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iPhone is good for text messaging or simply typing a search word into the internet.]]>Nov 5th 2008 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/i have no problem synching my bt kb to a windows mobile and type an essay if i really wanted to!! can you write an essay on your iphone? i dont think so]]>Nov 5th 2008 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/...POCKETABLILITY...]]>Nov 5th 2008 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/
True, you probably wouldn't sit down and write a ten page essay on an iPhone, but the keyboard still doesn't keep me from posting comments/posting on message boards.]]>Nov 5th 2008 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/
I would be more interested in some sort of dock where I would be able to use a regular sized keyboard or I would like to be able to use the Apple bluetooth keyboard with my iPhone. But when I'm on the go and it's in my pocket, the soft keyboard is just fine for me.]]>Nov 5th 2008 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/
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yeah, id totally settle for that $1800 MBA rather than the $60-$100 bluetooth keyboard too man...]]>Nov 6th 2008 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/ Ctrl+V....]]>Nov 5th 2008 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/ Cmd+V you mean]]>Nov 5th 2008 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/
Not if you're going to do anything useful with it.]]>Nov 6th 2008 4:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/
1 - The iPhone has a perfectly decent keyboard, it just needs to have landscape availability at all times. I own a Sprint Mogul, and I find the iPhone keyboard to be not quite as good, but it's more than adequate.
2 - Kills practicality, as noted above
3 - Kills size - I mean look at it
4 - Needs a custom cable
5 - REQUIRES jailbreak

I'm no fanboy, trust me, but this is lame. A hack to get a landscape keyboard for SMS, etc and haptic feedback would be better than this solution IMO]]>Nov 5th 2008 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/
good try...]]>Nov 5th 2008 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 6th 2008 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/
I think it's a good idea but if you really need to type that much on an iPhone chances are you bought the wrong phone.]]>Nov 5th 2008 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/
I thought there was no new hardware in '08?! This is obviously a screenshot of the new Apple netbook!!]]>Nov 5th 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/
If you don't like the iphone keyboard then don't get an iPhone!]]>Nov 5th 2008 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/Nov 5th 2008 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/jailbroken-iphone-3g-gets-external-keyboard-says-hello/
While the onscreen is very useful, having the ability to use an external (Not just the small one pictured, they will make larger ones) keyboard will be very helpful for me. I'll really be able to take class notes, make long e-mails, edit papers, code in C++ or whatever, and so on! Now just to make it so the onscreen keyboard does not show up when the external is hooked up... ]]>Nov 5th 2008 12:57PM