PGenocide's Full Review: TARGUS UNIVERSAL PDA/KEYBOARD CASE - BLACK
The Design
Well you have to give them some credit. The design is really awesome to say the least. It folds out of its own case and you push the three segments together to form a keyboard. Its extremely light weight, and while in its folded state, very durable. While open though, its another story.
Once opened the Stowaway keyboard has a fold up stand that holds your Palm Pilot, and allows it to plug into the keyboard. The keyboard is sized just fine, but it can't be used unless its on a hard surface. Its just too flimsy, you couldnt use it on your lap, or holding it, it's gotta be on a desk, or a clipboard. This could cause some problems. Obviously if it had more structure to it, it'd be alot bigger, and heavier, so we can't really blame Stowaway for this problem.
And the softer side
Well, this part isn't any fault of the Keyboard at all. It falls down to the design and lack of thought put into the Palm Pilot software. Be nevertheless will affect your usage of the Stowaway Keyboard.
The Palm O/S (the software running on your palm pilot) just isnt designed to make use of a keyboard very well. For instance, on a Windows machine, you can navigate without a stylus or a mouse, using tab and the space bar. But on a palm machine, you'll be unable to reach several functions without picking up your stylus and clicking them. For example, you can create a new memo, or delete one, but you cant edit one without using the stylus. Obviously the keyboard maker couldnt help this problem, but it still inhibits your use of the device.
Over all, this keyboard is extremely useful, and you are more efficient with it, than without it. But it isnt gods gift to PDA's. Perhaps if you need more ease of use, you should look into Windows CE devices like the Pocket PC.
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