the bluetooth profile to allow one of the many manufacturers who already make BT keyboards work with the iPhone OS. As for the folding keyboards, they fit quite well into a pair of jeans or a coat pocket…

By: Rusty J

Rusty J — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:04:28 +0000

Dangit — this is maddeningly close. The inability to use a BT keyboard with the iPhone is one of the very few things keeping me from getting one. (The other is the inability to use it as a HSDPA modem over BT for a laptop.)

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:29:12 +0000

Steve Jobs may not be there much longer so… hopefully something great like BT KB support would be possilbe. I personally can’t wait till I can add a BT keyboard.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:13:41 +0000

@Doctor: Er, yes, I know it folds… but that’d still require one big-azz pocket, and it defeats the whole purpose of mobility. Apple won’t make it as long as Steve Jobs is running things.

By: Doctor

Doctor — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:40:40 +0000

@Steve: Er, the keyboard is a folding bluetooth keyboard that WILL fit in your pocket. PocketPC owners have had this option for years...

I'm waiting for this to be a standard accessory for Apple. I'll buy one, knowing how useful it was for my PocketPC a few years ago. It changes your handheld device into a whole new device. It's hard to explain, but it really does.

By: Seth Tisue

Seth Tisue — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:02:50 +0000

Sure a laptop is better suited, but a laptop weighs a ton compared to a phone and a keyboard. I’d love to have an external keyboard like this so I could leave my laptop at home more often.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:21:57 +0000

I would love for the iPhone to communicate with a BT keyboard, but I'm not going to hack it to make it happen. Although I disagree with his vitriol, I agree with Steve that a laptop is better suited for on-the-go editing. I can't imagine such a hack being all that beneficial, other than for people to say, "Hey, look what I can do!"

In other words, it'd be nice to pair with a BT keyboard, but I'm fine to wait for Apple to support it natively, if at all.