[maemo-users] OS 2008 Bluetooth keyboard problems (was: Move from 2007 to 2008 Questions)

[From: Jonathan Markevich]

>
> I would definitely encourage you *not* to upgrade.  In addition to the
> touch-screen problems already mentioned, my OS2008 'upgrade' has had
> the following disastrous effect on my Igo Stowaway Bluetooth keyboard:
>
>  1. Based on random criteria I haven't been able to figure out, the
>     Bluetooth keyboard sometimes activates the word-completion
>     feature used with the stylus keyboard.  This is so slow (I type
>     75 words per minute on a kinesis so probably half that on the
>     stowaway) that the keyboard becomes useless because the N800
>     can't keep up.
>

Try turning off text prediction and word completion.  It speeds it up
remarkably.  It does seem kinda random when it's turned on though.

  2. THE KILLER: Once I have connected a bluetooth keyboard, the
>     on-screen stylus keyboard and thumb keyboard no longer work.
>     Even when the BT keyboard is put away and turned off, attempts to
>     use the stylus keyboard produce only a black bar at the bottom of
>     the screen with the letters Abc at the far right.  The only cure
>
    is to reboot the machine.
>

The bar with Abc is the text prediction.  It will go away if you do the
above.  Staggering waste of space, isn't it?


>     I can't tell you how angry I am about this.  For me one of the
>     great benefits of the N800 is that it's always on, always
>     connected.  I mostly use the stylus but can easily connect a
>     keyboard if I have to write a long email.  Now that's all gone;
>     every time I think about the external keyboard I have to think
>     about whether I'm going to give up all my external state and
>     reboot.
>
> If these problems aren't fixed in the next release of OS2008 I'm just
> going to punt and go back to OS2007, which at least worked.
>

Don't just stew, vote for the bug here:
https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2850 Let Nokia know this is happening
to more people and you're not pleased.  I can't believe we have only 5 votes
for this killer bug.

There is a possible workaround too - turn on your bluetooth icon in the
taskbar.  Leave it on... It may not be a 100% cure but it seems to help a
lot for most people.
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