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馃У6/10
This is the #Ipad Kensington Key Folio Pro K39357US.
This #Bluetooth chiclet #Keyboard is fantastic! It is sleek, responsive and feels modern. It also has a decent layout and doesn鈥檛 forget the right shift key like the previous Key Folio.
Once again it effortlessly connected to all of my iPaqs (111, 210, HX2495, HX2795b) and surprisingly also connected to my #Dell Axim X51V using Passkey 1234!
#PocketPC #WindowsMobile #WindowsCE #RetroComputing #Handheld #RetroTech #Palm #PalmOS
馃У7/10
Now the best for last! The Arteck HB030B #Bluetooth #Keyboard.
This is a cheap keyboard that you can still find new. It has a chiclet design, is backlit & doesn鈥檛 compromise much on the layout other than messing a bit with the Alt, Ctrl and Windows key button arrangement.
Amazingly this Bluetooth 5.1 keyboard connects to all of my iPaqs (111, 210, HX2495, HX2795b) & my #Dell Axim X51V using Passkey 1234!
#PocketPC #WindowsMobile #WindowsCE #RetroComputing #RetroTech #Palm #PalmOS
馃У8/10
I can鈥檛 believe it! Goal achieved.
The Arteck is a new easily obtainable & affordable #Keyboard. It connects to every persistent #WindowsMobile #PocketPC device that I tested! It鈥檚 driverless and the layout is almost perfect for it鈥檚 size. It鈥檚 also backlit!
I鈥檓 confused though. It鈥檚 #Bluetooth LE 5.1 and should not work with these Bluetooth Classic 1.2 and 2.0 devices. Whats going on here?
Lets crack it open and take a look.
馃У9/10
These keyboards have been manufactured for years under different names. It鈥檚 also used a variety of different #Bluetooth chips over the years.
Whatever chip we have here, we struck gold!
It appears we have a Cypress CYW20730 chip. The data sheet confirms it鈥檚 a 5.1 BLE chip that supports HID profile 1.1.
馃У10/10
I won鈥檛 argue with results. It works & I love it, but why does it work?
Even though it supports HID it is still transmitting it over #Bluetooth LE and should not be compatible with a Classic Bluetooth #PDA. Whats going on here?
Looking up only the second line from the chip give us a different Cypress data sheet that lists Bluetooth 3.0!
Does this #Keyboard have a 2 in 1 chip? Both Classic and BLE for ultimate compatibility?
https://mm.digikey.com/Volume0/opasdata/d220001/medias/docus/752/CYW20730_RevJ_4-25-17.pdf
#WindowsMobile #PocketPC #Palm
I can't help but feel like I struck gold here.
The Arteck keyboard works with everything!
Classic Bluetooth devices, Bluetooth LE devices. It's magic in a keyboard and something I know the PDA crowd has been looking for so I'm really happy to share these findings.
Enjoy! 鉂わ笍
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