Mini USB keyboards for bike-touring use with HTC phone?

G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

I've got the HTC touch pro 2, while the keyboard is pretty good for a mobile phone, it's not quite up to the level of ease I'd like for doing reasonable amounts of typing.
So looking to get some kind of portable keyboard to do longer typing while I'm away (vague plan to make some kind of 'blog'/report thing while I'm on the road.)
Does anyone have experience with these and can reccomend any specific one, or know the relative benefits?

Tarmacsurfer · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Jun 2004 Karma :

Does the phone have a USB root? Wouldn't have thought so, try it before you spend out.

Your best bet is going to be one of the bluetooth keyboards.
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Alexio · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Aug 2009 Karma :

10" mini usb laptop kinda size keyboards are quite common and easy to get a hold of for about £10. I have a couple of them. I didn't think a HTC would have a usb port though? if it does you could look to water proof one of these and all would be good.

Ok, so this one is 30CM / 12", but it's an example of something similar to what I have:

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Supper-Slim-Havit-2188-Black-Mini-Keyboard-Laptop-UK_W0QQitemZ220296560002QQcmdZViewItem

or did you mean something even smaller than that?? If you did, the expensive little bluetooth things might be what you're looking for.
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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

I meant something like the roll-up ones. I suspect the phone probably doesn't have the USB root, so bluetooth would be the way forward.

chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

Have you thought about getting a mini netbook?

It would negate the need for for extra hdd too.

I have a Dell mini 10. It really is tiny and weighs next to nothing. It runs Windows XP pretty fast. It has an SD card slot so you can put your photos on it and it has a 160gb HDD. You can get 12v chargers for cheap on the bay. I have the extended battery £45 and it easily has 6-8 hours battery life.

https://www.dell.co.uk/mini

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Height
25.34–28mm (Front-Back)
1.0-1.1 inches (Front-Back)
Width: 261mm, 10.28 inches
Depth: 182.5mm, 7.19 inches
Starting weight:
1.2kg / 2. 6 lbs4 with 3 Cell battery
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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

Oddly enough, when the EEE was first being hyped in pre-release, that was my thought "That'd be cool for motorbike touring" Smile

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In the longer term for a bigger tour, maybe - I have actually got the offer of a 'loan' of one, but one with the SSD (not even storage as I'd be looking to dump full 16gb cards).
Not that I expect I'd ever do it, but it'd also allow me the opportunity to do some (for my own project) coding if I got particularly bored and be a better e-book reader maybe.
However, I do like the idea of having a pretty tiny device that does it all (and my phone is probably more powerful than the desktop PC I had 10 years ago!)