Freedom Pro Bluetooth Keyboard

by Freedom

Product Details

• Item Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0030IT6AO
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 18, 2009

Product Description

Take control of your mobile device with the Freedom Pro Keyboard! This is the latest and best dual profile Bluetooth portable keyboard for BlackBerry, Android and other smartphone devices. This compact and light weight folding keyboard communicates via a wireless Bluetooth connection to your smartphone so there are no cables to attach! This Bluetooth keyboard features 5 full rows of 75 full size keys in a QWERTY keyboard layout with tactile feedback and dedicated number keys. Keyboard has many shortcut & programmable hot keys for complete remote control of your smartphone device. Other Notable Bluetooth Keyboard Features Include: - Fold out stand to hold device upright - LED for wireless connection status - Power On/Off key with power saving - Size Opened: 12.6" X 4.0" X 0.38" - Size Closed: 6.4" X 4.0" X 0.75" - Weight: 258g / 9.21oz (including batteries) - Transmits up to 30 ft from handheld - Supports HID and SPP Bluetooth profiles - 12 Month manufacturer warranty Supported PDA Types: Windows Mobile, Pocket PC's, BlackBerry and Android devices and more. BlackBerry v4.0 OS required, BlackBerry v5.0 OS fully supported. To check compatibility for AT&T Android devices go to "Settings" and then "Applications." Within the Applications menu, there should be a check box called "Unknown Sources." If there is no check box, then the Freedom Pro will not work that particular AT & T device. Already have this keyboard? Watch Our Installation Video HERE Includes: keyboard, leather pouch, stand, 2x AAA batteries and manual. Driver can be installed wirelessly.

Customer Reviews

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars No-Go Problem for Systems Administrator, December 3, 2010

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LRWerewolf - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Freedom Pro Bluetooth Keyboard (Personal Computers)

I'm a systems administrator who uses his phone to connect to both work and entertainment servers that are text mode. There are a huge number of pluses to this keyboard ... but something that, because of my style of use, is an absolute no-go for me.

I rather like the physical nature of this keyboard. It folds into a neat and compact format, has a locking pin to keep it open when you need it open, even contains a nifty little stand that stows away along the top right of the keyboard. I love that this devices uses batteries instead of being itself rechargable -- I loathe not being able to use a device because I need to charge it. The layout has some peculiarities (I wish the up arrow and right-shift were reversed but I've already gotten used to it in only a few hours). The keyboard has a large number of function and alternate keys that expose a wide variety of phone-oriented features; this keyboard was clearly designed for phones and excels at that task.

That said... it's a no-go for me unless their tech support can fix an issue for me: unicode quotes.

As a systems administrator, programmer, and MUD/MUCK player, there is a significant difference between an ASCII quote and double quote and the Unicode quotes that this keyboard sends. This keyboard is therefore completely and utterly useless to me because I cannot quote items in a command line when SSH'd into a box, I cannot quote strings in a bit of programming code, and when I'm connected to a MUD or MUCK, my quotes and double quotes get dropped entirely since the servers expect and can handle only ASCII characters.

If you are a power-user or tech geek, or anyone else to whom the byte representation of your text is of critical importance, this keyboard is not for you unless Freedom Input fixes this problem. I think this keyboard would be an excellent keyboard for anyone else who doesn't care how their text is represented in bytes.

I have contacted them and hope they will make effort to standardize this keyboard so it will appeal to power users as well as the casual users to whom it will already appeal.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome accessory for Evo 4g Android phone!, June 22, 2010

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imrational - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Freedom Pro Bluetooth Keyboard (Personal Computers)

Android 2.1 (and apparently 2.2) does not support Bluetooth HID, so most bluetooth keyboards will not work yet on Android mobile phones.

Fortunately, the Freedom Pro keyboard can use HID or SPP bluetooth. The makers of the keyboard are extremely dedicated in getting their keyboard to sync and give frequent feedback to customers.

From my keyboard, I can write in "Docs to Go" or other word processing programs, hit a key and load "Music", select and play music, then flip back to my word processor.

Compared with the fastest texting keyboard on my phone, when using the Freedom Pro, I'm typing at least two to three times faster.

I highly recommend this product.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars lag, lag, lag. so sad., January 8, 2010

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R. Masterson "rrain2day" (Puyallup, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Freedom Pro Bluetooth Keyboard (Personal Computers)

I had no trouble getting this to connect to my BlackBerry Pearl 8230 flip phone. I was also able to connect it to my PS3 easily. The storage case is well made and the keyboard itself felt good under my hands. The form factor is excellent. All in all, it is a well-made easy to connect device. Why the 2-star rating? Well, it IS a keyboard and as such, one SHOULD be able to type with it. Unfortunately, the inherent BlueTooth lag is its downfall. I am not a fast typist but, even at my modest pace, it would drop characters (particularly the space), duplicate letters or transpose them. Unless I typed with a painfully methodical slowness being careful to not quickly press keys in succession, it was absolute garbage out.

I tried everything; changing the batteries supplied in the packaging, changing the settings on my phone, rebooting my phone, resetting my phone by taking the battery out, switching from SureType to MultiTap, and even turning off the non-BlueTooth transmitter on my phone. Nothing improved the performance of this keyboard.

I was hoping to be able to create documents and write e-mails with this keyboard but I can type just as fast (and more accurately) on the tiny keypad of my phone. I sadly sent it back and am now continuing my search for a BlackBerry compatible keyboard. Wired this time!