External usb keyboard ?

[djpaul]

Thanks for all you info.
I just did a small research on frogpad and looks like it should work with Win 5 & 6, so hopefully I would be able to pick something up from local Amazon (yes, I drive by their main building and warehouse at least 3-5 times a month) or Frog themselves in near future and try this out, unless someone would be first.

Thanks again
Paul

[no2chem]

Originally Posted by robertkmagill

Actually, The phone Can act as a Host Device You can even attach
a usb thumbdrive to the phone for storage. But the only problem
is that you need to supply extra power to the keyboard because the
phone does not supply power through the port to another device.

you seem to forget the bigger problem, i.e. lack of drivers. the stack that works .. which is floating around .. iirc only supports xscale unless it's been updated lately.

[LittleBreezes]

My Freedom Scientific PACMate BX420 http://freedomscientific.com has USB on the the go capability and I frequently connect external card readers and hard drives/flash drives. The caveat is that they must be formatted as either FAT or FAT32, NTFS is a no go. My PACMate runs WM 6.1 Classic. Hopefully, more manufacturers will adopt the USB on the go capability in the future.
Frank

Originally Posted by no2chem

you seem to forget the bigger problem, i.e. lack of drivers. the stack that works .. which is floating around .. iirc only supports xscale unless it's been updated lately.

[PolloLoco]

There's a thread on XDA developers titled "USB Host". Apparently, the Touch Pro service manual claims the possibility of using a Touch Pro as a USB host - and one software company is selling drivers. However, there have been MANY failures - including people who added powered cables. Only one person claimed that their touch pro was able to connect a hard drive - but then disappeared when asked for proof.

I suspect we'll be forever disappointed on this topic. Until other manufacturers provide this at least.

[sheureka]

Back to the original question - no USB - but I use a Think Outside BT keyboard. I can type nearly as fast on it as I can on a laptop keyboard. Works perfectly (including opening programs, etc.) with the Touch Pro. - sheureka

[djpaul]

Great. Thanks for all your help. I'll definitely look into this one.

Thanks again