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9 Responses to “AlphaSmart Neo as keyboard for iPad”

1. Posted on 14 May 2010 at 10:26 PM1Chet

   Eolake posted a video, too:
   http://vimeo.com/11754480

2. Posted on 15 May 2010 at 5:31 AM2Richard

   Great, thanks Chet. I’m wondering if combinations like Command A for select all are supported?

3. Posted on 15 May 2010 at 8:11 AM3Vance

   Richard, I imagine Neo would work with shortcuts just like any keyboard does… it’s not a limitation of the keyboard if it doesn’t work, but rather the iPad app. In Pages, some shortcuts like undo work, but bold, italics and such do not.

4. Posted on 15 May 2010 at 3:07 PM4Richard

   Vance: Right, I realize that the Neo should work like it does normally connected to a computer, but remember, the iPad is running iPhone OS and iPhone OS may not support a full keyboard with all bells and whistles. I don’t know… The onscreen keyboard doesn’t support all of the stuff like command A, etc. so I don’t know what’s built in to support external keyboards. We’ll find out…

5. Posted on 15 May 2010 at 5:37 PM5Vance

   I have tried the Apple Bluetooth keyboard with an iPad and Pages, and it did do some keyboard shortcuts. Command + A was one that worked, so was command +c, v, z. Lots others did not work, though. Depends on the app. I think Neo would probably work with whatever shortcuts the apps supports.

   Probably Documents to Go will offer more keyboard shortcuts, and that one will work with DropBox files, too.

6. Posted on 15 May 2010 at 7:20 PM6Eolake Stobblehouse

   Hi guys,
   Thanks for posting the pic and link to the video. Much fun.
   eolake

7. Posted on 16 May 2010 at 4:52 AM7Richard

   Thanks for that Vance, it’s good to know. I’ll probably be buying an Apple Bluetooth keyboard at some point in the near future and between that and the Neo I’ll be covered.

   Thanks for sharing Eolake, glad you documented this great connection between “ancient” technology and new.

8. Posted on 13 Jan 2012 at 9:22 PM8Steve

   Could you connect an AlphaSmart 3000 to an iPad as well?

9. Posted on 13 Jan 2012 at 10:38 PM9Richard

   Steve: I’m sure you can, all you need is the iPad camera connection kit and you’re set:

   http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC531ZM/A?fnode=MTc0MjU4NjE

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