Targus Bluetooth Thumbpad for Smartphones, PDAs & Pocket PCs

The Targus Bluetooth Thumpad provides a standard 39 QWERTY interface for simple data entry into SmartPhones, PDAs and Pocket PCs. Featuring Bluetooth wireless technology, this thumpad provides a convenient, portable and cable free method of adding keyboard support to your mobile device.

Installing the software requires connecting your mobile device to your computer and installing the software from a supplied CD-ROM. The next step is to reset your mobile device, establish a connection with the Targus Bluetooth Thumbpad and setup driver settings such as key repeat delays.

After the software has been setup, you can simply lay your mobile device down on a table or cradle and start typing. Alternatively, the Targus Thumpad can be attached to the bottom of your device with a provided clamp.

For gaming enthusiasts, a 4-way game control pad with easy to use keys and a backlit keypad for night use is provided.

System Requirements:
- Bluetooth
- SmartPhone or PDA with Windows Mobile (2003/2005), Pocket PC or SmartPhone with Symbian OS or Palm OS5

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Freedom Universal Bluetooth Keyboard

The Freedom Universal keyboard converts your mobile device into an easy to access laptop. This is the world's only dual standard full sized folding keyboard and is compatible with over 200 devices that support Bluetooth connectivity.

Keyboard features
It features a full five row AlphaNumeric keyboard with full sized keys that have the quality "scissor action mechanics" giving the user the feel and feedback of a desktop keyboard. There are 65 keys in total, including an Esc button, shortcuts and programmable keys for specific tasks.
This keyboard is available in QWERTY English and QWERTZ German versions.

Bluetooth keyboard functionality
The Freedom Universal keyboard features dual standard HID and SPP Bluetooth profiles, offering compatibility across a wide range of devices from many leading brand names such as Asus, BlackBerry, Dell, HP, HTC, i-mate, Nokia, Palm, Sony Ericsson. The Bluetooth HID (Human Interface Device) profile is the most common profile used for PDAs, Smartphones, Laptops and PCs. The SSP (Serial Port Profile) provides serial port emulation and is used by all BlackBerry devices.
This keyboard is a Bluetooth class 2 device, giving it a transmission distance of up to 10m.

Device compatibility
Over 200 devices that have Bluetooth connectivity are compatible with the Freedom Universal keyboard. Compatible device operating systems include BlackBerry OS 4.0 or higher, Symbian (Series 60) v6/v7/v8/v9, Palm OS5, Windows Mobile 03 PPC, Windows Mobile 05 PPC, Windows Mobile 03 Smartphone Edition, Windows Mobile 05 Smartphone Edition, Windows XP*, Windows 2000*, Mac OS X Tiger* and Linux*. *Using HID profile mode.
Product ranges include Acer, Asus, Audiovox, BenQ, BlackBerry, Dell, Dopod, E-Ten, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard, HTC,i-Do, Mac, Motorola, Nokia, Qtek, Palm, Panasonic, PC, Samsung, Sendo, Siemens, Sony Ericsson.

The recommended retail price for the Freedom Universal keyboard is $US99.99.

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Specifications
Power:
- 2x AAA Batteries
- 80hrs continuous operation
- 2000hrs standby

Keys:
- ISO standard full size QWERTY keyboard
- 5 Rows of 65 full-size keys plus one rubber key
- Key Pitch: 18mm (horizontal) x 17.2mm (vertical) Key travel distance: 2.3mm

Device Stand:
-Fold-out type, holds all PDA/phone models

Bluetooth:
- Bluetooth Chip: Broadcom 2040
- Compliance: Bluetooth Core Spec, V1.2; Bluetooth HID & SPP profile
- Frequency Range: 2.400 GHz - 2.4835 GHz (79 channels hopping)
- Distance: Up to 10 m
- Antenna: Ceramic Chip Antenna
- Profiles integrated: GAP, SDP, SPP, HID
- Receive Sensitivity: -85 dBm
- Radio Power: Class 2 (10m)

Size:
- 285 x 98.5 x 13.5mm (113/16" x 313/16" x 1/2") opened
- 145 x 98.5 x 19.5mm (511/16" x 313/16" x 3/4") folded Weight 204g. 7 oz. including batteries.

Logitech diNovo Mini keyboard

Logitech have just announced the diNovo Mini - a compact palm-sized wireless keyboard for people who have their PC connected to their TV. The diNovo Mini will allow the user to easily access music, videos and other media content from anywhere in the living room.

The mini keyboard features Bluetooth 2.0, backlighting for ease of navigation and an innovative ClickPad with touch pad to point, scroll and click or as a bi-directional pad to navigate menus and make selections.

The keyboard also features hotkeys for media players and Web browsers and page up and down buttons that may be used for surfing the web or zooming in and out of documents.

The ClickPad features two backlight modes. When in touch-pad mode, the ClickPad is backlighted in orange and when in media-remote mode, the ClickPads directional buttons are backlighted in green. The keyboard is always backlighted in orange.

The diNovo Mini is expected to be released to the Eurpose and US markes late in January 2008 for US149.99.

Specifications:

• System Requirements - PC with Windows XP or Vista and a spare USB port
  
• Keyboard - 63 backlighted keys, thumb operated design
• Range - up to 10m
  
• Connectivity - Bluetooth 2.0
• Power and Battery - 30 days, 4 hours for full charge
• Other features - Compatible with PLAYSTATION 3

Logitech website