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Originally Posted by Mike Cane
1) Roger, did you ever get a $ quote for the cable?
3) Same group: Do you get repeated characters when using a keyboard?
I wrote to two places -- including Chips and Cables in NYC (or is it Cables and Chips? whatever) and one on the West Coast, with elaborate descriptions, links to the photos, and extravagant predictions of hordes of 770 owners streaming to their doors.

Neither company has replied.

As for my Stowaway keyboard, I got it for my wife so she could write her lengthy emails when she gets to the computer once a day. My own need for a keyboard on the 770 is a lot less than I imagined pre-770-possession, even with all the writing I do.

I haven't fixed the Opera/multi-line text box problem with numbers and symbols, which presents a problem posting to the blog with that keyboard. Beyond that, no, I for one haven't encountered key repeats at all.

Aside: I had a Think Outside Stowaway keyboard for my HP Jornada 540 PocketPC, ca 2000. One of the most elegantly designed pieces of hardware I've ever held. (Still have it on my desk, even though the PPC died years ago. Actually fondled it yesterday and, yes, that's the right term, and tried to get the 770 to fit in its leatherette carry case -- not a good fit, alas.)

I was sorely disappointed in the BT Stowaway when I received it. It has nowhere near the class of the original (manufactured? distributed? by Targus).
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