Palm OS/WinMo Hardware

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I am considering purchasing a wireless keyboard for a Palm TX. Will the 3169WW work? If purchased new, what driver will it come with ( what driver do I need?). How universal is this keyboard? I have Adobe Reader 3.05 on the TX. Should I be looking for a newer version. Thank You!

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[#2]

Hi, and welcome to the Palm Support Community.

You've asked two totally separate questions.

1.  Yes the 3169WW will work with your TX.  I have used one many times with my TXes.  The only thing is, it requires IR (infrared) contact with the device, and I sometimes wished I had bought the Bluetooth version instead.  But that said, it works very well.  There are drivers for Palm OS and Windows Mobile devices.  If you buy it new, I believe it comes with the drivers on a CD-ROM.  The drivers are also available for download: Support (click the link at the top of the screen) > Accessories

2.  Adobe Reader for Palm is an old and clunky application.  I'm pretty sure the version which came with your TX is the most recent.  You are better off using either the freeware PalmPDF application if you can find it, or a newer version of Documents To Go which does a great job with .pdf documents.

[#3]

The Tx is new to me ( it was my sister's) so I am learning! Can I ask why you might prefer the Bluetooth version (and what models would  work with the TX).

[#4]

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broof wrote:

The Tx is new to me ( it was my sister's) so I am learning! Can I ask why you might prefer the Bluetooth version (and what models would  work with the TX).

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While I can't speak on what models work with the TX, I can make suggestions as to why the Bluetooth version might provide a better experience. IR is a line-of-site technology, If the port on the TX isn't lined up with the port on the keyboard (and at just the right distance) then it won't work. Bluetooth uses radio waves so it will work anywhere within 30 feet. This means you don't have to have the TX in a special position. You can simply set it down or prop it up and start typing on the keyboard.

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The Palm Bluetooth keyboard model 3245ww works very well with both my TX's, and my TouchPad.

They were discontinued many years ago, but can still be found on Amazon.com and ebay.

Wyrenut

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Thank You

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I just deployed a "new (!) TX and the Palm Bluetooth Keyboard, after years of using the Tungsten T3.  For the most part I'm happy with both.  There's just a little downside to the keyboard, that is, the lack of a key combination to duplicate the Graffiti stroke that involkes shortcuts (these are the mostly custom texts that you set up in Prefs to insert by making the stroke followed by just one or two or three characters).  On the Ultrathin Keyboard, which I used with the T3, the fn-ctrl combination made the shortcut stroke on the screen, after which I could type (for example) "dts," which would insert a date and time stamp.  I think the Palm infrared wireless keyboard does the same thing.  If there is such a functionality on the BT keyboard, it's not documented and I cannot find it.  (I suspect that it may have been left out because it may be mostly used with smartphones, Treo series etc., which have the hardware keyboards and so dispense with Graffiti, but I use the Graffiti shortcuts a lot, so this omission makes me a somewhat unhappy camper.  If anyone has discovered a way to invoke this function on the BT keyboard, I would be very interested.)