Comments on: Sony to Release Mini-Keyboard for T Series

but it wont look good on the royal blue t615...i hope they release a blue t665 AND a blue keyboard...that would be awsome.

Just give me a full sized keboard for touch typing for my T615C!!!!

I want it now. I dont want to wait until next quarter. Sony sort out your agrrements with stowaway. Do it now or I will buy another palm/pocket pc and never buy another sony product again.

Does anyone know of any plans to make a full-sized keyboard for the T665C. Cannot and will not purchase without it.
Thanks.

Yes, ThinkOutside will release one in August.

I have to point out that this was mentioned in a quickie posted today. You can learn a lot by checking our home page frequently.

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I think users are starting to vote against graffiti as well. I'm pretty good at it, and there are advantages, but keyboards are easier for the masses to use.

Wait until Palm dumps graffiti...

No, Grafiti is good for certain uses but there is always a time and a place for a keyboard... example: a long document!

>Wait until Palm dumps graffiti...

Then I'll dump Palm.

Palm will never dump grafiti, it will be virtual, which should make everyone happy :)

Once you've dumped Palm theres's nowhere to go: Handspring: no more Graffitie, Sony Clié: the graffiti-end is nigh (is this the correct spelling?), others: busy making smartphones.
Greetings, still a Graffity user.

>Once you've dumped Palm theres's nowhere to go

Handspring will be dead long before Graffiti. Sony shows no indication of dropping it, nor Palm actually.
Who cares what so-called smartphone makers do, that's a technogeek niche market, anyway. As long as there is a demand, manufacturers will meet it, whether Graffiti or thumbboard or both.

What?! An external thumbboard for an NR that has a thumbboard?

Regardless whether it can or can't, what would be the point? That's like buying an external Graffiti pad or something.

why the heck would anyone want to add another thumb board the the NR series?

Of course it will work since NR series uses T series connecter. Why the heck would you want an external keypad when you have one built in? Why ask a question like that?

"Why ask a question like that?"

Because he's either stupid or thinks you're stupid enough to answer.

Well, it could potentially give you a keyboard without having to deal with the stupid flip-twist-fold display/keyboard.

if you think the flip twist is stupid why get a NR in the first place.

Positive, look at the picture ..

http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/ktai/contents/resource/image/20020614/me04.jpg

Or maybe he just wanted to know whether the T series accessories could work with the NR series, you idiots!

The hard buttons are also on the keyboard... Aha! Two player games! One person holding the NR, the other using the mini-keyboard...

If the standard application buttons are better on this keyboard than on the Clie, can we make the Clie T's into better gaming machines with these keyboards?

Uhh, click on the first picture (the one of the keyboard w/o any wires). It links to a picture connected to the handheld.

Handspring couldn't find its way out of a paper bag

"Handspring couldn't find its way out of a paper bag"

Maybe, but at least they could use a Treo to call for directions!

no no...you are wrong. handspring couldnt find a way to get herself IN a paperbag to begin with.

Handspring was once the second largest seller of paper bags. They only allowed you to put Springboards in them and they weren't upgradable, but they provided good features for the cost. Then Handspring decided to dump their old paper bags and move to plastic bags. Only the cheapest of their new plastic bags holds anything at all (but not even the Springboards they built their market on), plus they still aren't upgradable and you can't even write on them. Much worse, the plastic bag market has many more competitors that sell at vastly lower prices and in far higher quantities. Now Handspring isn't competitive in any market.

Handspring had some decent products, but now they just plain are struggling to survive. Handspring will probably be bought out by some company soon.

yeah, so u can put it in your pocket w/o losing it.

Will there be any cases designed for the t and keyboard?

And btw-palm themselves make keyboards for m500's and i705's

graffiti's gone...

so can you just clip this thing on and just keep it on or is it too large and flimsy compared to built in?