Author Topic: Usb Foldable Keyboard From Ebay (Read 14872 times)

ZDevil · « **on:** June 05, 2007, 06:56:10 pm »

I've just seen quite a number of the Stowaway USB foldable keyboard from the same seller are selling rather cheaply off ebay, just USD 25, such as this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Elegant-Foldable-Fulls...1QQcmdZViewItem

Is it worth buying and using? It's so cheap now and it is claimed to be able to work with all sorts of laptops and PDAs without using any driver.

Conics is selling exactly the same thing but the price is double.

pelrun · « **Reply #1 on:** June 05, 2007, 09:25:58 pm »

Well, I bought (that) one.

ZDevil · « **Reply #2 on:** June 06, 2007, 05:51:41 am »

So how does it work? Is it fully functional when used on Z?

Da_Blitz · « **Reply #3 on:** June 06, 2007, 06:06:00 am »

very nice find, reminds me of teh stowaway mechanisim

pelrun · « **Reply #4 on:** June 06, 2007, 09:50:27 am »

No, I mean I literally won the auction you linked to, I can't possibly have received it yet

pelrun · « **Reply #5 on:** June 12, 2007, 07:46:43 am »

Got the keyboard and it's good - I was wondering whether it would be an official stowaway kb or a cheap knockoff, and luckily it's the original.

Now if only it had a decent mini-B socket on it and not the old style 4-pin mini connector. It's one more cable I have to carry around!

speculatrix · « **Reply #6 on:** June 12, 2007, 06:30:58 pm »

I note that Maplin in the UK have the non-folding mini USB one

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Module...YBOARD&doy=12m6

ghostshadow · « **Reply #7 on:** June 12, 2007, 08:45:05 pm »

That one ^ looks very sleek.

uth · « **Reply #8 on:** June 26, 2007, 10:08:49 am »

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Got the keyboard and it's good - I was wondering whether it would be an official stowaway kb or a cheap knockoff, and luckily it's the original.

Now if only it had a decent mini-B socket on it and not the old style 4-pin mini connector. It's one more cable I have to carry around!
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You need something like this:

[a href=\"http://store.pchcables.com/usbadtyfetom.html]http://store.pchcables.com/usbadtyfetom.html[/url]

Look around at drug stores and places like that, I've seen bundles of USB adapters that include parts like that at Walgreens and Big Lots.

pelrun · « **Reply #9 on:** June 26, 2007, 11:22:26 am »

Hah, no. I don't even know why that adapter has a female A on it; the only thing it would work with is the equally silly A-to-A cable.

Besides, it has a 5-pin mini-B on it. I have those - I've made those! It's the connector I wish was used by the keyboard. But the keyboard uses the old style 4-pin mini-B which is physically completely different.

Hence the need for another cable jammed in my bag *only* for the keyboard.

(I did try replacing the socket... but opening the keyboard is practically impossible and almost certainly a self-destructive event. Gah, why glue when the thing's also perfectly well screwed together!?)

speculatrix · « **Reply #10 on:** June 26, 2007, 05:32:26 pm »

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I note that Maplin in the UK have the non-folding mini USB one

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Module...YBOARD&doy=12m6
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aha, you can get it much cheaper:
[a href=\"http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=10838]http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=10838[/url]
http://www.amazon.co.uk/KEYSONIC-ACK-3400U...82893385&sr=8-1
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo...roductID=170467

I was wondering whether one of these keyboards could be used to make a clamshell/dock for a Nokia 800 tablet.
--edit-- proposed this on internettablettalk: http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/s...read.php?t=7018

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Author Topic: Usb Foldable Keyboard From Ebay (Read 14872 times)