| I received this keyboard for Father's Day. The first one lasted two weeks. The second one lasted 1 day. The connector came loose on both keyboards. By reading the reveiws on the Palm keyboards, think I will be getting one of those.
| | First I tried it at the store with an opened box model. There was a screw missing which held the connector in place. It was found elsewhere, loose from where it should have held the connector in place.
So the clerk got me a new one. I took it home and the small connector unit came loose. It appears the two screws that held the connector in were not screwed in completely. two different widgets, same conceptual problem.
Quality control appears to be an issue.
| | Belkin: Larger than a Palm® closed & smaller when it's open! |
| A keyboard that's too big to be considered "mini" and too small to be comfortable. It's strange left-side cradle design accompanies it's cheap toy-like feel. Don't be deceived by its full sized apperance, this keyboard does not allow free flow typing at any reasonable speed. I highly recommend Palm Brand Portable Keyboards. The Palm Brand Portable Keyboard worked great with my Palm V. The two biggest problems I've seen with friends and collegues purchasing palm keyboards that are not made by palm are 1.) functionality and 2.) a connection mis-match. A friend who recently purchased a Belkin Keyboard could not even get the software loaded correctly. Every button he pressed on the keyboard forced his palm pilot into Hot Sync. Haven't heard any complaints personally about Palm Inc. Keyboards. Be sure that whatever keyboard you go with specifies that it is compatible with your model, and don't trust the pictures!
| | Clunky Design. Others Are Better. |
| | This is one of two keyboards offered by Belkin. This one is bigger and offers four launch buttons for the major Palm applications (date, phone, to do and memo) which I never use. The keyboard unfolds into two sections which click together. It has a full row of numbers, but breaks the space bar 80/20, which I found to be somewhat inconvenient. The right shift key is also half-size - and located out beyond the up/down navigation arrows - which I often miss-hit, especially when typing quickly. The PDA's placement towards the left side of the keyboard seems strange, but works fine in practice. The keyboard is fairly rigid when open, which is great for typing on one's lap like a notebook computer. But the entire unit is fairly large when folded - and even larger if you use the padded case that comes with it. So, in total, this keyboard doesn't offer many advantages versus Palm's original (which is about the same size), other than the ability to type on one's lap. Belkin's other model, the G700, is actually much better, (especially if you don't need the application launch buttons). It's smaller and sleeker, and offers the traditional convenience of a complete row of numbers. If you're looking for a full-featured keyboard, the original Palm model is still better. And if you want something sleeker or more stylish, check out the Belkin G700 (also available from Amazon) or Palm's new ultrathin version - which is definitely the "coolest" of them all!
| | i got this. had no drivers. when i downloaded drivers it still didnt work. it kept wanting to hotsync whatever button i pressed. this is completely junk. i only recommend this if you have some wonderful magical belkin pda which doesnt exist. even if it did work, it is so uncomfortable. the keys are not square, but rectangular, have the size of your fingertips. I tried to get used to it in case it magically started to work but all the buttons except for the alphanumeric keys are misplaced and even the number keys are a little off. dont even consider this. ignore the only good review. pay attention to those who actually received this "product."
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