Nokia 770 and iGo Ultrathin Bluetooth Keyboard

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I use my Nokia 770 a lot. when I’m out and about and I don’t want to cart a laptop around, it’s a great form of internet access, if limited in a few ways. The ting that’s always got to me about it though, is t the text-entry interface. In the end, without a physical keyboard (like the new Nokia N810 for example), you’re a bit restricted when entering long entries like this one.

So – when I saw the offer for the iGo Ultrathin keyboard for just over 17 quid, I jumped at it. The keyboard is a fold-up device that attaches to the 770 by bluetooth. Its like a more compact version of the slightly older Stowaway’ keyboard. with it, you can use the 770 more like a mini laptop. When not required, the keyboard folds away neatly down to about the same size as the 770 itself.

When folded out and in use, the keybord includes a small stand on the back to support the 770 in a usable position. It’s HID compliant, which means that you can use it on any device that takes such a keyboard. This includes many smartphones, Laptops, PDAs etc too.

The keyboard itself is quite robust, and works very well. Seeing as I’m actually typing this sat in a Cafe, having taken a photo with my phone, transferred it by Bluetooth to the 770, uploaded it to my site, and published the article via my Phone’s data connection and bluetooth, I think I can finally say that mobile computing has come of age :)

It’s great ;)

6 Responses to “Nokia 770 and iGo Ultrathin Bluetooth Keyboard”

  1. Great one.. I Have to think about the same think. :)

  2. Dan says:

    Just ordered the same thing! Did you need any drivers/config or did it just work?

  3. Axeman says:

    I just neeeded to download a maemo bluetooth driver extension. Just googe for it under maemo bluetooth, and it’s pretty easy to find. Just follow the instructions!

  4. Paul Bromley says:

    Purchased one of these to work with my Nokia 7770, but cannot seem to get them working together with the maemo driver mentioned. Did you have any difficulties? Tried a couple of months ago and from memory, they did try to pair, but then I think I got an error message. Will try angain over the weekend and re-post, but if anyone has any suggestions ……

  5. Axeman says:

    Worked fine for me with zero issues. Hope you get it up and running, as it’s great once it works…!

  6. armaniman says:

    thanks a lot,needed to find one of these keyboards,big help


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