Stowaway XT for NR

[GreatOldOne]

I've been after a 'full size' size keyboard for my NR and liked the look of the XT.

But, as you all probably know they're only available for Palms at the mo.

I mailed ThinkOutside, and they tell me that a version for the NR and NX will be available from next month! :)

Just thought I'd share.

Cheers,

GOO

[ratman]

I have been considering getting one for a while but I'm not sure whether or not I would actually find the Clie that useful for working on documents and end up resorting to the laptop all the time.

Has anyone used a proper 'full size' keyboard with their PDA? If so how did you get on with it?

[sralmas]

I've had an XT for my NR for many months now and I love it.  It is always in my inside suit jacket pocket and I never even realize it's there; until you need it and then you're cooking with gas.  I LOVED my Stowaway, but it was too big to carry around ALLof the time; the XT is perfect. 

With my SupplyNet cable in stow, I have all of the core functionality of a laptop (for my purposes) on my person and you could never even tell.  Now I am just hoping that the NX80 has BT and that Verizon releases a BT phone so that I can do away with the cable.

[Tedlick]

I've owned a full size Stowaway keyboard for my last 3 PDAs (Palm IIIe, Visor Prism, and now the NR70V). I consider it a "must have" accessory due to how I use my PDA. Yes, I'm quite adept with graffiti-- my keyboard isn't a crutch for a lack of stylus proficiency.

What I mainly use my keyboard for is note taking in meetings-- for any given meeting I create a note, and then type away. The advantage is that the notes are automatically filed with the date of the meeting, and show up when I perform searches for key phrases & such. I've tried using graffiti and/or the mini keyboard of the NR, but neither allows me to get my thoughts into my PDA as fast as a real keyboard.

The Stowaway XT is a nice looking keyboard, but I find the current keyboard for the Clies (original Stowaway design) is preferrable, as it actually HAS the row of number keys-- and believe it or not, typing numbers comes up often enough that having to use a function keypress combination is frustratingly awkward. I concede that for others the more compact size may be worth the sacrifice of this row of keys.

In short, if you need a keyboard NOW, go ahead and get the current Clie keyboard for the NR series-- it's not all that big folded up, and it works GREAT. If you have to have the latest & greatest, or just have to have a keyboard that is more "pocketable", then the upcoming XT keyboard is good news indeed.

[GreatOldOne]

Originally posted by sralmas
I've had an XT for my NR for many months now and I love it

Where did you get yours, if you don't mind me asking?

[<lie<onvert]

Hey sralmas,

I'd like to know where you got one for the NR too. I have been waiting for a keyboard since I got mine. The XT is very cool looking.

Don't keep us in suspense!

[rob_squared]

Maybe they're confused considering that it hasn't been released yet...

[legohead]

Is there an XT for the SJ or SL series? Anyways, what's new on the XT- just the size?