LandWare GoType! Pro (2600) Keyboard

Pros: sturdy, no flat surface needed, configurable function keys, button shortcuts
Cons: somewhat difficult to open, smallish

I seem to have a natural affinity for graffiti. I write most of my articles and reviews on my Palm, take meeting notes, and do other text-intensive operations - all using graffiti. I had no trouble at all learning graffiti, and I can input most...

Pros: 90 words per minute on a Palm, rugged design, also has a 9pin connector
Cons: Not super portable, driver works strangely

In my great quest to have full use of my Palm IIIe I decided to try out the LandWare GoType! Keyboard for the Palm III/VII series. Actually, what spurned me to get this keyboard was that a week earlier my roommate bought the Palm Portable Keyboard for...

Pros: typing speeds approaching that of desktop, sturdy design, easy to use
Cons: can't redefine keys

I love my Palm. I've had it for two years and Graffiti has always been fine for me. I can scribble about 15 WPM on a good day. However, I just couldn't resist being curious about the GoType keyboard by LandWare. It just looked "too cool."...

Pros: Typing on your lap; keys feel firm; inexpensive; bonus software is included.
Cons: Keyboard isn't a "portable" size; driver is poorly developed ; keys are small.

I do not recommend the GoType! Keyboard by Landware. The driver provided with the keyboard has several annoying bugs: The driver would NOT enable the keyboard; the driver could not be erased from my Palm; and the driver totally disabled my Palm IIIe and...

Pros: compact, light, stable, handy stylus holders, keys have nice "touch" and no lag
Cons: not silent keying as advertised, no true "delete" key because "delete" works as "backspace"

I'd had my Visor Deluxe for about 5 months when I decided I really needed a speedy, portable method of drafting longer memos, e-mails, and other more extensive writing projects. I find myself with small pockets of unexpected "work" time and my...

Pros: Sturdy, nice features
Cons: Expensive

In mobile computing, you can't have everything, and nowhere is this more true than when it comes to keyboards. The smaller a device gets, the less usable its keyboard becomes. Doing away with the keyboard entirely allowed the folks at Palm to create a...

Pros: Excelent quality keyboard for a variety of handheld PDA's.
Cons: Not quite as small as you'd think, can't use "sync" port modems AND keyboard with Palm OS (Need Handspring's springboard slot to do that).

What IS the GoType Keyboard?
For me, it's a functionality godsend.

I own a Handspring Visor. I love my little PDA, and I love how I can get my personal EVERYTHING into this little handheld wonder. But entering all that data...

Pros: Affordable, excellent design, highly useful
Cons: Somewhat cramped keyboard layout

Palm computers have come a long way since their earlier stylus-only driven days. Today, the market is glutted with software products and hardware peripherals that add functionality and greatly expand the scope and usefulness of the Palm OS.

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Pros: Freedom from the stylus
Cons: Nobody bought it for me.

I give Landware's GoType! 5 stars!!.


Landware had a great trial run with the GoType! but it has been able to see the few imperfections of the original and improved them for the Palm V version. The cradle is solid, the charging and...

Pros: mobile plus
Cons: no HotSync capacity

To understand why I recommend the GoType, you have to understand how I use mine. A GoType turns a PalmV into a word processor.My PalmV is the hub of my personal/professional planning system so it goes where I go. As a writer, it is handy to hook the Palm...

Pros: Improves Efficiency, Productivity
Cons: Not aesthetically pleasing

I was given the gotype keyboard from my friend who recently purchased a palm V. Since these two are incompatible he felt obliged to help me out.

I must say though, that the gotype keyboard is very very convenient. It is a cost saving...

Pros: Easy to use; affordable price; basic style; great accessory.
Cons: Some keys are not very affective if hit; not very sturdy/balanced when Palm Pilot attached.

The GoType! Keyboard is the first thing I bought to fancy up my Palm IIIe. I found this keyboard very useful for I was no good at grafitti. For some reason I could not figure out some of the grafitti letters and just had a hard time. So I bought this...

Pros: Easy to use and setup. Good quality and reasonable price.
Cons: The right Shift key took getting use to. Too close to the scroll keys.

I am writing this review on my Palm Pilot and am not using graffiti or the tiny keyboard provided. Instead I spent $79. and got myself a full sized keyboard. It is the GoType Keyboard by LandWare and is full-sized but somehow appears smaller. It is...

Pros: easier to input text and lightweight
Cons: not foldable, not so touch sensitive keyboard

I decided to purchase a Go Type keyboard, so that I could write papers on my Palm and have the keyboard and my Palm act as a laptop. I am pleased with its performance so far, but I am disappointed with its performance, despite its many useful...

Pros: Small, lightweight, easy to set up, works very well, compatible with most apps
Cons: Pricey, poor cursor key positioning, keys are on the small side

I'm writinz <backspace> writing this on my pilod <backspace> to demafjksd <backspace> <backspace> <backspace>. Oh forget it.

Seem familiar?

As good as the Graffiti system is, it's not without its...