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Review
Created: April, 2000
A great thing about the personal digital assistants from Palm
Inc. is the ability to enter text using a special script understood
by the hand-held devices, called Graffiti.
The easy-to-learn script is great for entering numbers and quick
notes into the hand-held devices.
But longer jottings will probably cause finger cramps. Enter
the Palm Portable Keyboard, a pocket-sized device that unfolds
into a full-sized, finger-lovin' QWERTY keyboard.
If you've seen the IBM ThinkPad notebook's butterfly keyboard,
then you can imagine the Palm Portable Keyboard.
Folded, it's a smidge wide than the Palm device itself. Opened,
it's about the size of a laptop keyboard. The Palm device sits
upright in a cradle interface that attaches the keyboard. The
keys are the same as a traditional QWERTY keyboard, with some
extra function keys built in to launch such Palm programs as
the phone book, notepad and agenda applications.
There are three downsides. The connector to devices from the
Palm III family is different from the one for devices from the
Palm V family. So, if you upgrade, you'll have to buy a new
keyboard.
This is simply dumb. An included multi-device connector should
have been a no-brainer. The keyboard also requires a flat surface
to work on. Its hinges don't lock. This is not a laptop device.
Third, programmers custom-created some of the interface buttons
on the screen and often there is no equivalent key on the keyboard
(though there is an OK button and a Cancel button). Sometimes
you'll have to use your stylus to navigate.
A Palm mouse interface built into the keyboard would provide
a better alternative. A keyboard-enabled Palm device also changes
its functionality.
The original devices lent themselves to quick, short usage many
times a day. With a keyboard, you may find yourself using it
for longer intervals, which will drain the batteries much faster
than you'd like.
Palm devices have about 8.5 hours of battery life, depending
on the unit, which still beats the two to four hours you usually
get from a notebook.
But if your life's work and phone book is on the device, you'll
want to tote the re-charger along on long trips to keep it alive.
Those with triple "A" battery-power Palms will have to tote
along an extra pack of batteries.
Reviewer's rating: 4.5 / 5
Comments: The Palm keyboard is a must for anyone who wants
the power of a laptop with the convenience of a hand-held computer.
Great product, smart technology, divine price.
System requirements: Palm III, Palm V or Palm VII device.
More info: http://www.palm.com
Price: $99 US / $150 Canadian
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