Hi Scott,
I did some testing with Think Outside Stowaway Keyboard. First, with
an iPhone 4 (borrowed for the testing), if you paired the keyboard,
typed notes, etc. and then closed the keyboard (turning it off), it
does seem to re-establish a connection when the keyboard is just
opened again and you go to a notes app and tap a key, having kept
Bluetooth for the iPhone on. With my iPod Touch 3G running iOS 4, I
can't automatically re-establish the connection if I just open the
keyboard again, and try to type in a notes app. I can avoid having
to type a pairing code again, if I go to the Settings > General >
Bluetooth menu before I open up the keyboard. Then, if I press the
Control + Left and Right Fn keys to put the keyboard in discovery
mode, and double tap the device entry for the Think Outside keyboard,
it will re-connect in paired mode without my having to type in a code.
So Sandy is correct that if you use the Think Outside Stowaway
keyboard with an iPhone 4, you will reconnect by pressing a key. But
on an iPod Touch 3G (and apparently on an iPhone 3GS) updated to iOS
4, the connection is not automatically re-established by pressing a
key, so my original comment holds (although you do not have to type in
a new code if you just double tap the device in the Settings > General
> Bluetooth menu):
"If you break the connection (by closing up the keyboard, which
automatically turns the device off, or by pressing the Control+Left
and Right Fn keys), you have to go through pairing again -- re-
establishing the connection is not automatic, as with the Apple
Wireless Keyboard."
HTH. Cheers,
Esther
On Aug 22, 2010, at 05:03, Scott Howell wrote:
Sandy,
This seems rather odd considering the fact regardless of the iPHone,
the software should be the same. This is rather interesting. I had
not found this information when searching the net, but then that
could be a result of using the incorrect search terms. So, just to
confirm, do you have the Stowaway?
THanks,
On Aug 22, 2010, at 10:57 AM, Sandy Tomkins wrote:
Hi Chris,
First of all, I must apologise if my message appears both at the
top and the bottom of this thread, I forgot to move the insertion
point to the top.
I discovered from a little researching on the net that only the
iPhone 4 will hold the bluetooth pairing. Hopefully, this will
improve with time and upgrades to the bluetooth stack. Still,
either way, this is so much better than using the soft keyboard
isn't it?
Happy typing,
Sandy. Chris,
From my researches via Google I discovered that only the iPhone 4
will stay paired and that the 3Gs won't. Sorry about that, but, as
with many things, many people are working on this and improvements
in the inbuilt drivers may well sort this for you.
Happy typing!
Sandy.
Sent from my iPhone
On 22 Aug 2010, at 13:53, Scott Howell <scottn3...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Sandy,
I have an iPhone 3GS using iOS 4.0.2 . I also have the Think
Outside Stowaway bluetooth keyboard. I have had no problem getting
it paired, but I cannot close it and reopen and press a key to
reestablish the connection. I am always forced to put the keyboard
into pairing mode via control-left function-right function and tap
connect on the bluetooth menu of the iPhone. I was curious if you
have this keyboard and if so, how did you get it to reconnect when
opening the keyboard and pressing a key.
THanks,
On Aug 22, 2010, at 6:39 AM, Sandy Tomkins wrote:
Hi Ester,
Just a comment re the Think Outside keyboard: I am using it with
my iPhone and find that with the iPhone 4, at least, there is no
need to repair the bluetooth after breaking the connection. Mine
just reconnects as soon as I touch a key. So this is great!
Thanks for the super description of the keys, I have forgotten
where most of the are, so reading your mail will be very useful.
Ciao, Sandy.
Sent from my iPhone
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