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Judeau (EatTheRich)
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🧵8/10
I can’t believe it! Goal achieved.

The Arteck is a new easily obtainable & affordable #Keyboard. It connects to every persistent #WindowsMobile #PocketPC device that I tested! It’s driverless and the layout is almost perfect for it’s size. It’s also backlit!

I’m confused though. It’s #Bluetooth LE 5.1 and should not work with these Bluetooth Classic 1.2 and 2.0 devices. Whats going on here?

Lets crack it open and take a look.

4 of my iPaqs and my Dell Axim X51V fanned out around the keyboard. In the middle of them sits the Arteck keyboard. It is hard plastic and black in color. It has white lettering for the keys. The Dell Axim has Word Mobile loaded up.
My iPaq 210 displaying the connection status or the Arteck keyboard. It confirms that it is a Bluetooth 5.1 keyboard operating under the HID profile.
The Dell Axim X51V has Word Mobile loaded up and it reads: It’s a Keyboard Bonanza! And then proceeds to detail what we covered in the earlier posts.
#WindowsCE#RetroComputing#RetroTech
Judeau (EatTheRich)
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🧵7/10
Now the best for last! The Arteck HB030B #Bluetooth #Keyboard.

This is a cheap keyboard that you can still find new. It has a chiclet design, is backlit & doesn’t compromise much on the layout other than messing a bit with the Alt, Ctrl and Windows key button arrangement.

Amazingly this Bluetooth 5.1 keyboard connects to all of my iPaqs (111, 210, HX2495, HX2795b) & my #Dell Axim X51V using Passkey 1234!

4 of my iPaqs and my Dell Axim X51V lined up with the screens turned on. Below them sits the Arteck keyboard. It is hard plastic and black in color. It has white lettering on it’s chiclet style keys.
#PocketPC#WindowsMobile#WindowsCE
Judeau (EatTheRich)
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🧵6/10
This is the #Ipad Kensington Key Folio Pro K39357US.

This #Bluetooth chiclet #Keyboard is fantastic! It is sleek, responsive and feels modern. It also has a decent layout and doesn’t forget the right shift key like the previous Key Folio.

Once again it effortlessly connected to all of my iPaqs (111, 210, HX2495, HX2795b) and surprisingly also connected to my #Dell Axim X51V using Passkey 1234!

4 of my iPaqs and my Dell Axim X51V lined up with the screens turned on. Below them sits the Kensington iPad Key Folio Pro keyboard. It is hard plastic and black in color. It has white lettering for the keys.
#PocketPC#WindowsMobile#WindowsCE
Judeau (EatTheRich)
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🧵5/10
Next up is the #Ipad Kensington Key Folio K39294.

It’s a #Bluetooth 2.0 spill proof rubber covered #Keyboard that drove me crazy due to the right shift key being absent. LOL.

It’s connectivity was identical to the Freedom Pro. It easily connected to all of my iPaqs (111, 210, HX2495, HX2795b) and unfortunately refused to connect to any of my #Dell Axim X50 and X51 series.

4 of my iPaqs lined up with the screens turned on. Below them sits the Kensington Key Folio keyboard. It is black, rubber, and has white lettering on the keys.
#PocketPC#WindowsMobile#WindowsCE
Judeau (EatTheRich)
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🧵4/10
First up is the Freedom Pro #Bluetooth #Keyboard.

This keyboard folds in half and has a slide out removable stand for your #PDA.

I didn’t like it. It was probably decent for the time but we can do much better these days.

Regardless, it easily connected to all of my iPaqs (111, 210, HX2495, HX2795b) and unfortunately refused to connect to any of my #Dell Axim X50 and X51 series.

4 of my iPaqs lined up with the screens turned on. Below them sits the Freedom Pro keyboard with it keys of all different sizes. The keys are also branded with all kinds of different colored graphics.
#Palm#PalmOS#PocketPC
Judeau (EatTheRich)
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🧵3/10
It was already going to take some luck to get great compatibility with a random #Keyboard but I also had another goal; the #Bluetooth keyboard needed to run under the HID profile so no driver installation would be necessary.

The dream is to get a new keyboard, connect over Bluetooth and just start typing!

I began researching and securing a variety of keyboards to try & focused my testing on persistent #WindowsMobile 5.0+ devices

The Windows Mobile logo. It has the familiar Windows flag made of 4 squares and a green background with arching lines.
#PocketPC#Palm#PDA
Judeau (EatTheRich)
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🧵1/10
Those who have followed me for a while know my obsession with #RetroTech. After my #Palm TX bit the dust, I took the opportunity to jump into the world of #PocketPC.

I wrote several tutorials in the past and recently turned my focused to finding a new #Bluetooth #Keyboard that would be compatible with them. There were some made back when these devices were new but there had to be a better, current solution.

A pile of Bluetooth keyboards with various iPaq and Axim Pocket PCs laying on top.
#PDA#WindowsMobile#WindowsCE
ThinkPad-Museum
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Wer sich in den 1990er und frühen 2000er-Jahren mit elektronischen Gadgets beschäftigt hat, hatte neben einem Pager vermutlich auch einen PDA. Insbesondere die Geräte der Marke #Palm erfreuten sich großer Beliebtheit und mit der IBM WorkPad-Serie gab es ein interessantes Rebranding.

Zusammen mit Farid, Gordon und Christoph vom @das_duumvirat #Podcast besprechen wir die Geschichte der PDAs und Palm - und erörtern wie IBM hier reinpasst.

🎙️ thinkpad-museum.de/episode/tpm

Artwork des Episodencovers: es zeigt 3 "IBM WorkPad"-PDAs, die auf einem Tisch liegen. Die Geräte sehen Palm PDAs erschreckend ähnlich.
#ThinkPad
Karl Baron
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Opened it up and yeah, my boy is a little puffy…

Also I cracked the frame when opening it 🤦🏼‍♂️

Also wtf? The black cockroach? Was that a #palm codename?

Insides of a Palm IIIc
Battery side profile. Slightly puffy.
Palm front bezel, cracked where the charging LED is in the middle and it is weaker
The front edge of the Palm IIIc PCB there is silk screen that says LA CUCARACHA NEGRA
Karl Baron
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Went to #HARDOFF to pick something up, and ran across this beauty… a #Palm IIIc for $15! Complete with a keyboard, Pilot Pentopia stylus, modem, mobile phone data adapter and a pair of chargers.

The store description said "the display is somewhat dark” but I think the staff just don’t know how to adjust the brightness on a Palm, after long-pressing the power button and adjusting it up it looks gorgeous!

Power and Datebook buttons are stiff. Puffy battery?

A plastic bag containing a large black plastic device. A green label says ジャンク品 ワークパッド メーカー名 PALM PALM3C チェック時起動しました タッチパッド生きていました。 液晶やや暗いです。現状品
The plastic bag but a dark screened Palm is visible through it
The Palm out of the plastic bag and plugged in, lit up in full color
The Palm in a keyboard stand that says GoType! There are bright teal function keys that betray the era of design
#thrifting#pda#RetroComputing
Vintage Apparatus
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Keeping with the transparent case theme, here's a Handspring Visor Deluxe, introduced in September, 1999. Handspring was a company formed by the original inventors of the PalmPilot, after 3COM aquired Palm, Inc. The Visor has an expansion slot, USB syncing, and a really cool case design.

handspring visor running palms
#palmos#palm#handheld
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