Found Footage: Dream of iPhone external keyboard lives on

Here's what I want;

1. iPhone that can be used in a USB Host Mode (USB togo)
2. a dock that is a powered USB Hub and wired for USB togo thru dock connector
3. USB Keyboard, Mouse, and DisplayLink drivers,
4. A short list of printer drivers and USB mass storage support

--- My new office, right there

Here's an idea:

Connect a bluetooth keyboard to your computer, then connect to the iPhone/iPod through your computer via VNC (requires a jailbroken iPhone/iPod, however). Works great :)

Thanks for the pointer to WritingPad, which I didn't know about: you're right, it rocks!! All the same, I had a folding keyboard for my Treo, and it's one of the few things I really miss since I switched to the iPhone (along with decent phone service in midtown Manhattan--are you listening, AT&T????). Here's hoping Apple gets the message.

No the point is for me to be able to use the full power of the iphone with a keyboard big enough to touch-type. I have used the folding keyboards before and they are awesome, though i have to say the keyboard needs to be ultra-portable, but also big enough for male hands.

I won't always carry the keyboard, and i can comfortably use the onscreen keyboard (or WritingPad app - it rocks), but for those times when I am going to the coffee shop for some serious email writing, it would really be great.

honestly if you want a keyboard with physical keys...don't buy an iphone...and if you want to use a bluetooth keyboard and carry that around....buy a laptop

This is so cool. The beneficiaries are people with disabilities who will can use the portability but require alternative input devices. Adding TTS along with something like Voiceover (think talking menus on the new iPod Nanos and beyond) would be a next step.

Did anyone wonder how you would use this one with all those apps work in portrait mode only, like say mail of text messaging?

I've been working on a keyboard solution, looks like I was beat to the punch. I don't have the resources to do it all in the time that some of these companies do. Hopefully they can provide a good solution in a small package. Looks great!

That seems at least twice as slow as the iPhone keyboard. And apps like Mail where you can't type horizontally would be awkward. Doesn't seem worth it just so you can type without looking. But I'm all for the idea of using the bluetooth Apple keyboard.

Um... why can't we just use a wireless Bluetooth keyboard with the iPhone?

Like... oh I dunno, Apple's swanky aluminum wireless keyboard?

http://www.apple.com/keyboard/

C'mon, Steve! Please?

http://pleasefixtheiphone.com/problems/view/719