Customer Reviews
Slick Board 
2004-08-01
I bought my "ultra-thin" keyboard a couple o days ago, and i really do have to say that this is very nice, very clean, slick, and small. I had bought mine from Fry's electronics and the only one they had was an "open box," it didn't come with a cd, but i just found the .prc file with little trouble fro mthe palmone website. Anyway the Keyboard itself is very easy to open and close, the back support is decent though i am somewhat afraid i may bend the wire, but then again i'll always have it on some flat surface...whcih brings up another thing, the board itself is not very lap friendly, for a seventeen year old guy taking notes in church anyway...i would suggest placing like a book or compostion book on your lap, something that's hardback so that 1) you can type at your lap and 2) it won't slip around with the rubber "feat" things, though it kinda needs some support on the right "wing of the keyboard, i kinda "hit" the keys and the other side of the board comes up.
it does take a couple of hours getting used to the keys, especially with craftsman hands, but i'm still typing nonstop throughout the day. I do tend to mess up fro time to time, sometimes the space key along with backspace and enter don't respond like they ought to and i have to use the arrow keys, and the fact that right right arrow key is placed to the left of the delete key doesn't help out with my typing errors.
The board does have other language capabilities i guess you coud lsay, by pressing alt and some other letter on the keyboard, you can type in the language of your choice although you don't know which key changes the accent on the letter etc. but it'd still help out in my last couple of french classes im going to be taking.
and the board is relatively silent too, which is pretty dag.
All in all this Ultra-Thin Keyboard is really a must buy for those who want a good quality keyboard for their palm.
Elegant design ruined with shoddy construction 
2004-07-20
BY ALL MEANS AVOID THIS OVERPRICED MARVEL OF MODERN ENGINEERING.
I wish I could give this item 0 stars, it's that bad. I've used my keyboard very little, never dropped it, not mishandled it, and to my horror it just now fell apart. I pulled out the backstop against which the Palm rests upright and it literally came to pieces in my hands. There wasn't even that feeling of resistance that lets you better slow down and see what's going on. Just pieces of plastic and screws falling all over the place.
It's pushed me another step closer to the inevitable transition to PocketPC, even though I've been a fanatic Palm user ever since the very first Palm Pilots came out. Another once great product dies an ugly death at the hands of production "efficiency."
Don't *EVER* drop it! 
2004-07-12
Frankly, I love this keyboard, and enjoy using it.
I think the complaints about the 4-row limitations
are of no real importance in general use
(accountants and programmers may disagree!)
and find it generally to be a sweet little contraption.
My only complaint / concern is its fragility.
I'm generally extremely careful about such things,
but it slipped from my hand (folded and latched)
and fell to the carpeted floor once; it has been
reluctant to close ever since.
It still works just fine - it just no longer wants to close,
and every time I do so, I wonder if *this* is going to be
the time I break it.
I find that very annoying, and my joy in it is dimmed:
tools one must fuss over are counter-productive.
It's a rough-&-tumble world, and products must be
rugged enough to survive actual use in the real world;
this accident was as mild and moderate as they come,
& a productivity tool aimed at busy people on the move
should provide greater dependability than this.
Needs dedicated number keys 2004-03-10
Size, weight, and Palm connection are great. The lack of dedicated number keys, and awkward character key fingering have become a real problem for this computer science student.
Pretty Nice Keyboard 
2004-02-21
I read the reviews here and am glad I ordered one anyway. It was no problem to hook up and doesn't interfere with sync on my Mac. The only negative is the lack of the number key row and the special function keys (problems mentioned elsewhere). But not bad if you spend a bit of time with it.
I haven't had any keys fall off, nor have I found it to be unstable as some have said. The keys are quiet and have a nice tactile feedback so you know when you've pressed the key.
All in all, a nice compact palm companion.
Tungsten Owners Beware!!! 2006-04-28
This keyboard is NOT compatable with the tungsten E or E2s (which do not use the 'universal' connector. I can't say anything about what other models may or may not work with it, but be aware that the Palm 'universal' connector is NOT in fact universal. It may be a marvelous keyboard, but I bought it based on the information that it was compatable with my palm...
Pretty, but fragile 
2005-06-18
I've owned two of these keyboards, both of which I bought new, and both had dead keys (specifically, J through L) after a few months. It's a pity, because the size and layout of this keyboard is excellent. I now use the much cheaper Logitech keyboard, because at least when that dies it'll only cost 7 bucks to replace.
Works great, dead technology 2005-03-29
This is just about the coolest little keyboard you can find. It is light, portable, and it responds as well as a normal keyboard. The one downside, which I recently discovered, is that it won't work with the newer class of Palm Devices, explaining why it is so inexpensive now. When I first purchased a keyboard, it was to go along with a Zire 71 handheld. That handheld died, forcing me to upgrade to the newer Zire 72. Much to my surprise, Palm changed the connection for their PDA's, rendering the wonderful little typing device useless.
So, if you are using one of the older models that it can work with, I would certainly say that it is a good buy. But, I would not count on it to last you for generations of Palm devices to come.
Will Fall Apart 2004-12-10
The piece that holds the palm to the keyboard fell apart - little metal and plastic bits everywhere. It's impossible to put back together. I hadn't mistreated or mishandled it, it is just very fragile. (In fact, I wish I had done something bad to it - I'd feel better.) I do not recommend that you buy this keyboard.
Utilitarian 2004-10-06
I've just bought the keyboard, and it seems versatile and useable. I would have liked another row of keys; however, it is incredibly small which is nice.
One thing I ran into was that after the first time that I used it, I couldn't hot sync to my PC. I found that if I go into the keboard icon on my Palm and uncheck "Enable keyboard" that I could hot sync again. That was a little scary at first, but now that I have discovered the fix, it's just an inconvenience.
