http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/ Engadget Comments for Video: Apple's iPhone and Bluetooth keyboard get together, have a good ole time http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/
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I don't want to carry a keyboard around.

:D]]>Feb 22nd 2009 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/
The more hackery we get done with bluetooth, the closer we get to car compatibility, A2DP, Bluetooth speakers, etc etc etc.

Sure, this isn't practical, but it marks a step in giving the iPhone functionality it should have had from day one! Keep hacking!]]>Feb 22nd 2009 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/
It would be daft to carry a regular keyboard but there are several quite small keyboards.

Heres a video of Nokia one
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=SU-8W&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&um=1&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&ei=gfyhSbG5JoLJ-AaJ_IG4Dg&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=7&ct=title#

iGo Stowaway Ultra-Slim Bluetooth Keyboard is another candidate for carrying around

For text messaging a phones keyboard is enough but for long emails a keyboard is a must if you care about your thumbs]]>Feb 22nd 2009 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/
call me crazy but I do carry my bluetooth keyboard with me in my backpack. I can use it with my windows mobile phone and it's pretty dang nice. My teachers will let me take notes with it, makes my life easier, and saves paper. :D Plus I can get more work done without the weight of a laptop.

I'd love an iPhone if I can get this and word (or better note syncing) on there!]]>Feb 22nd 2009 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/If there's any full-sized keyboard you're going to carry around with you, the aluminum Apple wireless is the one. It'll fit in your back pocket.]]>Feb 22nd 2009 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/
so will a sony p series!]]>Feb 22nd 2009 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 23rd 2009 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/
Seriously, why would you want to "unportable" the portable with a huge keyboard?

You want to do some work? USE A LAPTOP.
You want to do some work on the go, but does not have a laptop? GO TO A CYBER CAFE.
the iphone is not designed for work, you knew it, i knew it? STOP HARPING OUT THE THINGS ITS NOT MEND TO DO.

geez, how low have people got to.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 1:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 23rd 2009 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/
Which, of course, begs the question: how come Apple fans can do what Apple's engineers can't?

Hmm?]]>Feb 23rd 2009 5:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/
My guess is this is crippled intentionally because of the AT&T deal. Apple stopped the program that made iPhone a connection point for computer for the AT&T deal. If they allowed BT keyboard connection somebody could make a driver for PC that typed webpage addresses to iPhone, saved them to phone and read them through BT connection. Easy cheap hack to use unlimited dataconnection plan.

Now ill wait for apple fanboys to flame me claiming its a good thing that it's crippled. :)]]>Feb 23rd 2009 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/




/ugh]]>Feb 23rd 2009 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/
Are you a raver?

Rockin Jincos?]]>Feb 23rd 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/
My microwave can microwave stuff, you phone can't do that? fails.]]>Feb 22nd 2009 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYth8AVP1tw

but yeah, so someone made a bluetooth keyboard driver thing for the iphone, so what? ]]>Feb 22nd 2009 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/





fail ]]>Feb 22nd 2009 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Read the sentence again, carefully. Translation:

Made by Apple = suck

unless it's a vacuum cleaner

=> Apple vacuun cleaner doesn't suck
=> Apple sucks anyway.]]>Feb 22nd 2009 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/
Believe me, I would love some bluetooth hacks for my iPhone, but I'm pretty convinced this is fake.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/
Possible: Yes
Useful: No]]>Feb 22nd 2009 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/
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I can see the same potential with the iPhone. Leave the Macbook at home, and carry a little bluetooth keyboard (apple or otherwise...) with a Google Doc in the browser. Would make a day of meetings go much lighter, IMO.

Of course, once I get Leopard on a Dell Mini9, I'll use that instead of waiting for Apple to allow software freedom, control of third party release dates, opening its Bluetooth and WiFi doors to others (WiFi sync on your home network, anyone?) Of course, WinMo is open to all those standards and has a hoorible track record, so maybe Apple is doing the right thing...


]]>Feb 22nd 2009 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/
Just what is the point of this and why on God's green earth would you leave your laptop at home.

For this? THIS?!
Really?

Talk about being sensational....or obtuse.

You still can't copy/paste using this.
You still can't edit documents using this.
You still can't VNC using this.

So what's the point?

This thing still does not compensate for the iPhone's lack of a physical keyboard.
I mean, what's next...lugging around an LCD monitor with you to compensate for the iPhone low-res, sub-VGA, 3.2" screen?]]>Feb 23rd 2009 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/As the Bluetooth icon is just a status bar image, UIApplication's removeStatusBarImage takes care of that.]]>Feb 22nd 2009 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/
Obviously this keyboard is paired with a computer (out of picture), and that one VNCs (can I use that as a verb?) back to the iPhone and handles the input. End of story, nothing to see here, move along...]]>Feb 22nd 2009 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 23rd 2009 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 23rd 2009 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/
And why ? Just to make those people, who rant "iPhone doesn't do that, that, that and that", shut up and take one thing off their iPhone-hating list.]]>Feb 22nd 2009 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/
If all you need is to type emails, light web browsing, or write Word docs, then this is the best solution. It's better than a netbook or a full fledged laptop when minimalism is all that's needed.]]>Feb 22nd 2009 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/video-apples-iphone-and-bluetooth-keyboard-get-together-have/Feb 22nd 2009 9:16PM