palm m105 keyboard

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hi
is there a portable keyboard for the palm m105 I have seen lots of keyboards
but they do not mention compatibility with the m105
tia
velc

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RonB wrote:

> On Sun 19 Jun 2005 01:11:13p, velc, wrote:
>
>> hi
>> is there a portable keyboard for the palm m105 I have seen lots of
>> keyboards but they do not mention compatibility with the m105
>> tia
>> velc
>>
>
> They show up on eBay all the time. Here's one at...
>
> http://tinyurl.com/9unac
>
> This is brand new, has a "Buy It Now" price of $10 and there is an $8 S/H
> charge. But you can probably find one even cheaper if you watch eBay for
> a while.
>
> As for mentioning "m105" -- it seems like a lot keyboard advertisers
> don't mention it for some reason. Probably because the keyboards came out
> before the m100 or m105 and those models aren't listed on the package.
>
> These Palm Portable (aka Think Outside Stowaway) keyboards are great. I
> wish they made one for my Treo 300.

I believe that the M105 is rarely mentioned because some keyboards are
designed long after the days of the M105. I had the same issue when I
bought a keyboard for my M130 two years ago (I still use that keyboard with
my Tungsten).

The keyboards are assumed to have a relatively narrow 'target-audience'
among the M100 series. Some of the modern Palm keyboards cost more than a
second-hand Palm handheld of a good make. It is assumed that an M105 user
might as well spend the money on a newer PDA /before/ acquiring a keyboard.

Roy

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hi
thanks all
i have found one one e-bay for £2.99uk
i could not part with my m105 it is great
for my purpose (very large record data base) thanks for the help and advice
velc
"RonB" <ronbNOSPAM@bliz.org> wrote in message
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> On Tue 21 Jun 2005 01:45:46a, Roy Schestowitz, wrote:
>
>> I believe that the M105 is rarely mentioned because some keyboards
>> are designed long after the days of the M105. I had the same issue
>> when I bought a keyboard for my M130 two years ago (I still use that
>> keyboard with my Tungsten).
>>
>> The keyboards are assumed to have a relatively narrow
>> 'target-audience' among the M100 series. Some of the modern Palm
>> keyboards cost more than a second-hand Palm handheld of a good make.
>> It is assumed that an M105 user might as well spend the money on a
>> newer PDA /before/ acquiring a keyboard.
>
> Definitely, if the keyboards were still full priced. But new Palm
> Portable keyboards are selling very cheaply on eBay. One person is
> selling shrink wrapped m500 (universal connection) Palm Portable
> keyboards for $2 each (plus $7 s/h) or a lot of 5 keyboards for $5 (plus
> $20 s/h for the lot). New keyboards for the V and Vx PDAs are almost as
> cheap -- and (now) keyboards for the III and m100 series are selling new
> for about $10 on a regular basis and often less (they used to in the $2
> or $3 range).
>
> Even the Palm Ultra-Thin (XT class Stowaway) keyboards can regularly be
> found in the $20 range, especially if you want one for a Clie.
>
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