Using e71 as external keyboard for n900?
 

I know one can get bluetooth external keyboards for about $25 off dealextreme, however I already have a fully functional e71, and quite like the keyboard on it. Has anybody had any luck setting up an external phone as an external keyboard via bluetooth?

Re: Using e71 as external keyboard for n900
 

only if that keyboard has bluetooth in it .

Re: Using e71 as external keyboard for n900
 

the e71 does have bluetooth. its more about how to set the e71 as a keyboard rather than as a phone

Re: Using e71 as external keyboard for n900
 

then wait for the devs answer ;)

Re: Using e71 as external keyboard for n900
 

use a ****ing question mark for Lord's sake

Re: Using e71 as external keyboard for n900
 

haha anger much? If you read the title, its pretty clearly phrased as a question, not a how-to guide. anyway before you cry or damage your computer screen, ive put in a question mark.

Re: Using e71 as external keyboard for n900?
 

so u wanna use smaller keyboard to be able to write on ona phone that alreadz has bigger n better keyboard bilt in? So zou will have to drag 2 devices with u and drain a lot of batt via bluetooth? yeah... that makes sense XD

Re: Using e71 as external keyboard for n900?
 

...and the point of your post is? i clearly have a reason for wanting to do this, otherwise i wouldnt want to do it

Re: Using e71 as external keyboard for n900?
 

I have an e71 too and I think this is good idea. anyone had a expereince on e71 before, will be agree with me that the e71 keyboard is the best and is more comfortable.

Re: Using e71 as external keyboard for n900?
 

UNfortunatley there is no program for symbian that will allow you to connect AS a HID device and send commands. It is not impossible, it has just never been done.

There is this program to make the cellphone act like a mouse, however that is the closes there is on symbian.

Re: Using e71 as external keyboard for n900?
 

hmm pity vi_. I have come across this program: remoter http://store.ovi.com/content/93814 which does use a VNC connection... however only to a computer, not to n900. VNC is perhaps too tricky a solution anyway. May have to get a external keyboard, even though theyre much bigger than the e71 keypad.

Re: Using e71 as external keyboard for n900?
 

Here's one that is pretty neat: http://cgi.ebay.com/Mini-Bluetooth-W...item2a10064ce9
I watched a review and it looked like it's working nicely.

Re: Using e71 as external keyboard for n900?
 

Try asking on Nokia Forums or sites for Symbian developers, because that would be the proper place to ask if there is symbian software to use your phone as a keyboard.

The second option would be create special programs for both N900 and symbian phone, then on symbian phone you would launch it, it would send via bluetooth keypresses, send to application on N900, application on N900 would generate system event like if key on keyboard was pressed (I have no idea if that is possible system-wide).

Anyone knows if it is possible to generate system-wide keypress events programaticaly on N900? If yes, how? If I knew it, I could write a simple app for N900 and JavaME app for other phones.

Edit: OK, I found a way to simulate keypresses using xdotool ;) I'm writing app now, I should finish later tommorow, it will work with all Java ME enabled phones with Bluetooth support.

Re: Using e71 as external keyboard for n900?
 

just to let you know: i didn't abandon the idea and have somehow working code, it just needs to be packaged and released properly :) I won't be home for a weekend, but after my return, you can expect more information and some beta-stage software to test ;) (I need to beautify interface a little bit and, more importantly, make xdotools compile properly in autobuilder, because know the resulting package is broken - no binaries in it, just folders, I still need to investigate which "rules" file entry is wrong...)

Re: Using e71 as external keyboard for n900?
 

There is external keyboard support now. Under System, called extkbd. Is that your work? I can set the layout etc. for the Logitech Elite Keyboard - but it doesn't look like any of the applications would care about it yet. They still handle internal and external keyboard the same way. I use the internal setting "Switzerland" (since I have got a Swiss version).

(BTW: Why the heck are guys at maemo.org talking about the N900 and get answers talking about Symbian? And for using external keyboard: DOS-Box and even console users like to have an ESC, a TAB and an ALT-key and the F-keys of course!)

Regards
Peter