Bluetooth keyboards

[Michele Brocco]

Hi,

On 5/2/11, giacomo 'giotti' mariani <giacomomariani at yahoo.it> wrote:
> Hello,
>>> Hi all.
>> Howdy
>>> >Will bluetooth keyboards work with the freerunner (qtmoko)?
>> Well. It's a fully featured linux.
>> I recently bought a bluetooth headset.
>> Works like charm together with my FreeRunner (SHR)
>> Shouldn't be SUCH a problem to also get it running
>> under QtMoko and so I guess something simple as a keyboard
>> will even be less tinkering to get it working.
>> I bet there are thousand and one HowTos around.
>>
>> http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-setup-bluetooth-keyboard-and-mouse-in-ubuntu.html
>>
>> Bluetooth+HCID is the keyword
> Is there any update on the topic of BT keyboard+QtMoko?
>
>>> >I am especially interested in the
>>> >"Freedom Pro Bluetooth Keyboard",
>>> >but recommendations are welcome
>> Yes.
>>
>>> >An alternative could be the one from the wiki:
>>> >http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Freedom_Slim_Keyboard
>>> >But there is no mention of qtmoko support?
>> The distro only has to serve the needed bt-tools,
>> then everything will work.
> I recently bought the following one:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260747301433&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
>
> which is quite cheep, small and light.
> It can pair with QtMoko but I can't use it for input. I tested it with
> the iphone of a colleague and, indeed, it works.

I guess I have to same one. Does it at least work under QX in QtMoko
for you? I just remember I tried it there and it worked. Also under
SHR it worked.

Regards,

Michele