PalmOne Infrared Wireless Keyboard Palm Review

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…

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…

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