| Stowaway XT keyboard |
| photo by Jeff Opal, taken in sunlight, at a Burger King, on 21-OCT-2003 |
| This product has worked well for me so far. I bought it to use with my Sony Clie NX70V handheld computer (not shown in the photo because I used it to take the photo). This is the fourth foldable keyboard I've purchased for a handheld computer. An interesting feature of this keyboard is the pair of space bars. As can be seen in the photo, the space bar consists of two such bars placed side by side. This was done apparently rto enable the bar to be folded near its mid point. Another interesting feature is that the top two rows of the QUERTY keyboard layout have been combined on it (in order to make the keyboard smaller). |
| Ten of the fourteen keys on the top row are letter-making keys that can make four different symbols: a lowercase letter, an uppercase letter, a numerical digit, and a symbol that is neither a letter nor a number (i.e., the symbols "! @ # $ % ^ & * ( )" ). The keyboard is able to achieve this combined row by having two "function" (Fn) keys. The blue Fn key is visible on to the left of the space bar pair, and the green Fn key is visible to the right of the space bar pair. |
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| A great review of this keyboard is here, at the web site of "The Gadgeteer": www.the-gadgeteer.com/stowaway-xt-review |