Targus PA870U Universal Wireless Keyboard

Average customer rating: 4.0

Perfect addition to my PDA
Targus PA870u
Not to be used with iPaq
Poor Product
Targus Wireless Keyboard is great

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Targus PA870U Universal Wireless Keyboard

Manufacturer: Targus
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00009EBYA
2003-05-20

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Product Description

UNIVERSAL WIRELESS KEYBOARD , 8-WAY HAT SWITCH - KEYBOARD - WIRELESS-INFRARED -

Customer Reviews:

Perfect addition to my PDA.......2007-06-12

I absolutely love the wireless keyboard. It is the best investment I've made in awhile. I take it with me everywhere and it comes in handy. I don't have to play around with the little stylus anymore and I love it.

I can type a letter, update my contact list, and send email with ease. The only problem I had was the size of the keys on the keyboard. The numbers are not exactly where a normal size keyboard dwould be. With a little patience I worked it out.

Targus PA870u.......2006-12-22

I have had this item for about a year. I got it for my Dell Axim 5. I really like the full size keyboard. It took no time at all getting used to it. Very easy to set up. Like the fact that you have a mouse option. Only negative is that you get some play where the keyboard is hinged when on an uneven surface. This flaw is hardly worth dwelling over this is a good buy. Researched alot of keyboards happy with purchase.

Not to be used with iPaq.......2006-09-13

This keyboard folds out well and I liked the feel of the keys.

However, the IR connector needs to be in direct connection with the IR port in the PDA. For the iPaq, this port is at the bottom of the handheld. The 210 degree arm does not rotate to this area. In order to have the proper connectivity, you have to turn the handheld on its side. This then requires another software program download (not freeware that I can find) to rotate your screen to the landscape view, unless you can read sideways without getting a headache.

Before buying this product, check your handheld to see if your IR port is between 4-8 o'clock - if so, this may be a difficult keyboard to use.

Poor Product.......2005-10-16

Despite not being written on the packaging or website my HP iPaq RX3417 was compatible with this keyboard.

Unfortunatly the software supplied was extremely bad, clogging my PDA making it run very slowely. As well as this, it also flickered when in use making the settings for the keyboard very difficult to change.

In terms of hardware, I found the size and position of keys to be the biggest problem. While targus does include all 5 rows of a standard keyboard, it shrinks the top row (numbers) and the bottom row (space bar). This makes it very difficult to use the space bar (which is for some reason split into three parts) and the numbers (which could have been made full size as there is nothing else in the way). I found myself constantly not hitting the right key or not hitting the right key hard enough for the key to register. In terms of key position, there is a gap between the keys on the left side and right side of the keyboard making hitting the keys in the middle very difficult. Some keys are also very small (e.g. the right shift key and backspace) making them difficult to use (strange considering they are used a lot on keyboards).

One of the biggest problems I had with the keyboard was the lack of proper arrow keys. Targus includes an oval shaped four direction button that controls a mouse cursor that appears on the screen. This mouse cursor is useful, but needs to be supplemented with normal Up, Down, Left and Right keys which are needed when typing to go back to another part of the document. Using the mouse to do this is very frustrating.

The final negative thing about this keyboard was the price. I paid AUD$149.95 for this keyboard. Doing some research on the internet found better models (i.e. Think Outside Stowaway IR Keyboard) available for less than half the price (around AUD$70) and bluetooth keyboards available for less than AUD$190. I think it might be about time Targus releases a new model PDA keyboard with a design and software that are suitable for the use the keyboard will get. No more tiny keys and no more than two space bars!

Targus Wireless Keyboard is great.......2005-09-06

This is a fantastic little item. You can attach your PDA, position the infrared wand and off you go. With this keyboard, you can type and also use a button on the keyboard as a mouse-which is a similar experience to using a laptop mouse. My only problem was with customer service which said the keyboard wasn't compatible with my PDA when in fact it was.

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