N95 and Bluetooth Thumbpad
Russ gave me a bluetooth thumbpad he was playing around with for his media PC at one point. It’s this odd little keyboard that was supposed to be used for a mobile phone:
But we had been fooling around with it for use with the N770 and N800 devices. Turns out it works quite well for the N95, and Putty in particular. The keyboard is really small too, easily pocketable if you’re wearing something with a bunch of pockets. Like say a motorcycle jacket. W00t! Bye bye tank bag, hello SSH connectivity. One of my big concerns moving away from the E61 was that I can’t really SSH out of the N95 without carrying a big keyboard with me. This should work however.
Problem is the makers of this little thing seem to have disappeared. Fortunately it looks like Targus is producing them now, so you might be able to wander into a random BestBuy or Office Depot and snatch one. Russ ripped the phone clip off his, so I’m not sure how that part of it works out. But the functionality of the keyboard with the apps I tried was great.
December 7th, 2007 at 4:57 am
do you have the drivers or the manufacture name of your keyboard as I have just purchased one of the targus units and it doesn’t work with the n95, and I was hoping that the original manufacturer drivers might work
thanks
December 7th, 2007 at 7:19 am
Like it says on the keyboard, freedomminikeyboard.com was where he got it from. There are no drivers however, there’s a bluetooth keyboard app on the N95 that handles the connection and configuration.
March 10th, 2008 at 1:01 am
Nice size keyboard but the layout is a bit unusual.