Accessories...Accessories...Accessories...

[Guest Anonymous]

I'd really like to see:

- Spare batteries for sale -- how I need this!

- High capacity battery for those weekends away

- USB battery charger the (plugs into your laptop which feeds your phone)

- Car charger

- Cases, apart from the David Brent style pouch which comes with it

- Extra cradle for sale, one for work, one for home

David

[Guest Rob.P]

Cradles first though, please, so sick of unplugging and plugging in and unplugging, I think you know how the rest of it goes :D

[Guest lycrawearer]

Re: USB charging cables

See my post in the hardware section.

lycrawearer

[Guest]

Orange will be launching a 'flexible' keyboard in the new year as an accessory to the SPV.

It is being made in conjunction with a company called Eleksen who have made flexible keyboards for other device families.

The keyboard has the same shortcuts that appear in the menu bar at the top of the home screen and is great for texting and the IM client.

It is made from soft leather and is black with white labelling. It was shown at the SPV launch so I'm sure there is a photo of it somewhere.

Dom.

[Guest Oakley]

Orange will be launching a 'flexible' keyboard in the new year as an accessory to the SPV.

It is being made in conjunction with a company called Eleksen who have made flexible keyboards for other device families.

From their website:

Soft keyboard pioneer Eleksen supports Microsoft Windows powered Smartphone and opens up the data entry bottleneck for mobile devices

New fabric keyboard technology previewed at global launch of Windows Powered Smartphone in London

London, UK – Eleksen, the UK-based world leader in soft interface technology, today announced that it will be showing its unique fabric keyboard accessory for Microsoft Windows® Powered Smartphone at a joint Orange/Microsoft launch event in London on October 22nd 2002.

“It’s no good increasing the bandwidth of the network if the last few inches to the user remain a bottleneck,” said Bernard Smith, CEO, Eleksen. “While handset manufacturers and mobile operators continue to increase the power and capabilities of wireless applications and services, their creativity – and revenue streams – are going to remain restricted by the physical limits that handset keypads place on the user’s interaction with this new world of commerce and entertainment.”

Eleksen’s unique ElekTex™ technology makes it possible to create highly durable, all-fabric keyboards for use with almost any mobile device and the company has already signed an agreement with a Windows Powered Smartphone licensee and is in active discussion with a number of others. The ElekTex sensing fabric uses a breakthrough technology that allows designers to develop completely new ways for customers to use and control their increasingly complex devices – without adding unnecessary overheads in terms of size, weight or power consumption.

“We are pleased to support Eleksen’s unique keyboard technology for the Windows Powered Smartphone,” said Robbie Wright, Director, Mobile Devices Marketing Group, Microsoft EMEA. “The ElekTex keyboards open a whole array of possibilities for Smartphone users in terms of how they use their phone and access their data, making the Smartphone all the more versatile and user-friendly.”

The first commercial product using Eleksen’s ElekTex technology, the Logitech® KeyCase™ was launched in March 2002 through a partnership with Logitech, the global leader in personal interface products. The Logitech KeyCase is a hard-wearing and lightweight fabric keyboard that provides protection for Palm handhelds and unfolds to allow quick and easy text and control key input.

web: www.ElekSen.com

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[Guest Wlodek]

Full support for the original post in the thread (David's), perhaps with a simple headset with hang-up button instead of the fancy stereo taking much longer to put on when getting in the car --- please?

And sorry to be fussy, but instead of the lengthy plug re. the keyboard an executive summary and a link would have been better. This is not a place to put someone's adverts, with respect.

Best regards,

Wlodek

[Guest JaToAc]

what about a remote control for the wmp? would come handy if your listening to mp3...