tuaw.com - 2/23/2009
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There's a very cool video at Ralf Ackermann's blog showing an iPhone receiving input from an Apple Bluetooth keyboard. Of course, it requires a jailbroken phone, but Ralf claims that it works in all iPhone apps that make use of the keyboard. This reminds me of the Stowaway Keyboard I ...
engadget.com - 2/23/2009
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engadget.com —
Not that we've never seen a jailbroken iPhone
get cozy with a keyboard before, but this is...
just a match made in heaven. Not according to those who matter in Cupertino, mind you , but since when have you renegade hackers cared about those folks? ...
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Video: Apple's iPhone and Bluetooth keyboard get ...
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External Bluetooth Keyboard Working On Jailbroken iPhone?
Cult of Mac —
... using VNC, with an accomplice doing the typing out of sight, or that the camera was paused after the keyboard typing to allow the text to be entered normally (and it’s fair to say that there is a slight camera shake at about 00:33).
But I don’t care if it’s a fake or not. This is a feature I want on my iPhone. In fact, I’m going to stop writing about it and just call my old friend Tim Cook right now. Me and him, you know. We’re buddies.
(Via TUAW.)
Oh, and in other news: people use Macs.
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