Bugger the jetpack, where's my 21st-century Psion? o The Register - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

16 Mar 2014

On 15/03/2014, Philip Belben <philip at axeside.co.uk> wrote:
...
  Late in 2012 finally gave in and bought a pocket-sized
tablet PC (for
 which read "smartphone" - in fact a Samsung Note)... [on folding
keyboards]
...
  The trouble is, it would probably use bluetooth, and
there is little to
 beat a bluetooth keyboard for creating security holes!  OTOH, phones
 usually have a jack socket for speakers, handsets, etc. 
These days, they also tend to have USB OTG ports; buy an OTG-to-host
funnyplug and a USB keyboard, and you might just have what you need.
USB keyboards are available in a huge range of sizes, including
pocket-sized. And they won't run out of batteries just as you're about
to commit your masterpiece to the screen. :) And given that you
already have a Samsung Note, it could cost as little as a tenner for
the keyboard and OTG-to-host widget.

Alternatively, there are still no-name laptops emerging from China
with WM8850 processors, 7" screens, real keyboards and price tags of
about sixty quid on ebay.