iGo Stowaway Bluetooth Keyboard for Treo 700w

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iGo Stowaway Bluetooth Keyboard for Treo 700w

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iGo Stowaway Bluetooth Keyboard

Works with: Centro, Treo 755p, Treo 750, Treo 700p, Treo 700wx, Treo 700w, Treo 680, Treo 650

Product Description

The iGo Stowaway Bluetooth keyboard allows your Treo 700w the capability to type on demand. With 19mm spacing, the keyboard feels like a standard computer keyboard. Its unique tri-folded design makes it highly portable, yet opens to a full size keyboard when needed.

Over-the-air driver installation-no PC needed!*

Type email, memos, or surf the web with ease
Truly universal - works with your Treo 700w.
100% full size keyboard for touch-typing**
Includes a fifth row of keys for dedicated numerical entry
User programmable shortcut and command keys for fast access to other applications
Power saving - auto sleep mode
Stainless steel and ABS plastic construction - built to withstand the harshest environments
Includes carrying case & detachable Smartphone/PDA stand
Weighs less than 11 oz.

* Wireless internet access from your device is required to install software driver over-the-air.
** Beware of other keyboards that claim to be full-sized.

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Driver Heck

User: Thomas Black, Jun 29, 2007

Pros:	Excellent Physical design, compact, efficient
Cons:	detachable stand is prone to loss, the driver - a thousand curses upon it is buggy beyond reason.

From a hardware perspective this is the best keyboard available. Long ago I had the original which physically plugged into the Handspring Visor. It still functions (both of them) and in terms of design has proven itself to be rugged. So when I saw this come to market I snatched it up without a second thought.
Again the design proves to be superior. However I really hate the mirrored chrome surface. They were of course kind enough to include a polishing cloth, but I much prefer the original black matte finish of the original Stowaway.
In terms of the software driver, I have to say Im impressed with the effortless over the air installation - and I have had to use it at least a dozen times. The problem is that it continually sends my Treo 650 into an endless reset loop which is only solved by a hard reset. I can do a soft reset and delete the driver but so much instability remains that I have to hard reset and reinstall.
Contacting the company by phone and by email is a wreck. In both instances I was basically met with the quiet hope that a new driver is in the blocks somewhere in pre-beta mode.

Ill hang on to the keyboard until such a time as a new driver becomes available (if ever) but for now it remains little more than a light duty paper-weight.
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