Apple's iPhone And Bluetooth Keyboard Play Nice
February 23, 2009
Making an external keyboard work with an iPhone is nothing new. Many people have hacked their way to the same results. This new video making its rounds on the web is a little different, it shows an iPhone playing nice with an Apple Bluetooth keyboard.
The video simply shows Ralf Ackermann, the creator, slowly typing his way to external Bluetooth keyboard glory. The video oddly doesn't show the letters as he is typing so we remain skeptical, but who are we to judge?
Ackermann states in his blog entry that this can be done on all jailbroken iPhones, and that it uses a packaged application so "bits and pieces are not exposed to the end-user." The keyboard works with all applications that use the touchscreen keyboard.
Most users are fairly accustomed to the touchscreen keyboard by now, but imagine how much more work most users could get done with an external keyboard.
Whether or not this is real, it's not available to the general public. Just let the images sink in and you will at least be able to sleep a little easier tonight knowing someday this will be possible on your iPhone.
[via Engadget]