Phone used as USB keyboard

remijenkins · #1 (**permalink**) 05-07-2008, 10:43 PM

I have the Apache and I would like to use it has a USB keyboard. Is there a way to do this. The reason being, I fix POS terminals in the town I live in and I get calls and have to go straight there, even when I was out and about and I don't want to have to keep a keyboard in the vehicle or run home and grab one. These terminals don't have keyboards or PS/2 ports. Only USB and since I know you can use the phone as a Bluetooth keyboard (seen it done) then why not a USB keyboard.

bugsysiegals · #2 (**permalink**) 02-05-2009, 11:05 AM

I was re-imaging a PC yesterday and it got very annoying to have to swap the keyboard and mouse from my main computer to the PC I was working and back and forth numerous times!!

I was thinking, it would be so much nicer to have a USB dongle like the wireless keyboards/mouse have and bluetooth my phone to it. Otherwise even if I could plug the USB cable that I sync the phone with and run an application on the phone and have the phone detected as a wireless keyboard/mouse.

I know this has to be possible. Why hasn't anyone made something like this yet???

**shaggylive** · #3 (**permalink**) 02-06-2009, 01:26 AM

actually that would be pretty cool. I should try that bluetooth one with my bluetooth serial adapter (to usb adaptor)
come to think of it are there any usb bluetooth adapters that can store pairing info internally?

psiphi · #4 (**permalink**) 02-06-2009, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by shaggylive

actually that would be pretty cool. I should try that bluetooth one with my bluetooth serial adapter (to usb adaptor)
come to think of it are there any usb bluetooth adapters that can store pairing info internally?

The only ones I've seen like that are audio only BT adapters... (They plug in the Mic/Earphone port and allow to pair with BT Headphones...) I don't think it would be cost effective for something like that with a USB plug...

**shaggylive** · #5 (**permalink**) 02-06-2009, 07:16 PM

true, that rs232-bt adaptor wasn't cheep, but provides great versitility. I have even hooked it up to an old barcode reader, but thanks to the TP and barcorama I don't need it for that any more. hopefully this weekend I'll have time to play with it and prove the concept anyway.

sorry, misspelled.. updated with link.

divxrippimp · #6 (**permalink**) 02-06-2009, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by shaggylive

true, that rs232-bt adaptor wasn't cheep, but provides great versitility. I have even hooked it up to an old barcode reader, but thanks to the TP and barcodarama I don't need it for that any more. hopefully this weekend I'll have time to play with it and prove the concept anyway.

Can someone give me a link to this "barcodarama"? Google returns nothing...

**shaggylive** · #7 (**permalink**) 02-06-2009, 09:14 PM

corrected my spelling, sorry.
the camera in the titan/vouge isn't quite good enough to run it though divxrip.

psiphi · #8 (**permalink**) 02-09-2009, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by divxrippimp

Can someone give me a link to this "barcodarama"? Google returns nothing...

Look in the Software Forum, there is a tread or two there, along with links to download...

bugsysiegals · #9 (**permalink**) 02-09-2009, 05:15 PM

So what's the consensus? Is it possible to plug the phone into the computer and have it recognize it as a keyboard/mouse?

I dont know the technical aspects of this but it would seem logical to me that it could be done. You start an application which emulates a keyboard or makes the computer recognize it as such, it connects, and you use the keyboard and mouse and the application sends the appropriate keystrokes.

**imneveral0ne** · #10 (**permalink**) 02-10-2009, 02:01 AM

i'd much rather be able to plug my phone into my ps3 and use it as a keboard on there lol