Hello,
This is my first post, and I would like to say that I am very impressed with the forum. There is alot of valuable information. Now, I am definately going to be buying a Unlocked Nokia E71. (American Version). I know that there are bluetooth keyboards and that the Nokia E71 has a built in QWERTY keyboard. However, just out of curiosity, if I were to buy a micro usb to usb a adapter, and a plug and play keyboard, could it work? Has anyone ever tried this?
USB Female A To USB Mini Male B 5 Pin Adapter
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000Y6UL5E/ref=s9_simz_gw_s0_p23_t2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=19JAC1Z3Q9KPK8D9T5SA&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846
And a plug and play keyboard (meaning you don't have to install software)
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-968019-0403-Classic-Keyboard-200/dp/B000MQK6BK/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=pc&qid=1252280577&sr=1-15
Has anyone tried this? Thanks, hopefully you'll be much more help than Yahoo Answers, which is useless when it comes to this kind of stuff
The USB connection is a MICRO-usb . It is faster than MINI-usb .
The USB on the phone is a "passive" port . This means that the phone cannot operate as a host . Connecting anything , like USB stick , memorycardreader , external HDD , CD player , printer , mouse , keyboard , is possible , but won't work . I am waiting for this for ages to come though . There are rumours the new Nokia N900 comes with this ability .
USB works only connecting to PC/Mac , where the computer is the host , and the phone is an external memory , in PCSuite Mode or Datatransfer Mode .
So you will end up using a bluetooth keyboard . Steve Litchfield has been writing an article about the Nokia bleutooth keyboard lately .
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum//forum/thread/79940/&highlight=Bluetooth+keyboard
😊 Regards jApi NL