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Adapt iGo Stowaway BT keyboard for N95

8 replies · 9,862 views · Started 08 January 2008

Peter321 08 Jan 2008, 10:05

I recently bought an iGo Stowaway Ultra-slim bluetooth keyboard to use with my N95 (only �24 including postage on sale at www.mymemory.co.uk).

I works perfectly with the N73 drivers from iGo (don't use the NOKIA keyboard app - it does not support all functions and may conflict with the iGo driver).

One problem I found was that the integrated stand did not fit the N95 in landscape mode (the support was too high so the N95 slipped under it).

I've come up with a simple fix, using just part of a wooden match - see pictures here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/schaufuss/sets/72157603662661432/

It works perfectly.

You can even control special S60 keys:

Left Fn + left spacebar = left softkey
Left Fn + right spacebar = right softkey
Left Fn + X = Applications menu
Left Fn + Z = Standby screen

Highly recommended :icon14:

kontraband 08 Jan 2008, 12:55

your match seems the be covering the stop I have on my iGo... why dont you just use the stop instead of a match??

mr_xzibit 08 Jan 2008, 13:47

kontraband is right... on my igo theres a little picture of a phone before the stop and a vertical phone after the stop. great idea but theres no need for the match just learn how to use the stop....:redface:

tawalker 08 Jan 2008, 17:03

...only �24 including postage on sale at www.mymemory.co.uk...

And I coughed up �35 for mine at eXpansys UK last July... d'oh! 😉

I got mine of Ebay for �10. Great keyboards they are.

Yes, I'm still glad I've got my Stowaway - is a 'native' N95 driver package available for it yet?

Peter321 09 Jan 2008, 11:19

mr_xzibit wrote:kontraband is right... on my igo theres a little picture of a phone before the stop and a vertical phone after the stop. great idea but theres no need for the match just learn how to use the stop....:redface:

Actually there is, because at the first stop, the support is still too high up if you place the phone as intented (with the bottom on the rubber part of the support).

The match lowers it just enough to fit perfectly.

Also it keeps the support for snapping past the stop (to the high position) which is has a tendency to do, and it takes a bit more force to push it back (I prefer not to have to use that extra force on the support).