Monday, April 29, 2002
HP Pocket Keyboard review
Posted by Andy Sjostrom in "HARDWARE" @ 05:29 AM
http://www.compu2go.com/hpkeyboard.html
compu2go.com has just published a review of the HP Pocket Keyboard. I am anxiously waiting for my own HP Pocket Keyboard and read the review with great interest. Unfortunately, John Mierau (the reviewer) gave the keyboard his thumbs down and decided to return his unit.
Although John says he likes the design he concludes: "For quick notes & short emails, the pocketkeyboard does the job. Input is relatively quick & easy if you're not worried about punctuation or extended symbols (for which there's a symbol pattern popup screen). However -& for me, this is a big however- the lack of control key/hotkey mappings, as well as the lack of home & end keys, make the keyboard unusable for anything requiring quotes & actual sentence structure. Great design aside, there's a flimsy feel to the thing & added bulk. Both of this would be forgiveable if I felt comfortable using the pocket keyboard for more than a grocery list of quick thought. Bottom line: I'm returning my Pocket Keyboard. Unless you truly hate using a Soft input method, I'd recommend a Stowaway or wait for a 3rd party thumboard... Despite being a big hp junky, the pocket keyboard gets a disappointed thumbs down."
What do the rest of you HP Pocket Keyboard users feel? Should I expect good or not-so-good when my unit arrives?
compu2go.com has just published a review of the HP Pocket Keyboard. I am anxiously waiting for my own HP Pocket Keyboard and read the review with great interest. Unfortunately, John Mierau (the reviewer) gave the keyboard his thumbs down and decided to return his unit.
Although John says he likes the design he concludes: "For quick notes & short emails, the pocketkeyboard does the job. Input is relatively quick & easy if you're not worried about punctuation or extended symbols (for which there's a symbol pattern popup screen). However -& for me, this is a big however- the lack of control key/hotkey mappings, as well as the lack of home & end keys, make the keyboard unusable for anything requiring quotes & actual sentence structure. Great design aside, there's a flimsy feel to the thing & added bulk. Both of this would be forgiveable if I felt comfortable using the pocket keyboard for more than a grocery list of quick thought. Bottom line: I'm returning my Pocket Keyboard. Unless you truly hate using a Soft input method, I'd recommend a Stowaway or wait for a 3rd party thumboard... Despite being a big hp junky, the pocket keyboard gets a disappointed thumbs down."
What do the rest of you HP Pocket Keyboard users feel? Should I expect good or not-so-good when my unit arrives?
