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From: commiebastard on 28 Jan 2010 15:33
I assume that it works for the iPhone...?
From: Tom Harrington on 28 Jan 2010 15:56
In article
<4012a4cf-794a-4c80-aa93-6b94b12fcbf2(a)p24g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
commiebastard <oraclmaster(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> I assume that it works for the iPhone...?

I wouldn't assume that. The keyboard will require a driver on the
device before it can do anything, and so far the iPhone has had no
reason to include that. It _might_ work, either immediately or after a
software update, but it's not a sure thing.

--
Tom "Tom" Harrington
Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002
http://www.atomicbird.com/
From: Leonard Blaisdell on 28 Jan 2010 22:10
In article <tph-88F3DA.13562928012010(a)localhost>,
Tom Harrington <tph(a)pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net> wrote:

> In article
> <4012a4cf-794a-4c80-aa93-6b94b12fcbf2(a)p24g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
> commiebastard <oraclmaster(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I assume that it works for the iPhone...?
>
> I wouldn't assume that. The keyboard will require a driver on the
> device before it can do anything, and so far the iPhone has had no
> reason to include that. It _might_ work, either immediately or after a
> software update, but it's not a sure thing.

Yet someone or a crowd is working on the problem as an app if it's not
available. This has to be a great time for iPhone savvy developers.

leo
From: David Rogoff on 28 Jan 2010 23:14
On 2010-01-28 12:56:29 -0800, Tom Harrington said:

> In article
> <4012a4cf-794a-4c80-aa93-6b94b12fcbf2(a)p24g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
> commiebastard <oraclmaster(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I assume that it works for the iPhone...?
>
> I wouldn't assume that. The keyboard will require a driver on the
> device before it can do anything, and so far the iPhone has had no
> reason to include that.

No, there are lots of reasons for the iPhone to support this (and any
other BT keyboard - like many other phones). It's just that Steve know
better than his customers what they really need...

From: Tom Harrington on 29 Jan 2010 00:01
In article <4b6260be$0$12751$c30e2946(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>,
David Rogoff <david(a)therogoffs.com> wrote:

> On 2010-01-28 12:56:29 -0800, Tom Harrington said:
>
> > In article
> > <4012a4cf-794a-4c80-aa93-6b94b12fcbf2(a)p24g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
> > commiebastard <oraclmaster(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I assume that it works for the iPhone...?
> >
> > I wouldn't assume that. The keyboard will require a driver on the
> > device before it can do anything, and so far the iPhone has had no
> > reason to include that.
>
> No, there are lots of reasons for the iPhone to support this (and any
> other BT keyboard - like many other phones). It's just that Steve know
> better than his customers what they really need...

Not like other companies, where new products are designed by majority
vote of their customers.

--
Tom "Tom" Harrington
Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002
http://www.atomicbird.com/
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