Ion iTYPE ITD02 Bluetooth Keyboard for Smart Phones and PDAs

• Physical QWERTY keyboard allows for faster, accurate text input than touch screen devices
• Totally Wireless, no cables or docks needed.
• Works with Apps, Email, Calendars, Web Browsers and more
• Rechargeable Lithium Ion battery provides 80 hours of continuous use on a single charge
• Includes phone stand and carrying case

I bought this phone at the same time as my sister, as we both found it for a good deal. She has an iPhone 4GS, I've got a Motorola Atrix 2 Android.

The keyboard works well for her. Apparently the only issues she had were some shortcuts not mapping properly, but normal functionality was maintained. As the original ad I had found for the keyboard listed Android as a supported OS, I figured I shouldn't have any issues.

I tried hooking up the keyboard to my phone in several different ways, all unsuccessfully, before calling Ion's tech support (their website is ionaudio.com). My phone could see the device but couldn't pair, and the instructions merely said to "enter the code", which was dreadfully uninformative, as it didn't say what the code was. Tech Guy informs me that a popup should appear when aattempting to pair that said what the PIN was; but, as nothing was appearing saying a magical PIN, Tech Guy says I "must have a non-supported platform". Oh, cool. So what do I do, send it back? "Um, yeah, I guess." Thanks, Tech Guy.

So I try connecting on my spouse's Samsung Galaxy S-II (Skyrocket). It connects and voila! A pin code! So, after trial and error, I type the code in on the keyboard itself and push "enter", and hooray! Connection successful, at last!

... But (as I quickly discover) you can't type anything anywhere. Apparently, even if you *do* manage to find an Android phone that you can connect to, you can't actually *use* the keyboard. Android doesn't support bluetooth keyboards at all. ... Yeah. Brilliant.

After all of this, I finally found a review () of the keyboard that says they couldn't get it to work with an Android. ... Wish I could have found that review when I *initially* researched the keyboard. So I'm making this one for you. Hope this helps someone else.

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I bought this item, and found it does exactly work just fine. I have a Samsung Galaxy S 2, it took a few minutes to pair, but worked just fine. The short-cuts and all. I don't know why the other review guy couldn't get it to work.

I just didn't like using it. It was too small for me, and I had no use for it.