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While it seems not to be the first Bluetooth keyboard that supports for Microsoft Smartphone (ThinkGeek seems to be the first - see link below), it seems like this one is the best supported and available now at Dixo...

Read more at http://www.msmobiles.com/news.php/3445.html

[nick123]

Freedom/BK600/Proporta Bluetooth Keyboard

I have just purchased a Freedom keyboard for my Orange SPV C500 Smartphone and my iPAQ 2210.
For information, there are several brands out there but the OEM is Chainplus (www.chainplus.com) . The latest driver (v1.40) will work on all brands but if you want the latest version I suggest you go to the Chainpus website, even though it only talks about the BK600 brand.
iPAQ 2210 experience: I couldn't get it to connect initially - the only way was to hard reset the iPAQ and reload all the software. The keyboard now works 100% rock-solid - I reinstalled every single progam so I have no idea what the problem was. Other people have had similar experiences, judging from other forums. Perhaps ensuring that the keyboard driver software is one of the first programs to be loaded is an important critereon for successful operation?
SPV C500 - I have tried with driver versions 1.34 & 1.40 with the same problems, although the connection was immediate and without hassle:
x unwanted key repetitions, especially when using the enter and delete keys (irrespective of ther key repeat delay set in the program)
x if you try some 'advanced' operations, such as manipulating the dropdown menus of programs or using the softkey menus (e.g. pressing ctrl-6 and ctrl-7), sooner or later the phone will lock up. The only way out is to remove the phone battery and reboot. It won't lock up if all you do is text entry, however.

Such events do not occur at all when using the iPAQ, so it has to be a driver problem.

Frankly, I find the keyboard unusable with the C500 for the moment, though I guess Chainpus will solve the driver problem in due course.

Nick

[nick123]

Good News - the Freedom Keyboard driver problem has now been solved by Chainpus (the OEM). The finished new version (1.5) will be available in a couple of weeks, I understand, and will be available at www.chainpus.com.
They have solved both the problem of the key repeats and also the lock-up problem with the c500.
Nick