Dell Streak paired with diNovo mini BT keyboard
Anyone who’s got the home theater PC bug knows about the Logitech diNovo Mini. Also, anyone who’s got the Android bug knows that the Dell Streak is the current big boy on the Android phone market with it’s 5in screen. Sadly nobody thought of pairing the two until now. Just watch the video:
Jenn over at streaksmart.com got the two working together with relatively effort. It should be noted though that it isn’t exactly a match made in heaven:
“1. The keyboard base isn’t heavy enough to support the Streak, so it will fall over backwards when on a flat surface. An easy fix is to add weights to the bottom of the diNovo or just rest it against something to keep it propped up if you want to use it on a table.
2. The Streak doesn’t fit into the keyboard’s cover, so there’s nothing holding it securely in place. I’m using some pieces of electrical tape in the video below, but I’ve used it without anything before just fine. The Streak will occasionally slip down when you’re thumb typing, though, so be careful. There are countless ways to keep the device in place, depending on how much you want to modify the keyboard and/or whether you want to attach things to the Streak, so let your imagination be your guide.
3. Because the Streak isn’t nestled inside the cover, you can’t close it for easy transportation. You need to carry the two units separately.
4. The ClickPad in cursor mode is inconsistent. Sometimes you have to move left on the pad to move up on the screen or up on the pad to move down on the screen. Sometimes moving all over the pad does nothing, while other times a light touch moves things on screen too quickly. There’s no on-screen pointer/cursor either, so using the ClickPad in cursor mode definitely takes some getting used to.
5. The volume keys, while they do work, are backwards. You have to hit volume up to lower the volume and volume down to increase it. Odd.”
[via streaksmart]
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