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2010-03-11
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Originally Posted by mobiledivide
Only downside to the SU-W8 is that it is out of production. I'd love it if another vendor came out with something similar. A profile like the Apple bluetooth keyboard but could fold would be a winner.
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2010-03-13
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Significant downside that SU-W8 is not being made and hard to find. Any other options? Would be nice if Nokia came out with a bluetooth keyboard compatible with N900...
Originally Posted by wmarone
Only downside to the SU-W8 is that it is out of production. I'd love it if another vendor came out with something similar. A profile like the Apple bluetooth keyboard but could fold would be a winner.
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2010-03-13
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I have got a iPAQ Bluetooth keyboard working with my N900.
This is a keyboard I happened to have - and well not one I would particularly recomend - but it is lightweight (flimsy) and foldable..
I used the method of editing /etc/bluetooth/main.cont discused elsewhere to get it work and now when it it is opened, after several key presses it "catches up" and the input starts to appear on the N900 screen.
It works as a three row keyboard. Thatis , taking the numbers row as "Row 1" you get the following
Row 1 [Backspace]
Row 2 [Tab] qwertyuiop
QWERTYUIOP
Row 3 asdfghjkll [Enter]
ASDFGHJKL
Row 4 [Shift] zxcvbnm,. [Up arrow]
ZXCVBNM;:
Using [[Alt gr] from Row 4 you get
Row 2 1234567890 (that by is pressing q - p)
Row 3 "+#-_()&! (by pressing a - l)
Row 4 £$€?/"'=?
Using [Alt gr] + [ctrl] together gives to an on-screen pick menu of
a selection of other charactres including the paragraph, copyright, inverted exclamation etc marks.
I am copying this from the screen of the N900 so I may have missed some. I do not recall getting the "|" but I may have or it may be there.
All in all it is useable and seems to give me a full(ish) range with the ordinary typing characters being where your fingers expect them.
The [Alt gr] seems to have the functionof the [function key arrow] on the N900's own keyboard and looking at the hardware keyboards tell you what to press to get he combinations you want.
Not ideal I know but it works.
Hope this is of help to someone.
Regards
This is a keyboard I happened to have - and well not one I would particularly recomend - but it is lightweight (flimsy) and foldable..
I used the method of editing /etc/bluetooth/main.cont discused elsewhere to get it work and now when it it is opened, after several key presses it "catches up" and the input starts to appear on the N900 screen.
It works as a three row keyboard. Thatis , taking the numbers row as "Row 1" you get the following
Row 1 [Backspace]
Row 2 [Tab] qwertyuiop
QWERTYUIOP
Row 3 asdfghjkll [Enter]
ASDFGHJKL
Row 4 [Shift] zxcvbnm,. [Up arrow]
ZXCVBNM;:
Using [[Alt gr] from Row 4 you get
Row 2 1234567890 (that by is pressing q - p)
Row 3 "+#-_()&! (by pressing a - l)
Row 4 £$€?/"'=?
Using [Alt gr] + [ctrl] together gives to an on-screen pick menu of
a selection of other charactres including the paragraph, copyright, inverted exclamation etc marks.
I am copying this from the screen of the N900 so I may have missed some. I do not recall getting the "|" but I may have or it may be there.
All in all it is useable and seems to give me a full(ish) range with the ordinary typing characters being where your fingers expect them.
The [Alt gr] seems to have the functionof the [function key arrow] on the N900's own keyboard and looking at the hardware keyboards tell you what to press to get he combinations you want.
Not ideal I know but it works.
Hope this is of help to someone.
Regards
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2010-03-13
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This looks like a possibility. Although it is less than ideal, it appears that this keyboard is at least more available. Could you point me to the exact coding/method of editing you used, or copy it here? I would prefer a bluetooth keyboard that does not require any additional coding, but if this is the best solution available, I (noob) may need to try it, with some hand-holding. Thank you.
Originally Posted by IrishUser
I have got a iPAQ Bluetooth keyboard working with my N900.
This is a keyboard I happened to have - and well not one I would particularly recomend - but it is lightweight (flimsy) and foldable..
I used the method of editing /etc/bluetooth/main.cont discused elsewhere to get it work and now when it it is opened, after several key presses it "catches up" and the input starts to appear on the N900 screen.
It works as a three row keyboard. Thatis , taking the numbers row as "Row 1" you get the following
Row 1 [Backspace]
Row 2 [Tab] qwertyuiop
QWERTYUIOP
Row 3 asdfghjkll [Enter]
ASDFGHJKL
Row 4 [Shift] zxcvbnm,. [Up arrow]
ZXCVBNM;:
Using [[Alt gr] from Row 4 you get
Row 2 1234567890 (that by is pressing q - p)
Row 3 "+#-_()&! (by pressing a - l)
Row 4 £$€?/"'=?
Using [Alt gr] + [ctrl] together gives to an on-screen pick menu of
a selection of other charactres including the paragraph, copyright, inverted exclamation etc marks.
I am copying this from the screen of the N900 so I may have missed some. I do not recall getting the "|" but I may have or it may be there.
All in all it is useable and seems to give me a full(ish) range with the ordinary typing characters being where your fingers expect them.
The [Alt gr] seems to have the functionof the [function key arrow] on the N900's own keyboard and looking at the hardware keyboards tell you what to press to get he combinations you want.
Not ideal I know but it works.
Hope this is of help to someone.
Regards
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2010-03-13
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I just realized when looking at this thread what an awesome feature this would be in combination with the tv out, so you could be editing with a full size keyboard looking at a good sized screen!
Then you could actually dream about doing serious editing and writing on the N900. I'm imagining myself on a cruise ship with a martini...
Excellent speech-to-text (like you can get in Windows or I think on Macs) would be even better, but this would certainly be nice.
Then you could actually dream about doing serious editing and writing on the N900. I'm imagining myself on a cruise ship with a martini...
Excellent speech-to-text (like you can get in Windows or I think on Macs) would be even better, but this would certainly be nice.
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2010-03-13
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I followed this thread
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...tooth+keyboard
Installed vim - which is a text editor that is not for the faint-hearted.
Opened X-terminal.
Gained root access
Edited /etc/bluetooth/main.conf by uncommenting the line
#DisablePlugins = network,input,hal
and making it read
DisablePlugins = network,hal
Closed and saved it
<OOOPS>
I stopped the bluetooth daemon by typing
stop bluetoothd
started it by typing
start bluetoothd
exited the root shell
</OOOPS>
Exited the X-Terminal
Paired the keyboard from the N900 without difficulty
and after that it worked as described above.
Regards
Last edited by IrishUser; 2010-03-13 at 18:49. Reason: Because I left the bit in OOOPS out !
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...tooth+keyboard
Installed vim - which is a text editor that is not for the faint-hearted.
Opened X-terminal.
Gained root access
Edited /etc/bluetooth/main.conf by uncommenting the line
#DisablePlugins = network,input,hal
and making it read
DisablePlugins = network,hal
Closed and saved it
<OOOPS>
I stopped the bluetooth daemon by typing
stop bluetoothd
started it by typing
start bluetoothd
exited the root shell
</OOOPS>
Exited the X-Terminal
Paired the keyboard from the N900 without difficulty
and after that it worked as described above.
Regards
Last edited by IrishUser; 2010-03-13 at 18:49. Reason: Because I left the bit in OOOPS out !
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2010-03-13
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Great info. Now we just need to know what some good bt keyboard choices are for the N900.
Vim is fun, and easy once you learn to think in Vim.
Vim is fun, and easy once you learn to think in Vim.
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2010-03-13
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@Irish User: Thanks for your help. But, as a noob, I am not about to try all of this. I just want an external bluetooth keyboard that will work easily and well with the N900. I sure wish that Nokia or some other manufacturer would offer one of these to the users.
Originally Posted by IrishUser
I followed this thread
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...tooth+keyboard
Installed vim - which is a text editor that is not for the faint-hearted.
Opened X-terminal.
Gained root access
Edited /etc/bluetooth/main.conf by uncommenting the line
#DisablePlugins = network,input,hal
and making it read
DisablePlugins = network,hal
Closed and saved it
<OOOPS>
I stopped the bluetooth daemon by typing
stop bluetoothd
started it by typing
start bluetoothd
exited the root shell
</OOOPS>
Exited the X-Terminal
Paired the keyboard from the N900 without difficulty
and after that it worked as described above.
Regards
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2010-03-13
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Originally Posted by xomm
That is correct.
USB keyboards won't work with the N900 due to lack of usb-host mode, right?
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2010-03-13
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Originally Posted by RockCreek1
I basically agree. I am ready to mess around a bit, but it seems to me from this thread that we are getting closer to an easy solution. I doubt that Nokia or some other manufacturer will come to our rescue, but I hope someone here will make this easy for noobs and for me.
@Irish User: Thanks for your help. But, as a noob, I am not about to try all of this. I just want an external bluetooth keyboard that will work easily and well with the N900. I sure wish that Nokia or some other manufacturer would offer one of these to the users.
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