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Targus ThumbPad for Palm V

Targus ThumbPad for Palm V

List Price: $39.99
Your Price: $28.39
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great design, compatability issues
Review: The design of this keyboard is great. It's a bit larger than others when folded, so of course it's a trade-off. If you want a great layout, get this board. If you want something tiny, get something else. The only problem I have with this board is compatability. There are at least three hardware revisions of this board. I got a version 1 board, and it is hardware incompatable with some number of handhelds. Be sure what version you're buying BEFORE buying it, and check the compatability list on Targus's site to make sure it works with what you want it to work with.

I've kicked e-mails back and forth with Targus for a bit now, and they refuse to even give me a hint as to why this thing required multiple versions. If anyone knows WHY this keyboard would be incompatable with a handheld beyond any hope of software fixes, please let me know. I'm not quite sure how that would ever be the case. I did find out, though, that NO revision will work with a Dell Axim X30, which is not on their compatability list at all. This is a great board if it'll work with your handheld. Just make sure it will first.

EDIT: please note that the compatability list on the Targus website is wrong on at least a few counts. My rev 1.0 hardware worked fine with store display units of the Tungsten C, T3, Zire 31, and Zire 72. All I know for sure is that it won't work with the Tungsten T. Unfortunately, there aren't display units of Axims, or I'd find out for sure about that one. Just don't assume the list is right, test things first if possible.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: IR beam arm is almost imposible to align on a Toshiba e755
Review: The rotating wand arm must be aligned to the infrared port of the PDA. The arm rotates 210 degrees but the sender can only point directly to the pivot point. The adjustable arms are laughingly flimsy. As a result I can only get it to work if I hold the pda in my right hand directly above the ir arm. Then it works great but it's an utterly unworkable solution. Instead of a rotating arm which makes the angle wrong. Why not a sliding arm so that it is always at a right angle?

Truly awful unworkable piece of flimsy junk


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