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Thumpad keyboard XDA

Where is it the cheaper place to buy by internet. I live in Spain.
Is it work in PPC 2003?
Thank you

Please help
Expansys are too expensive. There is somthing cheaper for Ipaq to use with the xda. I only want a portable and little keyboard.
Thanks.

I got a great folding keyboard of eBay UK for 18 quid it came in from Singapore I expect he would sent to Spain,
Type in XDA and tick titles and descriptions, its a metalic one looks mighty cool mine arived today

from what i heard, (and experienced with ipaq GPS).
any hardware for ipaq wont realy work with xda
because tho the connection is the same, its rewired on the inside
but im sure, if you know what you're doin, can rewire the plug.

http://www.myxda.com/web/template/XdaAccessories.vm
well the one in the buttom should work with xda now that o2 are selling them

I have one (the thumbboard that is), but I should warn you it's a masterpiece of bad design. Everything about it is perfect, good size, good tactile feedback, but... all the keys are in the wrong place! There's an extra row below zxcvbnm above the space bar, and it renders the device useless.

XDA keyboard
I purchased the keyboard with buttons between the zxcvbnm row and the spacebar. I was used to the fantastic keyboard on the Danger Hiptop and wanted something similar for the XDA. THIS IS NOT IT. This keyboard is a piece of garbage. It's faster using the on-screen keyboard. The Fn key instead of the Shift key for using numbers? Bah! I hate it.
(vent mode off)
Now... I'm stuck with this US$80 wonder. I put the new ROM for Windows Mobile 2003 (http://www.yorch.net) and now cannot use the keyboard. It won't allow me to switch from IR and Serial to Keyboard in the settings app. Anyone know how I might hack this to get it to work (eg registry settings), or does anyone have a link to an updated driver?
Model is G3B0
Manufacturer is Darfon Electronics Corp
Software version is 1.8 build 1127
Thanks mucho

Re: XDA keyboard
hypr said:
I was used to the fantastic keyboard on the Danger Hiptop
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I just bought my Girl the color sidekick(tmobiles hiptop) for Christmas...and i think im going to have to steal it from her one of these days :twisted:
...but anyway... i use an on screen keyboard that fills the whole screen of the xda, i havent found any complaints with it personally

Full-screen keyboard link?
Sounds cool. Details, pls! What's it called, where I can grab it...

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pictures for 2 accessories for qtek 2020 not sure if they work with xda /qtek 1010
the first if the said by people to be useless thumb one

Yep, that's the useless thumb pad. The bottom row of keys is Shift, Email, up, down, left, right, windows, ctrl (as you can't see it very clearly from the pic). This means that half the time you go to hit the space key, you end up hitting a cursor key, and the cursor keys themselves are useless in this layout - the keyboard doesn't disable the normal 5way pad, so why duplicate these keys??? as I've said before, this is a masterpiece of bad design.
Incidentally, it fits the XDA II, and indeed is being sold as an accesory for it, but I can't find a PPC2K3 driver for it? Anybody got one?

@ hyper
its called Spb Full Screen Keyboard
there are other ones, but i found this one on a FTP 4 free 8)

I had the HTC thumb keyboard and had system lockups due to the driver. I ended up sending the unit back. I like the SPB full screen keyboard for SMS and some editing.
Have not tried the second external keyboard!

X5 Concept

Anyone seen this yet?
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Dude these concepts always look the same. Why do these concepts often have "flat" buttons. Why do they appear to be paper thin?

poetryrocksalot said:
Dude these concepts always look the same. Why do these concepts often have "flat" buttons. Why do they appear to be paper thin?
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because its easier to do in photoshop

That models looks crappy anyway. And hey there is not even an X2 for sale yet.

I thought "Rachael" was going to be X5, since SE was going to skip the X3 and X4 due to cultural connotations?

harveydent said:
I thought "Rachael" was going to be X5, since SE was going to skip the X3 and X4 due to cultural connotations?
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according to leaked info, rachael will be the x3, probably kiki will be the x4. so x5 is free but as the x2/3/4 are not released yet i dont think they will be making a x5 at the mo or in the near future.

the X5 has been out for ages

kitzie said:
the X5 has been out for ages
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Whahaha nice one
But i agree with Ganondolf. it is to soon to make an x5 it wouldn't be a smart move of SE.

Ganondolf said:
because its easier to do in photoshop
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I smirked.
kitzie said:
the X5 has been out for ages
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I laughed.
Enough with the bad photoshops people. I can make concepts ox Xperia 10 to 80 in a couple of hours. No need to be gullible and believe everything lol.

Dude these concepts always look the same. Why do these concepts often have "flat" buttons. Why do they appear to be paper thin?
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lol i agree most of em look the same, but i do believe future phones will be in a form of whats in the pic, remember the futuristic vehicles which were just concepts a few years ago? 2009 those vehicles are real, just imagine what the phones will look like in 2015, who thought that we would have gps, cameras and be able to watch movies on our mobiles lol, i welcome those flat buttons anytime, once the keyboard is decent... razr had it, but what blown the razr away was the fact that all motorola sold was a thin phone with no functionality, now they wanna play catchup with the razr v8 and v9, too late now...
once the designers and makers get it right, i bet flat buttons can be just as great as raised buttons
its a nice concept, i bet if this was revealed by SE the entire universe would be drooling on their keyboards over this, but hey, its only a concept

haha~flat?thin? Because some one just fabricated it by "photo shop" ,not by CAD,

remember the razr flat and thin style was the wow back then, when every phone was a 'brick'... now what? the iphone is thin, i wont be surprised if apple doesn't release an iphone with a flat keyboard either...look at the kiki, u can bet those buttons are gonna be kinda touch surface of some kinda new innov...
if it can be a thought, it was either done or it can be done

kitzie said:
the X5 has been out for ages
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lol my dad drives the X5!

your X5 has been answered
http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Sony-Ericsson-Xperia-Pureness-phone-pa_4040.html

Mini retractable stylus

I bought a mini stylus from dealextreme its a nice one with a plastic small tip.. To my surprise it doesn't work.. Kind of sucks as it was advertise for iphones/cellphones I tried it on my brothers iphone n it still doesn't work. My GF suggests I change the sensitivity to my touch screen.. Only thing I know remotely close to that is the screen calibration which to my knowledge doesn't really change squat..
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You need a stylus specifically designed for capacitive touchscreens. They usually have the fat rubber tip. Look for ones that say the work with the iPhone and iPad. They will work on our Streak too.

I placed another order for a different stylus.
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/stainl...-pen-w-anti-dust-plug-for-iphone-silver-93604
Hopefully this one will work. The one I had purchased has a customer review n a vid of the person using it on an android device looks like a galaxy not sure why its not working on my streak my only theory is that the pointer size is too small for the capacitive streak screen to recognize
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There are some android devices out there with resistive touch screens. It may have been a vid with someone using one of those.

lordmorphous said:
You need a stylus specifically designed for capacitive touchscreens. They usually have the fat rubber tip. Look for ones that say the work with the iPhone and iPad. They will work on our Streak too.
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take a look at this customers video hes using the stylus on an android device.. N the title DX says for resistive touch screen.. So the streak isn't resistive?
http://www.dealextreme.com/feedbacks/browseVideos.dx/sku.6792~id.14747
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Hmm so guess I just lost $2 n 3 weeks of waiting for something useless to me now =(
Gonna write a complaint to DX telling them to better clearify their ads.. But in the end I guess I'm at fault for not reading carefully. I saw the vid and thought if it worked on another droid device it was bound to work for the streak...did I ever think wrong...
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The streak's a capacitive touchscreen like all modern touchscreens.
There might be a resistive screen here and there, but it shouldnt be in all the the lowest end/older/special purpose devices, basically you'd know it was resistive if it was the case.
Resistive ones are just inert rods as resistive screens only require pressure from any correctly shaped object to work.
How old was the device in his vid thing? Android 1.0-2.1 era devices were available as resistive panels but it's pretty rare to find anything recent that's still resistive (unless it's a special purpose device like mentioned earlier)
The smallest capacitive compatable pen requires a head that's at least the size of an eraser, screens in general arnt really ment to be sensitive enough to support anything smaller.

Yeah thanks prior to this forum even prior to owning a streak I was dumbfounded on how much advanced android devices are. Coming from a blackberry this device opened up new doors for me. Anyways I emailed DX customer support n complained it wasn't working so now apparently they mistook it for me wanting a replacement n now I'm about to get another resistive stylus for free... If anyone wants one and is in Toronto pm me. Works great with any DS
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I have a really nice little stylus ( not as nice as the SS one shown) from Boxwave & I attached a small extendable key/card holde to it and just have to attache the clip (of bothe pen & holder) to my pocket, and not have to take up the headset plug's space. I can still use the stylus & listen to my tunes @ same time.

Galaxy ACE stylus pen?

That's it, I would like to know if anyone has try a stylus pen on ACE. I'm a drawer and painter and I would love to use the Sketchbook app with a pen but I don't know if that would be possible. I tried with a DIY one, that one was for iphone, and didn't work, so what do you think?

Make one with a finger touch ;-)
Sga having a capacitive touch screen only soft fingers touches respond...
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Lol, thanx! I've been using that app with my finger. The thing is that I saw on ebay, amazon and so, stylus pens for galaxy ACE, but I don't know if it's scam or they truly work

I tried a 10€ capacitive stylus from a retail shop. I don't think you will find it very useful for painting, as it is has a 6mm diameter, but it does work and it will keep your screen clean of fingerprints. I had some trouble swiping, because the rubber tip feels a bit sticky, leading to false taps. Also, mine didn't last very long: after a month or so the rubber tip became too sticky. I know there are styli with cloth tips but I have yet to find one.

I've found several today on an hawker, one of these stylus work well for write or play but I think isn't suitable to draw..

well, if a stylus works on the galaxy note, i dont really see any reason why it shouldnt work on the ace. After all, one capacitive screen works the same way as the other, only the backlight differs(led,etc)

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this is under 2 US$. works fine.

Ok! Thank you so much for your answers! So it works, no matter if it's not really really helpful for drawing but works anyway. You were very helpful, thanx again!!

i think u can use by Pen Galaxy Note ...

What for? You don't have fingers?

i3ooter said:
i think u can use by Pen Galaxy Note ...
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I tried it, it doesnt work

tendo12 said:
What for? You don't have fingers?
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READ the first post dude. For drawing

I use this and works very fine:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-x-Metal-L...ccessories&hash=item336fc7e086#ht_5170wt_1081

Interesting!

I bought one from Dealextreme and you really have to push it against the screen to work. Otherwise it will leave a dotted line. It's similar to the other Chinese ones posted here.

I have an awesome idea use an ear bud and put some extra cotton on if an make it a little wet with water and Viola your home made stylus I'd ready.
it really worked and I even typed this message with it

-HellRaiser- said:
I have an awesome idea use an ear bud and put some extra cotton on if an make it a little wet with water and Viola your home made stylus I'd ready.
it really worked and I even typed this message with it
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He he..superb idea bro

I use my thumb as natural stylus

This suits for tab n note i think

the stylus's on ebay work just fine, but as someone else said, the tip is fairly large so for drawing dont expect much.
depends what drawing software you are using as well, if its one that supports pinch and zoom then you will get reasonable results, but again, never going to produce superb results.
But the ebay ones are about $2 so its not really money wasted. You can still use it for typing, playing games etc.

What lanyard strap will you use?

Firstly, let me congratulate Sony for allowing a lanyard to be attached! My Galaxy note doesn't have a lanyard hole and neither did my last Desire Z, Desire or HD2.
They are sooo useful for getting phones out of pockets by the strap, using the phone one handed or of course preventing the phone slipping out of your hand. And believe it or not, the Xperia Z having one was a major reason in me buying it!
Anyway, does anyone have plans on getting a particular strap?
On amazon, some reviews of cheap ones mentioned them breaking, so I'm thinking of using a wii controller strap which may match my white Z quite well.

I'm very pleased to see it too. It's a great little feature - i have no idea why it disappeared from the market. I'm going to use the one that Sony provided with PSP - maybe something better if you guys find something worth recommending

The Wii strap is a great idea for a wrist lanyard
If I want a neck lanyard for any reason, I'll probably just use the one my work ID badge hangs on.

R: What lanyard strap will you use?
I don't understand why they didn't put one in the box.. It's a very cheap optional.
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Lanyard straps are a very Japanese thing to use. I love them and this is another small thing that make the XZ a great phone.

Akiainavas said:
I'm very pleased to see it too. It's a great little feature - i have no idea why it disappeared from the market. I'm going to use the one that Sony provided with PSP - maybe something better if you guys find something worth recommending
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I second the Wii remote strap recommendation. Been using it with my Note 2.

Using these ones:
Genuine UltraFire® High Quality leather led torch wrist strap lanyard tether UK
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EDC Paracord lanyard wrist strap Mil spec 550 7 strand genuine US Gov contract (ACU camo)
If links don't work google for litetek-uk store
Also these rings seem really good for a phone use:
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the lanyard option definitive sold me over. will be perfect for this summer. I do alot of boating, and killed a couple of phones at sea, usually intoxicated :laugh:.
now I can fall in the sea with the phone in my pocket without killing it. also fitting a flotation device with the lanyard strap makes sure that it dont go to the bottom of the sea...
after the Xperia V i will never go back to a non-waterproof phone..

buljo said:
...fitting a flotation device with the lanyard strap makes sure that it dont go to the bottom of the sea...
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\o/ aryca

I just can't find a cool lanyard - most of them have metal parts which might scretch the screen

Shouldn't this trivia be in the Accessories forum?

consti83 said:
I just can't find a cool lanyard - most of them have metal parts which might scretch the screen
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Go for a plastic ring then http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2342517
LenAsh said:
Shouldn't this trivia be in the Accessories forum?
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Ye, it formerly was there, but an admin decided to move it a while ago to Q&A, because the threads subject... was a question