Micro Innovations PDA Portable Folding Wireless Keyboard - TKB700U

by Micro Innovations

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00007FH3F
• Item model number: TKB700U
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 11, 2002

Product Description

With the TKB700U Wireless Link Keyboard, Micro Innovations wields the mighty sword of cutting edge technology to sever the electrical strand binding your PDA to accessory keyboards. Enjoy the fastest, the latest, by far the easiest way to enter data into your handheld computing solution. Comes with its own built-in power supply, eliminating power drain on your PDA from previous PDA keyboards Ideal for use with Compaq iPaq, HP Jornada and Sony Clie handheld models Includes stand, (1) AAA battery and drivers on CD-ROM

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Micro Innovations PDA Keyboard (Junk), November 10, 2008

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Chris Bolbat - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Micro Innovations PDA Portable Folding Wireless Keyboard - TKB700U (Personal Computers)

Ok here is the deal just as the other comment describes this keyboard is just about useless. It appears that you need a massivly out of date PDA for this keyboard to work. Even calling Micro Innovations themselves was a headache. It took a very nice guy 20min to search through their old database just to find the driver for this keyboard (oh and by the way the CD that comes with the Keyboard is blank because its so out of date). Not only that the company gives you a disclaimer that its out of date and you MUST waive any rights to and repercussions that may occur if you attempt to use this keyboard with your PDA (it sounded to me that it wasn't all that great even when it did work).

In any event I also did the stupid thing and it is not worth returning it. Even thought I had a very old Dell PDA with with the 2002 operation system the infa-red is not found. So I too now have a very cool useless folding keyboard. Maybe I will get lucky and it will work with a standard infa-red computer so I can at least get some fun use out of it for kicks.

2.0 out of 5 stars Hardly "universal", October 2, 2008

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army103 (Wisconsin-USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Micro Innovations PDA Portable Folding Wireless Keyboard - TKB700U (Personal Computers)

What the product description fails to mention is that this product was discontinued in 2002. As a result, it is not compatible with today's mobile operating systems. After searching online, I found that this is not just a matter of finding the right driver - the infrared technology of this keyboard simply won't work with most PDA's made in 2004 or later. It's the hardware, not the software. I personally just got a Palm TX and have learned that the Palm OS 5 is completely incompatible with this product. The manufacturer's site even admits that you need a completely different keyboard if you use that system.

I would have given this product one star, but it's just such a cool & compact little unit that I couldn't bring myself not to give it some credit. I would be ecstatic if it worked with my technology or I was packing a more out-dated PDA, but since the cost of shipping would be more than the refund I would get for returning it (I suspect a sneaky ploy on the seller's part; probably trying to clear out their warehouse), I am now the dissapointed owner of a keyboard-shaped paperweight.