Audiovox folding keyboard now available

[Jason Dunn]

<a href="http://discussion.brighthand.com/showthread.php?s=&amp;threadid=55531&amp;perpage=15&amp;pagenumber=1">http://discussion.brighthand.com/showthread.php?s=&amp;threadid=55531&amp;perpage=15&amp;pagenumber=1</a><br /><br />Malacandra posted about this in the forums, but I thought it was worth making front-page news. The Audiovox (and presumably the Toshiba e570) now has a folding keyboard option! The link above goes to the Brighthand discussion thread with images and a review of sorts broken up into multiple posts. I haven't used one of these in person of course, but I wonder about the space in the middle - it seems like it would be a little unnatural to type on.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/audiovoxkeyboard.jpg" />

[BillG]

:x This is great but, why in the heck don't they offer a serial cable for the Maestro? They only have USB. I need a serial cable to connect my GPS reciever. I don't want to fill the CF slot with a serial adapter and I shouldn't have to. I love my Maestro but this single issue will keep from ever buying another Audiovox PDA. It is so frustrating.

[Jason Dunn]

This is great but, why in the heck don't they offer a serial cable for the Maestro? They only have USB. I need a serial cable to connect my GPS reciever. I don't want to fill the CF slot with a serial adapter and I shouldn't have to.

Likely because the Audiovox Maesteo is a low-end budget Pocket PC who's primary buyer is making the purchase based on price, not on advanced functionality. Are users like that going to buy an accessory like a serial cable in droves? No way - not enough of that market would need it for Audiovox to bother creating one.

[jdhill]

I haven't used one of these in person of course, but I wonder about the space in the middle - it seems like it would be a little unnatural to type on.
I've been using a Microsoft Natural Keyboard for years. It has a significant gap between the left and right sides of the keyboard. It took me about a week to get used to it, but you could not drag me kicking and screaming back to a regular keyboard now.

I'd have to guess that after a week or two using this keyboard the average user would not notice the gap. This may, however, apply only to touch typists. "Your milage may vary."

And by the way, Jason, didn't you mean to type the more grammatically correct ". . . a little unnatural on which to type"? Ending a sentence with a preposition! Tsk! Tsk! :wink:

[Jason Dunn]

And by the way, Jason, didn't you mean to type the more grammatically correct ". . . a little unnatural on which to type"? Ending a sentence with a preposition! Tsk! Tsk! :wink:

Language is a living thing. It changes over time and becomes bastardized. I write the way I speak, and "on which to type" is not something I would say...unless I was stuck in a 50's re-run of Leave it to Beaver. :wink:

[Malacandra]

My NAME is on the FRONT PAGE!!!! Omigosh! :wink:

[BillG]

Language is a living thing. It changes over time and becomes bastardized. I write the way I speak, and "on which to type" is not something I would say...unless I was stuck in a 50's re-run of Leave it to Beaver. :wink:

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/courseware/cse1402/English-CSE-1402.html

[BillG]

Likely because the Audiovox Maesteo is a low-end budget Pocket PC who's primary buyer is making the purchase based on price, not on advanced functionality. Are users like that going to buy an accessory like a serial cable in droves? No way - not enough of that market would need it for Audiovox to bother creating one.

They are as likely to buy a serial cable as a keyboard.

[Jason Dunn]

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/courseware/cse1402/English-CSE-1402.html

What that supposed to change my mind? :? People who are more caught up in the presentation of a concept than the concept itself have my pity.

[Jason Dunn]

They are as likely to buy a serial cable as a keyboard.

If you're right, then why don't they have one? Hmm?

[jdhill]

The GrammerCop is sorry he brought it up !!! :wink:

You have his permission to get the discussion back on topic !!!

[BillG]

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/courseware/cse1402/English-CSE-1402.html

What that supposed to change my mind? :? People who are more caught up in the presentation of a concept than the concept itself have my pity.

`I don't know what you mean by "glory,"' Alice said.

Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. `Of course you don't--
till I tell you. I meant "there's a nice knock-down argument for
you!"'

`But "glory" doesn't mean "a nice knock-down argument,"' Alice
objected.

`When _I_ use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful
tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean--neither more nor
less.'

`The question is,' said Alice, `whether you CAN make words mean
so many different things.'

`The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, `which is to be master--
that's all.'

[Jason Dunn]

:roll:

[Barak]

Seeing this, just makes me angrier as a Casio E-200 owner. The E-200 has been out for awhile and there are no plans for a folding keyboard :x

[jdhill]

Seeing this, just makes me angrier as a Casio E-200 owner. The E-200 has been out for awhile and there are no plans for a folding keyboard :x
I share your pain. I've owned a Casio E-10, E-100, E-115 and currently E-200. I'm looking to anyone except Casio for my next PDA. Casio can't even ship their own parts to resellers. I just cancelled a 4 month old back-order for the Casio serial/USB adapter. It appears that Casio has no commitment to their devices any longer. It would not surprise me if they left the PDA market entirely. :(