Sunday, October 10, 2004
Bluetooth FrogPad Released: One Handed Mobile Keyboard
Posted by Jonathon Watkins in "HARDWARE" @ 09:00 AM
"FrogPad and its partner Gennum Corporation are announcing the official and global launch of iFrog, a portable keyboard with Bluetooth. The iFrog is compatible with all Mac OS X and PCs supporting the Bluetooth HID (Human Interface Device) profile, which describes how a keyboard will communicate with another Bluetooth device. iFrog will include drivers for Bluetooth devices supporting Pocket PC, Palm OS, Symbian and Windows Mobile Smartphone"
The iFrog is basically a one-handed keyboard to be used with Pocket PCs, PDA's, Laptops, Tablet and Wearable PC's, etc. The letter layout is based on the percent usage of each letter in the English language. Fifteen letters that are used 86% of the time by typists are placed in the most efficient locations on the keyboard. Hmmm, now where have we heard that one before? ;-) The iFrog is priced at US$225 and you can find a very positive hands on review of the previous (non Bluetooth version) in the Tampa PC Users newsletter. (PDF). I'm not sure I see the point of using this with a PPC, as you have to have your screen visible anyway. Why not just use FITALY? Would any of you guys who have used an iFrog care to comment on what you though of it?
The iFrog is basically a one-handed keyboard to be used with Pocket PCs, PDA's, Laptops, Tablet and Wearable PC's, etc. The letter layout is based on the percent usage of each letter in the English language. Fifteen letters that are used 86% of the time by typists are placed in the most efficient locations on the keyboard. Hmmm, now where have we heard that one before? ;-) The iFrog is priced at US$225 and you can find a very positive hands on review of the previous (non Bluetooth version) in the Tampa PC Users newsletter. (PDF). I'm not sure I see the point of using this with a PPC, as you have to have your screen visible anyway. Why not just use FITALY? Would any of you guys who have used an iFrog care to comment on what you though of it?
