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PalmOne Infrared Wireless Keyboard Palm Review

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Revainrating 2.5 out of 5  
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2.7
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Connectivity TechnologyInfrared
BrandPalm
LanguageEnglish

Description of PalmOne Infrared Wireless Keyboard Palm

Foldable for easy transport in your pocket, bag or purse!. Infrared technology -- no need to buy any other accessories, works with the built-in Infrared port on your Palm PDA!. Compatible with the following Palm Handhelds -. Palm Tungsten Series Handhelds. Palm Zire Series Handhelds.

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Revainrating 1 out of 5

Incredibly frustrated and angry

I will not respond to the existing reviews other than agreeing with the description of the keyboard as very clunky. That was disappointing enough given Palm's reputation for making elegant products that I've come to love over the years—still. Unfortunately I bought what looks like a lemon. The device is incredibly unreliable - sometimes it works perfectly, and then about every fourth or fifth time I use it, it just doesn't respond to input for no apparent reason. To make matters worse, I'm…

Pros
  • Folds up in your pocket, bag or purse for easy carrying!
Cons
  • boring packaging

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Wireless is great, numbers are awkward for touch input

The keyboard is a little thinner than my Stowaway keyboard but larger in two ways. Unlike the Stowaway's sophisticated folding design, it simply folds in half. Press the latch (which also serves as a rest for your palm) and open the right half of the keyboard. In fact, it is very similar to the ThinkOutside wireless keyboard. Welcome to the three-row keyboard layout (with a split spacebar and other function keys on the fourth row). The blue Fn key gives you access to PDA-related numbers and…

Pros
  • Compatible with the following Palm PDAs -
Cons
  • No performance

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Not perfect but works well

Update/Caution. In early October 2004, PalmOne released a "Universal Wireless Keyboard Driver" update on its T3 website. This is NOT the correct driver for this keyboard - the driver for this keyboard is available on the Palm Accessories page for this keyboard and appears to have been last updated on 2003-12-12. I'm having system issues after installing this wrong driver, so make sure you get the correct driver (the images show a UWKeyboard with a different key layout). work very nice. The lack

Pros
  • Palm Tungsten Series
Cons
  • Cable is shorter than other models